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German official Philipp Ackermann gives a speech with military translator Mohamed Oda in 2006, while heading the Provincial Reconstruction Team.

'A Shocking Development' In The Long Struggle To Hold On To Kunduz

2:31pm October 05, 2015

by Rachel Martin

The U.S. and NATO have spent years in Kunduz, Afghanistan, building communities to keep insurgents out. Two who were there 12 years ago describe how it felt this week when the Taliban retook the city.

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Injured Doctors Without Borders staff are seen after an airstrike in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday. Doctors Without Borders has called the incident a war crime.

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U.S. General Says Afghan Forces Called For Kunduz Airstrike

1:31pm October 05, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

John Campbell, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, said he was correcting initial reports that it was U.S. forces under fire from Taliban fighters. The weekend airstrike killed 22 civilians.

On May 21, an Afghan child is treated at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern city of Kunduz, after being injured in a fight between the Taliban and Afghan security forces.

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Kunduz Airstrike Reportedly Kills 19 At Doctors Without Borders Hospital

10:10am October 04, 2015

A trauma center in northern Afghanistan run by the international aid group was apparently hit by a U.S. airstrike early Saturday.

Smoke rises in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday. Government officials say their forces have retaken the strategic northern city from the Taliban.

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Afghan Force Says It Has Retaken Kunduz From Taliban

1:23pm October 01, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Afghanistan's government says its troops have retaken the strategically important northern city. But the Taliban is denying that they've lost Kunduz.

Alleged Taliban militants patrol on an Afghan police vehicle in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The Taliban is believed to have taken control of Kunduz, their first capture of a major urban area since the U.S. invasion of 2001.

Taliban Fighters Overrun Afghan Security Forces, Reported In Control Of Kunduz

7:16am September 30, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The fall of the northern Afghan city would represent a major setback for U.S.-trained government forces.

A Taliban fighter sits on a motorcycle with a Taliban flag after the insurgents overran the strategic city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan.

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U.S. Airstrike Seeks To Bolster Afghans In Fight To Retake City From Taliban

10:32am September 29, 2015

by Bill Chappell

One day after the Taliban seized control of Kunduz, a military operation is underway to try to retake the strategic city in northern Afghanistan.

Soldiers help emergency workers wheel an injured man to a hospital after an attack by Taliban militiamen on an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday.

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Nearly 30 Dead In Taliban Attack On Pakistan Air Base

10:41am September 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

A mosque inside the military compound near Peshawar was also attacked and many killed in the assault were attending Friday prayers.

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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free More Than 350 Inmates

2:16pm September 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

At least one suicide bomber reportedly breached the gate of the prison at Ghazni, allowing others to force open cells. A number of local Taliban commanders were reportedly freed.

Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Three American civilian contractors are reportedly among the dead.

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Suicide Car Bomb In Kabul Kills 12, Including 3 American Contractors

3:00pm August 22, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Most of the dead were Afghan civilians and scores more were wounded in the attack on a convoy. The Taliban have denied any responsibility.

Afghan security forces inspect a suicide bombing attack on Aug. 10 near the main gate of Kabul's international airport. It was one of a series of recent attacks in the Afghan capital that have left at least 50 dead. Violence in Afghanistan has increased s

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Is Afghanistan Backsliding?

1:54pm August 17, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

U.S. combat forces left last year and there have been a number of troubling signs this year. They include a rise in deadly attacks and renewed friction between Afghanistan and Pakistan.