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Afghan War Has Entered "Deadlier, More Destructive Phase": UN
UN special envoy for Afghanistan Friday questioned the Taliban's commitment to a political settlement, telling the UN Security Council the war has entered a "deadlier and more destructive phase" with more than 1,000 civilians killed in the past month
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Afghan War Can End Soon If Pak Denies Safe Haven To Taliban: US Senator
The war in Afghanistan would end in a few weeks if Pakistan denied the Taliban safe heaven, a top US Senator has said, urging the Trump administration that it should start negotiations with Islamabad rather than the Afghan insurgents to stop the deadly conflict.
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Trump Wants Troops In Afghanistan Reduced By Next Election: Mike Pompeo
U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington's plan for cutting troop numbers there.
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"Could Win Afghan War In A Week, Just Don't Want To Kill 10 Million": Trump
President Donald Trump on Monday hailed Pakistan's help in advancing peace talks in Afghanistan, a marked shift in tone as the United States seeks an accord with the Taliban to end almost 18 years of war.
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With Over 3,800 Killed, Civilian Deaths In Afghan War Hit Record In 2018
More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released Sunday.
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Afghan Civilian Casualties Hit Record High In 2016: UN
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2016 hit their highest recorded level, the UN said Monday, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants -- one third of them children -- killed or wounded.
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Taliban Explosives Are Becoming More Powerful, And Afghan Soldiers Are Paying The Price
When he sits in his wheelchair, Jawad Mahmoodi is a stump, a torso with nothing but air below the hipbones. His eyes are guarded slits, his face expressionless.
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France-Born Soldier Becomes American War Hero
Wrapped around Florent Groberg's right wrist is a scratched, black metal band he hardly ever takes off.
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To Maintain Ties During Afghan War, US Ignored Pakistan's Nuclear Smuggling, Documents Suggest
The US went soft on Pakistan's nuclear smuggling efforts during former President Ronald Reagan's administration, fearing that any action would upset their bilateral ties at a critical time of the Afghan war, according to new declassified documents.
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Accused Taliban Declines to Testify as US Trial Winds to Close
The first Taliban fighter from the Afghan war to be tried in a US federal court declined to testify in his own defence on Thursday as the precedent-setting case wound towards a close.
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Civilian Casualties Rise as Afghan War Intensifies
Armed clashes were the leading cause of almost 5,000 civilian casualties recorded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2015, the United Nations said today, as fighting intensified following the withdrawal of most foreign troops last year.
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United Kingdom Commemorates the End of Afghan War
Queen Elizabeth joined army top brass and relatives of British soldiers who died in Afghanistan at a commemoration service at St Paul's Cathedral in London today, marking the end of 13 years of British military operations in the country.
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From AK47s to Drones, Afghans 'War Rugs' Reflect Bloody Decades
More than three decades of war have damaged Afghanistan's once-thriving carpet industry, but weavers are tapping into the bloody past to boost their fortunes with "war rugs" depicting guns, tanks and warplanes.
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Unexploded Munitions a Lingering Peril As NATO Ends Afghan War
The end of NATO's combat mission in Afghanistan could be a watershed moment in tackling unexploded ordnance littering the country, but experts complain US-led forces need to hand over more information on where it all is.
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Barack Obama in New Bid to Define Foreign Policy
He's been president for five and a half years, brought troops home from Iraq, is winding down the Afghan war, killed Osama bin Laden and crafted a multitude of speeches defining his worldview.
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Afghan War Has Entered "Deadlier, More Destructive Phase": UN
UN special envoy for Afghanistan Friday questioned the Taliban's commitment to a political settlement, telling the UN Security Council the war has entered a "deadlier and more destructive phase" with more than 1,000 civilians killed in the past month
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Afghan War Can End Soon If Pak Denies Safe Haven To Taliban: US Senator
The war in Afghanistan would end in a few weeks if Pakistan denied the Taliban safe heaven, a top US Senator has said, urging the Trump administration that it should start negotiations with Islamabad rather than the Afghan insurgents to stop the deadly conflict.
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Trump Wants Troops In Afghanistan Reduced By Next Election: Mike Pompeo
U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington's plan for cutting troop numbers there.
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"Could Win Afghan War In A Week, Just Don't Want To Kill 10 Million": Trump
President Donald Trump on Monday hailed Pakistan's help in advancing peace talks in Afghanistan, a marked shift in tone as the United States seeks an accord with the Taliban to end almost 18 years of war.
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With Over 3,800 Killed, Civilian Deaths In Afghan War Hit Record In 2018
More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released Sunday.
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Afghan Civilian Casualties Hit Record High In 2016: UN
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2016 hit their highest recorded level, the UN said Monday, with nearly 11,500 non-combatants -- one third of them children -- killed or wounded.
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Taliban Explosives Are Becoming More Powerful, And Afghan Soldiers Are Paying The Price
When he sits in his wheelchair, Jawad Mahmoodi is a stump, a torso with nothing but air below the hipbones. His eyes are guarded slits, his face expressionless.
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France-Born Soldier Becomes American War Hero
Wrapped around Florent Groberg's right wrist is a scratched, black metal band he hardly ever takes off.
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To Maintain Ties During Afghan War, US Ignored Pakistan's Nuclear Smuggling, Documents Suggest
The US went soft on Pakistan's nuclear smuggling efforts during former President Ronald Reagan's administration, fearing that any action would upset their bilateral ties at a critical time of the Afghan war, according to new declassified documents.
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Accused Taliban Declines to Testify as US Trial Winds to Close
The first Taliban fighter from the Afghan war to be tried in a US federal court declined to testify in his own defence on Thursday as the precedent-setting case wound towards a close.
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Civilian Casualties Rise as Afghan War Intensifies
Armed clashes were the leading cause of almost 5,000 civilian casualties recorded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2015, the United Nations said today, as fighting intensified following the withdrawal of most foreign troops last year.
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United Kingdom Commemorates the End of Afghan War
Queen Elizabeth joined army top brass and relatives of British soldiers who died in Afghanistan at a commemoration service at St Paul's Cathedral in London today, marking the end of 13 years of British military operations in the country.
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From AK47s to Drones, Afghans 'War Rugs' Reflect Bloody Decades
More than three decades of war have damaged Afghanistan's once-thriving carpet industry, but weavers are tapping into the bloody past to boost their fortunes with "war rugs" depicting guns, tanks and warplanes.
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Unexploded Munitions a Lingering Peril As NATO Ends Afghan War
The end of NATO's combat mission in Afghanistan could be a watershed moment in tackling unexploded ordnance littering the country, but experts complain US-led forces need to hand over more information on where it all is.
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Barack Obama in New Bid to Define Foreign Policy
He's been president for five and a half years, brought troops home from Iraq, is winding down the Afghan war, killed Osama bin Laden and crafted a multitude of speeches defining his worldview.
