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Afghan Who Shot 2 National Guard Members Served As Soldier Alongside US Army
A 29-year-old Afghan national has been identified as the suspected gunman who shot two West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington DC, just blocks from the White House, in a brazen act of violence.
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Video: Tanks Race On Afghan Streets. Taliban Says It Captured Them From Pakistan Forces
Hours before Islamabad and Kabul agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire, videos went viral on social media showing tanks racing through the streets of Afghanistan's southeastern Spin Boldak province.
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Afghan Baby Handed To US Soldiers In Airlift Chaos Still Missing: Report
It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from over the tall fence, asked if
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Ex-Taliban Commander Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 3 US Soldiers In 2008
A former Taliban commander previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist pleaded not guilty on Friday to murdering three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008, telling a federal judge that the "accusations are incorrect."
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US Generals Say They Recommended Leaving 2,500 Soldiers In Afghanistan
Top US generals said Tuesday that they advised keeping American troops in Afghanistan to bolster the Afghan government and expressed concern that the Taliban has not severed ties with Al-Qaeda.
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One Of The Last US Marines Killed In Afghanistan Returns Home In Casket
US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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'One Of History's Biggest Airlifts': Biden Hails US Evacuation From Afghanistan
President Joe Biden called the US airlift of more than 120,000 people from Afghanistan an "extraordinary success" Tuesday, a day after the last US soldiers pulled out of the country.
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Last US Soldier Leaves Afghanistan, Ending America's Longest War
The US military has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end a brutal 20-year war -- one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflict-wracked country.
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Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Highlights: US Drone Strike Targets ISIS "Planner" In Afghanistan: Pentagon
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 170 people including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport.
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Viral Video Of Young Girl At Kabul Airport Being Given To US, UK Soldiers
Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed over a wall to Western soldiers at Kabul airport.
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Opinion: As China Engages With Taliban, New Delhi Can't Sit Out
One thing that every US President since George W Bush has done is to promise to bring American soldiers home from what in September will be two decades of unending conflict in Afghanistan since 9/11.
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"We Have No Favourites Now": Pakistan PM Imran Khan On Afghanistan
The Pakistan government is not a spokesperson for the Taliban and Islamabad cannot be held responsible for actions of the insurgent group in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of soldiers from the US and its allies, Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
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US Troops To Leave Afghanistan By End Of August: White House
The United States expects to finish withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, officials said Friday, after announcing all American and NATO soldiers had left the conflict-scarred nation's biggest air base.
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"Hard" To Meet May 1 Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Deadline, Says Biden
US President Joe Biden said Thursday it will be "hard" to meet the May 1 deadline to withdraw all American soldiers from Afghanistan as part of a Taliban deal, but stressed troops will not be there longterm.
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John Bolton, Democrats Urge Russia Sanctions If Bounty Reports True
Democrats and a leading Republican hawk on Tuesday called for U.S. President Donald Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was confirmed.
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Afghan Who Shot 2 National Guard Members Served As Soldier Alongside US Army
A 29-year-old Afghan national has been identified as the suspected gunman who shot two West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington DC, just blocks from the White House, in a brazen act of violence.
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Video: Tanks Race On Afghan Streets. Taliban Says It Captured Them From Pakistan Forces
Hours before Islamabad and Kabul agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire, videos went viral on social media showing tanks racing through the streets of Afghanistan's southeastern Spin Boldak province.
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Afghan Baby Handed To US Soldiers In Airlift Chaos Still Missing: Report
It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from over the tall fence, asked if
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Ex-Taliban Commander Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 3 US Soldiers In 2008
A former Taliban commander previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist pleaded not guilty on Friday to murdering three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008, telling a federal judge that the "accusations are incorrect."
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US Generals Say They Recommended Leaving 2,500 Soldiers In Afghanistan
Top US generals said Tuesday that they advised keeping American troops in Afghanistan to bolster the Afghan government and expressed concern that the Taliban has not severed ties with Al-Qaeda.
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One Of The Last US Marines Killed In Afghanistan Returns Home In Casket
US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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'One Of History's Biggest Airlifts': Biden Hails US Evacuation From Afghanistan
President Joe Biden called the US airlift of more than 120,000 people from Afghanistan an "extraordinary success" Tuesday, a day after the last US soldiers pulled out of the country.
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Last US Soldier Leaves Afghanistan, Ending America's Longest War
The US military has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end a brutal 20-year war -- one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflict-wracked country.
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Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Highlights: US Drone Strike Targets ISIS "Planner" In Afghanistan: Pentagon
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 170 people including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport.
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Viral Video Of Young Girl At Kabul Airport Being Given To US, UK Soldiers
Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed over a wall to Western soldiers at Kabul airport.
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Opinion: As China Engages With Taliban, New Delhi Can't Sit Out
One thing that every US President since George W Bush has done is to promise to bring American soldiers home from what in September will be two decades of unending conflict in Afghanistan since 9/11.
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"We Have No Favourites Now": Pakistan PM Imran Khan On Afghanistan
The Pakistan government is not a spokesperson for the Taliban and Islamabad cannot be held responsible for actions of the insurgent group in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of soldiers from the US and its allies, Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
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US Troops To Leave Afghanistan By End Of August: White House
The United States expects to finish withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, officials said Friday, after announcing all American and NATO soldiers had left the conflict-scarred nation's biggest air base.
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"Hard" To Meet May 1 Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Deadline, Says Biden
US President Joe Biden said Thursday it will be "hard" to meet the May 1 deadline to withdraw all American soldiers from Afghanistan as part of a Taliban deal, but stressed troops will not be there longterm.
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John Bolton, Democrats Urge Russia Sanctions If Bounty Reports True
Democrats and a leading Republican hawk on Tuesday called for U.S. President Donald Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was confirmed.
