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Iran, Russia and others condemn Boston bombings
Both allies and opponents of the United States expressed horror at the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, as sympathetic statements emerged from Canada to China on Tuesday. Iran denounced the attacks as part of a scourge that should be prevented “...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Bombings, News Agency, Terrorism, Vladimir Putin
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Afghanistan faults U.S., Taliban for deadly airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban and U.S. military were both at fault in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan this month that killed 17 civilians, including 12 children, according to an Afghan government investigation. The inquiry raised the...Tags: Politics, Armed Conflicts, Human Rights, International Organizations, Taliban
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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead. The bus was driving from the...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Johns Hopkins University, Explosions
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NATO airstrike said to kill 10 children in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 11 civilians, 10 of them children, in addition to the Taliban militants it was trying to hit, Afghan officials said. The strike late Saturday in the Shigal district of restive Kunar...Tags: Politics, Armed Conflicts, Explosions, Taliban, International Organizations
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Suicide attack kills nearly 50 in western Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bombing and armed attack rocked a government compound in western Afghanistan near Iran on Wednesday, leaving at least 49 people dead, including the nine attackers, and wounding more than 50, officials said. The...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Armed Conflicts, Explosions, Taliban
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U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...
Tags: Politics, Reconstruction, Nabi, Government, U.S. Department of State
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Hagel suggests thinning the top ranks
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel was taking questions at Fort McNair on Wednesday after his first major speech as defense secretary when a man rose to ask about his recent comments on North Korea. "I was misquoted again," Hagel blurted out, without saying what...
Tags: U.S. Army, Iran's Nuclear Program, Military Equipment, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Chuck Hagel
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Six Afghans killed in NATO airstrike, officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike killed four policemen and two civilians on a rural road in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, Afghan officials said Thursday. Fazel Ahmad Tolwak, governor of Deyak district, said the four police had...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Politics, NATO, Taliban
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U.S. forces hand over control in Afghan province
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military leaders on Saturday formally handed over security responsibilities to Afghan troops in an area of Wardak province that was the focus of claims by President Hamid Karzai that U.S. troops were responsible for...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Kidnapping, Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Team of suicide bombers attack police in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A team of eight suicide bombers stormed a police compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, killing five police officers and injuring four others, a provincial police chief said. The attack comes on the second day...
Tags: Bombings, Taliban, Shootings, Suicide, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Kerry arrives for Afghanistan visit, will skip Pakistan for now
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In his debut diplomatic swing, Secretary of State John F. Kerry is sidestepping Pakistan for fear that Pakistanis could misinterpret a visit as American meddling in the country’s historic effort to choose a new civilian...
Tags: National Government, Politics, Abdullah II of Jordan, Hillary Clinton, Government
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U.S. hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghan government
BAGRAM, Afghanistan—The U.S. handed over control of the prison at Bagram air base to the Afghan government Monday, resolving a major sticking point that had been complicating relations between Washington and Kabul as both countries brace for the...
Tags: Politics, Abdullah II of Jordan, Taliban, Government, International Military Interventions
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