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Ten years on, Taliban says "victory is with us"

Ten years on, Taliban says

The Taliban vowed to keep fighting until all foreign forces left Afghanistan in a statement on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in the country.

 

Plot to kill Afghan President Karzai foiled

Plot to kill Afghan President Karzai foiled

A microbiology professor at Kabul University, a fourth-year medical student and a security guard at the presidential palace were among six people arrested in an alleged plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai, Afghan officials said Wednesday.

 

Pakistan denies spy agency liked to Afghan killing

Pakistan has denied the Afghan government's claim its spy agency was involved in the killing of Afghanistan's envoy for Taliban peace talks.

 

Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home

Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home

An unidentified attacker on Tuesday killed former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, the leader of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, whose main responsibility was negotiating a political end to the war with the Taliban.

 

Despite 10 years of war, many Afghans have never heard of 9/11

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, a FRANCE 24 correspondent in Helmand province found that many Afghans had never heard of them – and have no idea why American troops are there.

 

On the Afghan frontline, U.S. soldiers see longer war ahead

On the Afghan frontline, U.S. soldiers see longer war ahead

U.S. soldiers deployed on the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan say the war isn't going away for another ten years, even after Washington pulls troops from a country locked in a deadly Islamist insurgency.

 

Panel: Widespread waste and fraud in war spending

Panel: Widespread waste and fraud in war spending

As much as $60 billion in U.S. tax dollars has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade due to lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and corruption, according to an independent panel....

 

Obama to address economy, Afghanistan on Monday

Obama to address economy, Afghanistan on Monday

President Barack Obama will address the economy and the situation in Afghanistan in a statement he will deliver later on Monday, a White House official said.

 

New CIA chief Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan

General David Petraeus, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, handed over command of U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on Monday, a day after a gradual process of transferring security to Afghan forces began.

 

U.S. drawdown begins in Afghanistan

The first U.S. troops have left Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's planned drawdown of about a third of the 100,000 U.S. forces there during the next year.

 

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