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Opinion: Romney offers no Afghan plan

Blake Hounshell says Romney may criticize Obama's Afghanistan approach, but his is much the same for a conflict that is intractable and a pull-out that is inevitable

 

Afghan attack foiled? 11 tons of explosives seized

Afghan Explosives

Afghan security forces on Saturday arrested five insurgents suspected of planning massive attacks on crowded areas of the capital Kabul, an intelligence spokesman said.

 

Poll finds support for Afghanistan war deteriorating among voters

American support for a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan continues to erode rapidly and has now hit a new low, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center in Washington.

 

U.S. troops pose with Afghan insurgent bodies

Afghan War

Already tense U.S. and NATO ties with Afghanistan were dealt another blow on Wednesday with photographs appearing in an American newspaper of U.S. soldiers posing with the maimed bodies of dead Afghan insurgents.

 

Multiple attacks on Kabul, Taliban claims "spring offensive"

Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west.

 

Karzai considers holding Afghan election earlier than 2014

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said he was considering bringing forward by a year the presidential election set for 2014 to reduce the pressure on the conflict-plagued country during the period when majority of NATO coalition troops are scheduled to withdraw.

 

Defense official: Bales to face 17 murder counts

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder in connection with the massacre, a senior U.S. defense official tells NBC News.

 

U.S. general backs plan to pause Afghan drawdown in 2013

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Thursday that he believes there should be no American troop drawdowns in 2013, leaving the total at the 68,000 that will remain following scheduled withdrawals this year.

 

Afghanistan's Karzai lashes out at U.S. over massacre

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday accused the United States of failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers by a U.S. staff sergeant and questioned whether only one soldier could have been involved.

 

Taliban Call Off Talks as Karzai Urges Faster U.S. Transition

Taliban

Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday, as President Hamid Karzai demanded that American troops be confined to major bases by next year.

 

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