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1 hr ago | NEWS.com.au

After attack peace balloons bring hope

An Afghan volunteer distributes a balloon to a resident during "We Believe In Balloons" an art project promoting peace in Kabul on May 25, 2013.

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6 hrs ago | Sunherald.com

Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level

FILE – In this May 23, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama is seen at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington during a speech in which he sought to refine and recalibrate his counterterrorism strategy, and asserted that al-Qaida is "on the path to defeat." Some call it wishful thinking, but Obama has all but declared ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, National Defense University, Fort McNair (Washington, DC), Terrorism, World News, Asia, Mac Thornberry, Republican, US House of Representatives

7 hrs ago | Free Republic

India Mulls Stationing of Ground Forces in Afghanistan

The Indian government is evaluating the possibility of stationing troops in Afghanistan after the international forces begin leaving the country in 2014.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Hamid Karzai, India,

11 hrs ago | WHBF-TV Rock Island

Mosque blast kills 12 in eastern Afghanistan

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the... A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark ... (more)

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Fri May 24, 2013

Battle Creek Enquirer

Vet's documentary honors fallen Marines

"We took a lot of casualties," said Stark, 26, of East Lansing. "After that, you really had to come to grips with the fact that you might not be making it home." Stark survived, but his haunting memories of what he experienced in Afghanistan stayed with him.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, World News, Asia, Michigan State University

Canada.com

New Canadian online marketplace seeks to aid artisans from developing nations

Hedvig Alexander sits in a quiet coffee shop steps from Toronto's bustling financial hub, a markedly different landscape from the war-ravaged nation where she spent seven years.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Uzbekistan Travel, Travel, Afghanistan Travel, Asia Travel, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Travel, Canada,

CNN

Will my grandkids fight our forever war?

Editor's note: Will Bunch is the author of " October 1, 2011: The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge ," Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future ," as well as "The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama." He is senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily ... (more)

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Prince George Citizen

Taliban attack aid group's guest house in Afghan capital, killing 2 guards and wounding 4

An explosion has sent smoke rising over the heart of Afghanistan's capital. The strong blast was felt several kilometres away.

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United Nations

Afghanistan: UN condemns terrorist attack on partner agencya s compound

One staff member from the UN International Labour Organization was also injured, according to a statement issued by Jan Kubis, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan .

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KXXV-TV Waco

Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed

Authorities say an Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid has been found dead hanging in a jail cell.

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NorthJersey.com

Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan to be honored June 8

RAMSEY The borough will bid farewell next month to fallen son Eric Christian, a marine killed May 4 in Afghanistan.

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Final Call

Afghanistan demands arrest of - American' death squad leader

Pfc. Holmes, one of Calvin Gibbs' 'Kill team' members stands over one of their victims.

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The Star Online

Taliban attack U.N. compound in Afghan capital - police

Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on a U.N. compound in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday setting off explosions and battling the security forces.

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The Baltimore Sun

Blasts, shooting in center of Afghan capital

Several large explosions rocked a busy area in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with Reuters witnesses describing shooting in the area.

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Star Tribune

Police: Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital

A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said.

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Silicon Alley Insider

I Traveled Through Afghanistan And Didn't See Another Tourist

Go figure. Then again, I always thought it would be even less visited. Not because of its beauty, cold mountains and fantastic scenery, but because of regular bombings, terrorist attacks and being the home turf of Taliban.

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Thu May 23, 2013

The Guardian

Woolwich terror attack - reaction and latest developments

I have been updated by the commissioner and will chair Cobra shortly. I will make a statement on this sickening killing this morning Asked if local people would be more frightened about having an army base on their doorstep, he said people would carry on as normal What's the point of hiding in your house? You might as well just carry on with your ... (more)

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War Is A Crime

Afghanistan Drawdown, 20 More Years Of War

In order to reduce the number of boots on the ground in Afghanistan, the Pentagon asked Congress for $9.6 billion of its allowance to be moved from one budget line to another.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Soldier killed in London had served in Afghanistan

The British soldier butchered on the streets of London by two suspected Islamists was a 25-year-old father who had fought the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

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TwinCities

Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night.

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