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Afghan Officials: 2 Suspects in Custody for UN Attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan officials say they have in custody at least two former insurgents suspected of involvement in the killing of seven U.N. workers during a riot last week in the northern city over Quran burning in the United States. Lawmaker Mohammad Akbari said on Wednesday that a government team investigating...

Forget the News on the Kabul Conference. Read This Harper's Article Instead.

(July 20) -- News of Tuesday's Kabul Conference, bringing together delegates from 65 countries, can be met two ways. On the positive side, for the first time, the event actually was held in its namesake city -- an achievement of security and logistics only slightly diminished by the fact that rocket fire diverted a couple...

How Real Is Pakistan's New Tack on Taliban?

(Feb. 25) -- Revelations this week that Pakistan has arrested up to half of the resident Afghan Taliban leadership, known as the Quetta Shura, has raised hopes that a reluctant neighbor is finally coming around to supporting the U.S.- led war in Afghanistan. The arrests over the last few weeks -- including the detention...

US, Afghan Troops Attack Taliban Stronghold

NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (Feb. 13) - Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines and Afghan troops swooped down on the Taliban-held town of Marjah before dawn on Saturday, launching a long-expected attack to re-establish government control and undermine support for the militants in their southern heartland. The attack on Marjah...

3 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Fighting

KABUL (Jan. 11) -- Three U.S. service members were killed Monday in fighting in southern Afghanistan, underscoring the unrelenting violence in the Taliban heartland as the Obama administration steps up efforts to rout the insurgents. NATO said the Americans were killed in an engagement with enemy forces but gave no more...

AfghanWar News From the Web

04/20/11 Restrepo Director Killed in Libya Source: Hit & Run Tim Hetherington, who co-directed, with Sebastian Junger, theacclaimed documentary Restrepo , was killed today inMisrata.
02/14/11 Community Celebrates Glen Cove Marine's Homecoming Source: Glen Cove Patch - Glen Cove NY Sgt. Salvatore Cavallaro said he wasn't looking for recognition for his time spent as a Marine in Afghanistan.
08/31/10 The Tillman Story sets the record straight Source: Miami New Times - Miami FL Pat Tillman , the Arizona Cardinals safety who enlisted in the Army Rangers eight months after September 11, read Emerson, Chomsky, and, though an atheist, the Bible.
08/17/10 The Tillman Story Sets the Record Straight Source: Village Voice - New York NY Pat Tillman , the Arizona Cardinals safety who enlisted in the Army Rangers eight months after September 11, read Emerson, Chomsky, and, though an atheist, the Bible.