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Ruling: No Right to US Trial for 3 Bagram Detainees

(May 21) -- U.S. appellate judges ruled unanimously today that three detainees held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan are not entitled to challenge their imprisonment in American courts. Today's decision by a trio of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., sought to clarify the extent of court...

Does Karzai's Corruption Offer Obama an Out?

(Nov. 12) -- He was once, if too briefly, a hero. But now Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been cast in the role of spoiler as President Barack Obama mulls over a list of unpalatable options for Afghanistan -- none of which, according to The New York Times, he likes as is. As Obama nears a decision, perhaps as early as...

Background on afganistan

Afghanistan (Persian/Pashto: , Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming part of South Asia, Central Asia, and Greater Middle East, it is also considered to be part of a broader West Asia.

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