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Afghanistan

  1. gitmo
    4 More Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Released They were sent back to Afghanistan.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  2. international intrigue
    Governor Cuomo Is Spending the Weekend in AfghanistanAlong with some other governors. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. 3 Missing Afghan Soldiers Found Trying to Cross Into CanadaIs it because of the socialized medicine?
    By Katie Zavadski
  4. war on journalism
    N.Y. Times Reporter Ordered to Leave AfghanistanHe’s in no hurry.
    By Katie Zavadski
  5. prisoner of war
    Bowe Bergdahl Moved to Outpatient TreatmentA week and a half after returning to the United States. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  6. the war in afghanistan
    Friendly Fire Airstrike Kills 5 U.S. Soldiers in AfghanistanA bomber accidentally hit them after they called for air support.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  7. bergdazi
    Bowe Bergdahl’s Parents Receive Death Threats As Son Begins Recovery Bob and Jani Bergdahl still haven’t spoken to Bowe.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  8. bergdazi
    Bowe Bergdahl Was Known to WanderThe Army’s classified report reveals new details about the former POW. 
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. controversies
    Taliban Video Shows First Footage of Bowe Bergdahl’s ReleaseAmid reports that he looked “alarming” in a recent video.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. bergdazi
    Republican Strategists Are Helping Bowe Bergdahl’s Critics Get Their Stories OutDiscussion about the American POW is becoming increasingly partisan.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  11. the military
    Fellow Soldiers Criticize Bergdahl They say his actions led to the deaths of his fellow troops.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. international intrigue
    Not Everyone Is Happy With the Release of American POW Bowe BergdahlSome members of the GOP worry that the Obama administration negotiated with terrorists.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  13. international intrigue
    Taliban Releases Captured American Soldier After Five YearsIn exchange for five Afghan prisoners.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  14. spy games
    White House Publicizes CIA Chief’s NameOops.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  15. surprises
    President Obama Sneaked Over to AfghanistanIn a leather jacket.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  16. awful things
    Three Americans Killed by Hospital Guard in AfghanistanAt least one of the victims was a doctor.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  17. very sad things
    AP Photographer Killed in Cold Blood by Policeman in AfghanistanA reporter was also injured in the attack.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  18. puppies!!!!!!
    Taliban’s Latest U.S. Hostage Is a Military Dog, Taliban SaysPoor thing.
    By Adam Martin
  19. international news
    Explosion, Gunfight Near U.S. Consulate in AfghanistanAt least one killed.
    By Adam Martin
  20. war crimes
    Soldier Apologizes for Afghan Massacre, Calls It ‘an Act of Cowardice’But still has no explanation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. international affairs
    Obama Loses Patience With Karzai, May Pull All Troops From AfghanistanRather than leaving a “residual force.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. your tax dollars at work
    Military Marks Afghan Withdrawal by Destroying $7 Billion of Its Own EquipmentThey can’t leave it by the curb with a Post-it note.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. war crimes
    Staff Sgt. Bales Describes Afghan Massacre, Offers No Explanation“There’s not a good reason in this world for why I did the horrible things I did.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. very sad things
    Young American Diplomat Killed in Afghan AttackAnne Smedinghoff was 25 years old.
    By Delia Paunescu
  25. scary things
    Taliban Greets Chuck Hagel With BombNine people were killed outside the Afghan defense ministry.
    By Andre Tartar
  26. military trials
    Afghan Corpse-Urinating Marine Pleads Guilty, Will Have Rank ReducedIt’s a much lighter sentence than the judge wanted.
    By Adam Martin
  27. war in afghanistan
    Army Seeks Death Penalty for Sgt. Robert BalesHe’s accused of killing sixteen Afghan civilians.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. scandal
    Rich: Petraeus Scandal Won’t Draw Focus to WarAfghanistan will be ignored after Real Housewives of Tampa blows over.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Caroline Shin
  29. international affairs
    Anti-U.S. Protests Spark Up Again in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Beyond [Updated]After a brief calm, violence is again raging across the Middle East.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. prince harry
    Taliban Targets Prince Harry in Attack on Afghan BaseTwo U.S. Marines were killed.
    By Andre Tartar
  31. the war in afghanistan
    U.S. Declares Afghanistan a ‘Major Non-NATO Ally’The last country to get that designation was Pakistan, in 2004.
    By Andre Tartar
  32. international intrigue
    Obama Fails to Settle Pakistan Dispute at NATO SummitSupply lines remain closed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. afghanistan
    U.S. Strategic Release Program Trades Insurgents for Information, Vow of Peace The U.S. has released an unspecified but reportedly low number of detainees in this fashion.
    By Brett Smiley
  34. the national circus
    Frank Rich on the National Circus: A Noun, a Verb, and Osama bin LadenObama couldn’t sink to Bush’s low of politicizing 9/11 if he tried.
    By Frank Rich
  35. afghanistan
    Explosion Shakes Kabul After Obama Visit [Updated]President Obama left prior to the blast that killed at least six.
    By Brett Smiley
  36. international intrigue
    President Obama Will See Your Firehouse and Raise You … Afghanistan!He made a surprise visit to Afghanistan today.
    By Dan Amira
  37. local heroes
    Long Island’s 92-Year-Old Movie Bootlegger Is Untouchable Because he’s basically a saint.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  38. afghanistan
    U.S., Afghanistan Reach Pact on Post-Withdrawal RelationsThe pact covers the decade following the 2014 troop withdrawal.
    By Brett Smiley
  39. the war in afghanistan
    U.S. Troops Posed for Pictures With Dead Suicide Bombers in AfghanistanThe Los Angeles ’Times’ has released the photos despite requests from the government not to publish them.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. taliban spring offensive
    Taliban Kick Off Their Spring Offensive With Explosions and a Prison Breakout In Kabul, attacked embassies; in Pakistan, nearly 400 inmates freed.
    By Andre Tartar
  41. robert bales
    Sergeant Robert Bales’s Wife: ‘This Is Not Him’In her first public statements, Karilyn Bales defended her husband.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  42. stuck in the mittle
    Why Is Mitt Romney Allowed to Have Herman Cain’s Afghanistan Policy?Which is, basically, “I don’t know.”
    By Dan Amira
  43. friendly fire
    Staff Sergeant Robert Bales’s Family Life Revealed on Wife’s BlogJoys of fatherhood, hopes for a transfer.
    By Andre Tartar
  44. friendly fire
    U.S. Soldier Who ‘Snapped’ and Killed Sixteen Afghan Civilians I.D.’edRobert Bales was described by neighbors as a patriotic, mild-mannered, family man.
    By Andre Tartar
  45. Suspect in Afghan Shootings Had Been Drinking“He just snapped,” a U.S. official said.
    By Eliza Shapiro
  46. international intrigue
    Live-in Divorce: Afghanistan EditionWe don’t want to be together, but we can’t live apart just yet. 
    By Dan Amira
  47. nightmare scenarios
    American Soldier Kills Sixteen Afghan Civilians, Motive Still Unknown [Updated]Hamid Karzai: This “cannot be forgiven.”
    By Andre Tartar
  48. religion
    Americans Apologize for Burning Korans in AfghanistanProtesters were not pleased in the slightest.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  49. media
    CNN Analyst Dana Loesch Wants ‘A Million Cool Points’ for Peeing SoldiersThe conservative commentator had some extreme words on the incident during her radio show.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  50. international intrigue
    Taliban Handling Corpse Urination Video Surprisingly WellThey hardly seem surprised, really.
    By Dan Amira
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