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Fly a flag for Cody Army confirms Utah man died in Afghanistan explosion
Jim Towse, father of Cody Towse, talks about his son at his home in Elk Ridge Saturday, May 18, 2013. Cody Towse was standing near an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan when it went off. The military has been unable to locate ...
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Endgame Afghanistan Talking to the Taliban
Kabul: The Taliban is the same group that preferred war with the United States over handing over its friends from the Al Qaeda. It is the same group that continues to haunt Afghans. So what has led to talks with the Taliban in the run-up to 2014, when Western troops will exit Afghanistan completely? It's a story that takes us back and forth between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many diplomatic ...
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Senior police killed in Taliban attack in western Afghan town
Two Taliban militants riding a motorbike opened fire and killed a senior police officer in Farah province, 695 km west of Afghan capital Kabul, a local official confirmed Saturday."Ghani Khan, the police chief of Khak-e-Safid district, was visiting Charbagh area outside provincial capital Farah city last night when two Taliban rebels riding a motorcycle came across and sprayed bullets, ...
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Utah County father waits for word on son missing in action in Afghanistan
Jim Towse, father of Cody Towse, talks about his son at his home in Elk Ridge Saturday, May 18, 2013. Cody Towse was standing near an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan when it went off. The military has been unable to locate ...
Afghanistan Feature
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Why should American troops remain in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is widely regarded, even by its own people, as a puppet state, and has little hope of breaking away from US influence in the foreseeable future, there is wide-spread resentment toward foreign troops, and increasingly loud calls in the states for a withdrawal of troops. But, like or not, these two countries have been tied together irrevocably, even before the war on terror.
Since the invasion of Afghanistan by allied forces in 2001, the country’s destiny has in many ways not been its own. Read more
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