Continental Europeans are being asked to contribute millions to keep Afghanistan secure after NATO withdraws, but they sound less optimistic than the United States and Britain do. full story ![]()
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces shot dead at least one would-be suicide bomber on Sunday in a high-security area of Kabul, home to government departments and diplomatic missions, police said.
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Excerpts from an interview with Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the supreme military commander in Afghanistan, on the readiness of the Afghan security forces, his optimism that the Afghan Army will be a unifying force for the country, the Taliban’s tactics this summer and winning over the Afghan people.
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The Afghan president has issued a decree that orders the prosecution of Afghan security forces involved in torturing prisoners and requires all future interrogations be videotaped.
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The Afghan president has issued a decree that orders the prosecution of Afghan security forces involved in torturing prisoners and requires all future interrogations be videotaped.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president has issued a decree that orders the prosecution of Afghan security forces involved in torturing prisoners and requires all future interrogations be videotaped.
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The thin, blue burkas hanging on pegs in a sad little row indicated the diminished status of women in the northern Afghan city of Faisabad. About 200 Afghan girls and boys who had completed the local high school were trying to learn computers and English at this private school endowed by an Afghan diplomat. But to walk through the frozen, grimy streets of this mainly ethnic...
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands recently abdicated, making way for her son Willem-Alexander to become the first Dutch king in more than a century. European monarchs are largely powerless. Why do so many countries keep them around?Because breaking up is hard to do. When asked whether they want to keep their monarchies, large majorities of Europeans answer “yes.” Around 80...
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