Rahim Faiez

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 photo provided by Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS), Hafiz Rashid, a senior leader of the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network, poses for a picture in Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said Rashid, a senior commander of the network, and Anis Haqqani, another senior leader of the network, have been arrested by the Afghan intelligence service NDS in eastern Khost province. (AP Photo/National Directorate of Security)

2 Haqqani leaders arrested by Afghan intelligence

Rahim Faiez · October 16, 2014 12:29 pm

A U.S. army soldier, center, takes his position at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. An Afghan official said a suicide bomber targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul killed one civilian and wounded three others. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban mountain ambush kills 14 Afghan troops

Rahim Faiez · October 13, 2014 1:41 pm

Multiple attacks kill at least 14 in Afghanistan

Multiple attacks kill at least 14 in Afghanistan

Rahim Faiez · October 12, 2014 11:59 am

One of the six nooses are prepared for men sentenced to death at a jail in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Kabul police chief said Afghan authorities have executed five men convicted of armed robbery and gang rape in a case that galvanized the nation this summer. The five were convicted and sentenced to death Afghan last month. A sixth man who was executed on Wednesday was sentenced in a separate, unrelated murder case. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan executes 5 men in gang rape case

Rahim Faiez · October 8, 2014 1:04 pm

Afghanistan's national security adviser Mohmmad Hanif Atmar, seated at right, and U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham, left, sign the documents of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) at presidential palace as Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center right, and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, center left, watch, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Afghanistan and the United States signed a long-awaited security pact on Tuesday that will allow U.S. forces to remain in the country past the end of year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan, US sign long-awaited security pact

Rahim Faiez · September 30, 2014 5:29 pm

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left, is sworn in by Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Ghani Ahmadzai He replaces Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan swears in Ghani Ahmadzai as president

Rahim Faiez · September 29, 2014 1:22 pm

Afghan election commission workers sort ballot papers for an audit of the presidential run-off votes at an election commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. An audit of results from Afghanistan's presidential runoff election resumed Sunday after a holiday break, an electoral official said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan election audit restarts after holiday delay

Rahim Faiez · August 3, 2014 3:29 pm

Taliban attack Afghan police chief’s home

Taliban attack Afghan police chief’s home

Rahim Faiez · July 27, 2014 9:04 am

Afghanistan's security forces and civilians walk at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun area of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The attack near a busy market and a mosque killed at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Pajhwok News Agency)

89 killed in worst Afghanistan bombing since 2001

Rahim Faiez · July 16, 2014 1:01 am

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a press conference at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2014. The country's election crisis deepened Sunday as the two presidential candidates, Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, sparred over the release of preliminary results and calls mounted for a broader investigation of suspect ballots amid allegations of massive fraud. Abdullah, who garnered the most votes in the first round of voting on April 5 but failed to get the majority needed to win outright, has boycotted the electoral institutions after alleging widespread ballot box stuffing and other efforts to rig the June 14 runoff vote against him. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan candidates spar over release of results

Rahim Faiez · July 6, 2014 5:10 pm

2,558 complaints over Afghan presidential runoff

Rahim Faiez · June 17, 2014 6:40 pm

Afghan forces gather during clashes with Taliban fighters in Kandahar, southern Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 15, 2014. In the southern Kandahar province police said they raided a building on Sunday that had been occupied by the Taliban the day before, setting off clashes in which police shot dead two would-be suicide bombers but were unable to prevent another two from blowing themselves up, killing several policemen and wounding many. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Roadside bomb kills 11 after Afghan vote

Rahim Faiez · June 15, 2014 2:08 pm