Tag: Afghanistan

Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit to try to calm tensions between the country's two feuding presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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John Kerry in Afghanistan to meet feuding candidates

Matthew Lee · August 7, 2014 1:20 pm

Afghanistan National Army soldiers stand guard at a gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Earlier in the day, a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops at the military base, killing a U.S. two-star general and wounding others, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops, authorities said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Afghan official: General’s killer hid in bathroom

Amir Shah · August 6, 2014 7:38 pm

In this May 10, 2011, photo provided by the U.S. Army, then-Brig. Gen. Harold Greene speaks at Natick, Mass., on his last day of command of the Natick Soldier Systems Center. Maj. Gen. Greene, the two-star Army general who on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in either of America's post-9/11 wars, was an engineer who rose through the ranks as an expert in developing and fielding the Army's war materiel. He was on his first deployment to a war zone.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)

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General killed in Afghan attack was engineer

Robert Burns · August 6, 2014 4:22 pm

Afghan soldier kills US general, wounds about 15

Afghan soldier kills US general, wounds about 15

faiezlolita-baldor, robert-burnsrahim · August 6, 2014 12:23 am

Why the killing of a general won’t change U.S. strategy in Afghanistan

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Why the killing of a general won’t change U.S. strategy in Afghanistan

Brian Hughes · August 5, 2014 9:21 pm

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VIDEO: Details scarce after U.S. major general dead in Afghanistan shooting

Ed Sykes · August 5, 2014 7:37 pm

US officials: US general killed in Afghan attack

US officials: US general killed in Afghan attack

Robert Burns · August 5, 2014 5:27 pm

A NATO soldier opens fire toward journalists near the main gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, causing casualties, an Afghan military spokesman said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Afghan attack kills U.S. major general, wounds 15

Robert Burns · August 5, 2014 4:30 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 presidential candidates’ teams join audit

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 10:14 am

A New Disorder

Stephen F. Hayes · August 4, 2014 4:00 am

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

Army to force out 550 majors; some in Afghanistan

Army to force out 550 majors; some in Afghanistan

Lolita Baldor · August 1, 2014 10:58 pm