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17 hrs ago | Daily Times

Khairkhwa - Taliban bargaining chip for peace

HERAT: One of five Taliban detainees up for possible release by the United States in the name of peace, Khairullah Khairkhwa, divides opinion among those he once ruled in western Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Afghanistan, Asia, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

23 hrs ago | New Age

America after Iraq-Afghanistan

In this file picture taken on December 8, 2011, an Afghan female police officer practices aiming with a Kalashnikov assault rifle at the Police Training Centre in the outskirts of western Herat province.

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Yesterday | Tajikistan News.Net

Seven Taliban killed, 18 held in Afghanistan

Seven Taliban militants have been killed, two injured and 18 detained as suspects since Saturday in joint operations launched by the Afghan forces backed by NATO-led coalition troops, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Wall Street Journal

The Taliban Five

The Obama Administration is pursuing peace talks with the Taliban, and as a goodwill gesture it has been leaking the news that it may pre-emptively release five of their leaders held at Guantanamo.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Hamid Karzai

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Afghan Children Ensnared in Heroin Trade With Iran

Two years ago, Mohammad Reza was a 17-year-old student in Ghoryan, a district in the Herat province of western Afghanistan, spending half his days at school and the other half playing football with friends.

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Knoxville News Sentinel

Afghan private security handover looking messy

An Afghan private security commaner, part of a private security company called Arya teaches his under command security men how to join parts of an heavy machine gun during a military lesson at their base in Adraskan, Herat west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Cape Cod Times

It was love at first sight, but first kiss was forbidden

Cape Codder Ross Moore and Alaska native Jennifer Zimmerman, pictured here at Race Point in Provincetown, met and fell in love Afghanistan, where each had volunteered to work.

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E-Ariana

First-ever medicine making factory opens in Herat

Pajhwok 02/09/2012 By Ahmad Quraishi [Printer Friendly Version] HEART CITY - The first-ever domestic medicine manufacturing factory has started functioning in the western province of Herat, officials said on Wednesday.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Weekday Magazine

Baby Girls Seen As Mixed Blessing In Afghanistan

A midwife helps a mother with her newborn baby at the Razai Foundation Maternity Hospital in Herat.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

The United States Army

USACE continued contracting and construction momentum

Workers continue vertical construction at the 9th Commando Kandak project near Herat, Afghanistan.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

Bangkok Post

'Seven dead' in attack on Kandahar...

Six police officers were killed on Sunday in a car bomb attack on their headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a bastion of Taliban militancy, a local government official said.

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Canada.com

Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban

A Taliban militant poses for a picture after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, 2012.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

CNN

Conflict-related civilian deaths rise in Afghanistan

"A piece of shrapnel had gone through his head. My son is dead, and his loss is killing me and my wife.

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The Atlantic

These Are the Taliban Prisoners Up for Release

The Obama administration is considering the release of five Taliban prisoners to improve peace talks with the Afghan insurgency and now we know who's on the short list.

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CBS News

Report: Taliban leader sent letter to Obama

Former Taliban militants hold their weapons during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Jan.

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National Public Radio

Afghans View Peace Talks With Hope, Suspicion

Taliban fighters walk with their weapons after joining Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province, last month.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Toronto Star

Afghanistan Revisited

Ten years ago on February 3, the first wave of Canadian troops arrived at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, as part of the multi-national coalition forces war against terrorism.

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Boston.com

Afghanistan, January 2012

The New Year began violently in Afghanistan, with three bombings killing 13 people in one day in Kandahar.

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The United States Army

USACE engineer makes a difference in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Ayesha Saeed , a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South, listens as a construction contractor explains how his company plans to position water pipes in a building's foundation on Camp Zafar Jan.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

Canada.com

'Secret' report says Taliban set to retake power: Media

Taliban militant poses for a picture after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, 2012.

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