US senator blocks Afghan aid, citing secret CIA payments to Karzai
A senior US Republican senator has blocked a 75-million-dollar American aid to Afghanistan.
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A look at US-Taliban relations
Word that the Taliban and U.S. will hold formal talks to find a political solution to end nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan comes after years of ...
Revealed: The 44 Guantanamo Bay inmates too dangerous to release
Freedom of Information request forces authorities to name terror suspects held for the last 12 years The United States government has identified for ...
Senator wants answers about alleged CIA payments
WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker says he's holding up $75 million in U.S. assistance to Afghanistan until he gets answers from the Obama ...
Talking with the Taliban
With the announcement Tuesday that the U.S. will engage in direct talks with the Taliban in coming days, the Obama administration has moved one step ...
Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 29
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,103
As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan ...
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CIA chief John Brennan visits East European ally Romania, to meet PM and President
BUCHAREST, Romania - The director of the CIA is in Romania to meet top officials in this former Communist nation which is now a staunch ally of the ...
Taliban say they will open office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban say they will open office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war.
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