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Time.com - The U.S.-led coalition is unlikely to defeat the Taliban militarily, but neither side is ready to accept the other’s peace terms. Instead, expect more talking and more fighting…

AP - The young Marine had a simple question for the farmer with the white beard: Have you seen any Taliban today?

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AP - Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday, the second night of deadly explosions in the southern Afghan city where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas…

AP - Three explosions just minutes apart rocked Kandahar on Monday night, killing up to four Afghan police officers in the nation’s largest city in the south.

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AP - Three explosions just minutes apart rocked Kandahar on Monday night, killing up to four Afghan police officers in the nation’s largest city in the south.

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AP - The Afghan government said Sunday it has started dissolving private security firms in the country by taking steps to end the operations of eight companies, including the firm…

AP - In an effort to find a political solution to the war, the Afghan government on Tuesday set up a 70-member peace council, formalizing efforts already under way to…

AP - A suicide bomber killed a deputy provincial governor and five others Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, police said. Later, a tearful President Hamid Karzai decried the violence, fretting that…

AP - Three journalists detained by coalition forces and Afghanistan’s intelligence service for allegedly spreading Taliban propaganda have been freed, NATO said Friday, following an outcry from media workers and…

AP - An Afghan journalist detained by coalition forces for allegedly spreading Taliban propaganda has been freed, NATO said Friday.

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