Afghanistan

Afghanistan: More voting stations to remain closed (AP)

September 8th, 2010

Afghan children look at a burning pile of 5 tons of expired medicines, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)AP - Afghan election officials said Wednesday that scores of additional polling stations will have to remain closed during the Sept. 18 parliamentary vote because of the deteriorating security situation…

Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Afghans burn an effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Hundreds of Afghans railed against the U.S. and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce the American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday that an American church’s threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book the Quran could endanger U.S.…

Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy (Time.com)

September 6th, 2010

Time.com - The government insists there is no reason for anxiety but the depositors outside Afghanistan’s largest bank are implacable. They want their money back

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Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, right, shakes hands with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates during a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Gates is in southern Afghanistan getting a firsthand look at operations in an area of the country where the Taliban has the most influence.


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Gates in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai, Petraeus (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, Afghan firemen carry fire a fire hose to extinguish a burning oil tanker, unseen, after an explosive device planted underneath it exploded, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.  (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus.


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