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8 feared dead after cargo plane crash near Kabul (AP)

October 12th, 2010

AP - A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, with initial reports saying all eight people aboard were killed, an Afghan airport official said.

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Afghan official: Cargo plane crashes near Kabul (AP)

October 12th, 2010

AP - A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, an Afghan airport official said.

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Police: Rocket hits Kabul on Afghan voting day (AP)

September 17th, 2010

An Afghan policeman stands guard near posters of candidates contesting in the upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Afghan officials and political figures sought to reassure wary Afghans on Thursday that it will be safe to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite an upswing in violence in recent months. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Police say a rocket struck Kabul about three hours before citizens planned to head to the polls to vote in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections.


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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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Karzai: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The Afghan central bank's decision to force out executives of the nation's biggest bank amid allegations of mismanagement and questionable lending practices offers the government a chance to take a strong stand against corruption, the U.S. said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be guaranteed by the government.


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Kabul Bank braces for run on deposits after doubts (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The Afghan central bank's decision to force out executives of the nation's biggest bank amid allegations of mismanagement and questionable lending practices offers the government a chance to take a strong stand against corruption, the U.S. said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Managers of Afghanistan’s largest bank braced for a run on deposits Thursday, a day after nervous customers showed up in droves to take out their money following the…

Suicide bombers kill 2 security workers in Kabul (AP)

August 10th, 2010

Relatives and friends carry coffin of Jawed, 27, one of the two Afghans killed by gunmen in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, from a morgue in a military hospital in Kabul. The FBI is conducting its own probe into the deaths of six Americans citizens who were among eight foreigners gunned down in northeastern Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Taliban, a US official said Monday.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - Two suicide attackers struck a building rented by a private security company in Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, detonating their explosive vests to kill two company drivers, police said.


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Afghan govt: Blast hits Kabul residential area (AP)

August 10th, 2010

Relatives and friends carry coffin of Jawed, 27, one of the two Afghans killed by gunmen in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, from a morgue in a military hospital in Kabul. The FBI is conducting its own probe into the deaths of six Americans citizens who were among eight foreigners gunned down in northeastern Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Taliban, a US official said Monday.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - An explosion hit a residential area of Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, the government said.


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Taliban denounce Kabul meeting as sign of failure (AP)

July 21st, 2010

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide bomibng in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. A suicide bomber struck hiding explosives in a cart topped with bottles of juice for sale, Afghan officials. Two civilians were injured in the blast. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - The Taliban denounced this week’s international conference on Afghanistan’s future, saying the “vague and terrible agenda” shows that the U.S. and its allies intend to abandon the country and…

Kabul Conference Addresses Drawdowns, Afghan Army, Taliban (Time.com)

July 20th, 2010

Time.com - Talk of transferring responsibility for defending Afghanistan to local forces by 2014 still looks a tad optimistic, while stakeholders struggle to agree on an endgame

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