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U.S. Will Retaliate If ICC Tries To Prosecute Americans, Bolton Says

Sep 11, 2018
John Bolton, President Trump's national security adviser, is a critic of the International Criminal Court. He's threatening to sanction judges who investigate Americans for actions in Afghanistan.
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Politics
Blackwater security contractors guard Zalmay Khalilzad, then the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as he arrives at a community sports center in Baghdad in 2006.

Zalmay Khalilzad Appointed As U.S. Special Adviser To Afghanistan

Sep 04, 2018
The Afghan-born former diplomat served as U.S. ambassador in Kabul under President George W. Bush. In Afghanistan, views of Khalilzad are mixed, with some blaming him for many of the country's woes.
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Afghanistan
In this 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Pakistan. The Taliban say Haqqani, an ex-U.S. ally turned enemy, died Monday. He was 72.

Taliban Announce: Founder Of Much-Feared Haqqani Network Dies At 72

Sep 04, 2018
A Taliban statement issued Tuesday says Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Afghanistan's Haqqani network, and a former U.S. ally turned fierce enemy, died Monday after years of ill health.
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Afghanistan

More Afghans Are Calling For Peace, Gen. John Nicholson Says

Aug 28, 2018
The war in Afghanistan is America's longest. Rachel Martin talks to Gen. John Nicholson about his outlook for Afghanistan. Until Sept. 2, he is the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in the country.
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Afghanistan

ISIS Leader In Afghanistan Killed In U.S. Strike, Officials Say

Aug 27, 2018
Afghan officials declared success after American forces targeted Abu Sayeed Orakzai. The U.S. military says the strike took place near the border with Pakistan.
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National Security

Why The Number Of U.S. Visas Being Granted To Afghan And Iraqi Allies Are Down

Aug 24, 2018
During the many years U.S. troops have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, locals have served as interpreters and other capacities at considerable risk to themselves and their families. Many have been allowed to immigrate to the U.S., but the Trump administration has greatly reduced those numbers.
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National Security

What's Changed In Afghanistan Since President Trump Decided To Stay

Aug 21, 2018
A year ago, President Trump said his original instinct was to pull out of Afghanistan. But he chose to stay. NPR looks at what's changed since then in Afghanistan — and what hasn't.
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Afghanistan
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addresses a news conference last month at the presidential palace in the capital, Kabul, where the government was hosting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Taliban Answers Afghanistan's Cease-Fire Offer With Ambush, Abductions

Aug 20, 2018
Since a brief truce in June, attacks by the militant group have left hundreds of people dead. President Ashraf Ghani is angling for a new peace deal, but the Taliban hasn't taken him up on it.
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Politics

Morning News Brief: Primaries, Taliban Attack And Turkey's Crisis

Aug 14, 2018
Four states hold primaries Tuesday ahead of November's midterms. Taliban fighters have attacked the Afghan city of Ghazni. As Turkey's economic troubles spread, a dispute with the U.S. plays a role.
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Middle East

Taliban Launches Major Attack On Afghan City Of Ghazni, Leaving Civilians Trapped

Aug 13, 2018
NPR's Mary-Louise Kelly speaks with BBC journalist Shoaib Sharifi about the fight to drive Taliban fighters out of the embattled city of Ghazni, Afghanistan.
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Middle East

Correspondent Reflects On Nearly 17 Years Of War In Afghanistan In 'The Fighters'

Aug 13, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning author C.J. Chivers speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his new book, The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Afghanistan
Afghan volunteers carry an injured woman on a stretcher to a hospital in Ghazni province on Sunday. The Taliban assault on the city of Ghazni has resulted in intense gun battles and hundreds of casualties.

Surprise Taliban Attack Leads To Days Of Fighting, Hundreds Of Deaths

Aug 13, 2018
Afghanistan's military was launching a counteroffensive aimed at flushing militants out of the strategically vital city of Ghazni, which was attacked on Friday.
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Afghanistan

3 Czech NATO Service Members Killed In Afghanistan

Aug 05, 2018
Three Czech service members were killed by a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, NATO said. In addition, one American service member and two Afghan soldiers were injured.
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Analysis

U.S.-Taliban Talks: Afghan Government Wasn't In The Room, Crocker Says

Aug 03, 2018
The U.S. has reportedly met with Taliban officials to discuss the possibility of peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan. Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker.
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World
Afghan policemen stand guard outside the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque the day after a suicide attack during Friday evening prayers last October.

Afghanistan Update: Government 'Lawless, Weak And Dysfunctional'

Jul 31, 2018
A U.S. government watchdog says the Afghan government "may be going back to 'business as usual' and 'simply checking the box' when it comes to fighting corruption."
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Afghanistan

'Drop By Drop': How Poetry Helped The U.S. Military In Afghanistan

Jul 16, 2018
From the Rough Translation podcast, the story of an Air Force captain who seemed to hold the key to turning around the Afghan war, and why everything went wrong. ***Language advisory: the phrase "God damn it" appears at 5:05. It has been bleeped.***
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Afghanistan

U.S. Service Member Killed In 'Apparent Insider Attack' In Afghanistan, NATO Says

Jul 07, 2018
A U.S. service member was killed and two others wounded Saturday. Details of the incident, which is under investigation, were not immediately released.
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Politics

Pentagon Questioned Over War Zone Numbers Blackout

Jul 03, 2018
The Pentagon has stopped reporting troop levels for Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria following President Trump's declaration that the U.S. would not talk about troop numbers in Afghanistan.
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World
Lt. Gen. Austin S. "Scott" Miller, shown here in 2015, a 57-year-old West Point graduate, has spent much of his career with Special Operators, working in the shadows on battlefields that include Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. He most recently was commande

For Next U.S. Commander In Afghanistan, 'This Is About Protecting U.S. Citizens'

Jun 20, 2018
"I can't guarantee you a timeline or an end date" for the war, Lt. Gen. Austin "Scott" Miller, President Trump's pick to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan

Was Afghan Cease-Fire A Sign Of Hope?

Jun 20, 2018
Rachel Martin talks with Candace Rondeaux, a security analyst for New America, about a recent three-day cease-fire in the war in Afghanistan and what it means for peace talks.
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Afghanistan

Afghan Government Announces Temporary Truce With Taliban

Jun 08, 2018
Rachel Martin talks to Gen. John Nicholson, head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, who supports a temporary ceasefire. Nicholson says while the ceasefire is temporary, it is significant.
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Afghanistan
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, seen speaking in February in Herat, Afghanistan.

Afghan President Declares Cease-Fire With Taliban — But How Will Taliban Respond?

Jun 07, 2018
The unilateral, temporary cease-fire set to begin next week marks one of Ashraf Ghani's biggest peace overtures yet. But after years of bloodshed, it's unclear if the militant group will reciprocate.
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Afghanistan

Failures In Afghanistan

May 27, 2018
A new report says the American effort to stabilize Afghanistan is a failure. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with John Sopko of the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.
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The Two-Way
Scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia attended a conference on Friday to discuss stability in Afghanistan. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) shakes hands with Qibla Ayaz, chairman of Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology.

70 Muslim Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Violence And Terrorism

May 11, 2018
The scholars from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia met Friday to discuss peace in Afghanistan. They said "violent extremism and terrorism" contradict "the holy principles of Islam."
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Afghanistan

New Watchdog Report Paints Grim Picture Of America's War In Afghanistan

May 01, 2018
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, about the latest report on Afghanistan reconstruction. Despite the record amount of coalition munitions dropped, the security situation continues to deteriorate and civilian deaths from coalition munitions are at a record high.
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