Building bridges to locals in Afghanistan
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$43 million will go to reconstruction in five provinces in a bid to reduce Taliban influence.
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A new traveling exhibit gives a glimpse of Afghanistan's diverse cultural legacy, rescued from the Taliban's destruction
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PANJWAI, Afghanistan -- The road to this southern Afghan farming town is wide, smooth and utterly empty, except for an occasional old man on a bicycle or a meandering herd of baby camels.
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SANGIN, Afghanistan  - The message couldn't have been clearer.
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Incidents of civilian deaths in airstrikes and other military action by international forces in Afghanistan:
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Afghanistan is set to reestablish its role as a &quot;land bridge&quot; linking much of Asia and drive growth in the four trillion dollar broader regional market, a top US official said.
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Organising the first presidential election in Afghanistan, a country largely without power, roads or literacy, has required a leap of imagination that has encompassed everything from donkeys to satellite phones.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan's Oct. 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.
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Officials from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan hold talks on managing the movement of Afghan refugees.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- Three years after the US invasion, Paktia Province and the rest of southeastern Afghanistan illustrate the mixed results of an intervention that ousted the Taliban regime but has yet to capture Osama bin Laden or forge a stable, centralized state to keep out terrorists for good.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan leaders are considering offering amnesty to drug smugglers who get out of the country's booming narcotics industry and invest their profits in national reconstruction, senior officials said.
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A new video-teleconferencing system is allowing prisoners at a major U.S. military base in Afghanistan to speak with their relatives Â the first time some detainees have talked to anyone outside the secretive facility in years, the Red Cross said Monday.
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After Operation Khyber, focus shifts to local governance.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- New Afghan President Hamid Karzai is preparing to meet tribal leaders in a bid to step up the fight against the country&#39;s drug trade.
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In Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, bridegrooms are expected to pay for their weddings, including money for the brideâs family.
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KABUL - US envoy Richard Armitage has held talks in Kabul on Wednesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on regional security issues and efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan&#39;s October 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.