From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. A winter storm is covering much of the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states today with a thick blanket of snow. 15-year-old Harrison Wall is shoveling his driveway in Bowie, Maryland. It's pretty light

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JEFFREY BROWN: Next tonight, Afghanistan, where both the U.S. and Afghan governments are exploring new negotiations with the Taliban. Margaret Warner sat down with three Afghan women who have a significant amount at stake in the outcome. WOMAN: We do

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A 10-year-old refugee known for his artistic ability has held his first art show and donated all the money raised to a sick Serbian boy. Farhad Nouri has been called the little Picasso for his pictures and photographs. The Associated Press reported t

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 04 July 2006 Security officer keeps Afghans away from bloody site after bomb exploded in Kabul, July 04, 2006 Afghan authorities say two bomb explosions in Kabul have injured five civilians, while suspected Taleban militants ha

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 21 June 2006 Afghan journalists are denouncing efforts by the country's intelligence officials to impose guidelines laying out what the officials consider acceptable topics for publication. The official want to place restr

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 14 June 2008 Afghan and foreign troops have launched a massive manhunt to recapture hundreds of prisoners, including suspected Taliban militants, who escaped a central prison in southern Afghanistan after a raid by Taliban insu

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 June 2008 The Pentagon says reports that Taliban forces have taken over several villages in southern Afghanistan are false, and that any Taliban offensive in the area will be defeated. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentag

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his government will participate in President Barack Obama's strategic review of the war in Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai announced the agreement after meeting with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke. U.S. Special Envoy Richard

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The United Nations says the number of civilians killed during 2008 in Afghanistan rose 40 percent from the year before. The 2,118 civilians reported killed last year is the highest number since the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban government in

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US, Afghan Officials Debate Country's Future Security美国,阿富汗官员辩论国家的未来安全 WASHINGTON There is debate over the future of U.S. - Afghan relations after U.S. 华盛顿 - 有争论是对美国的未来 - 阿富汗后,美国

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, also the 10th anniversary of the war against terrorism. Afghanistan, without doubt, is the key battlefield of this war. How does it evaluate this war of the past ten years? And how does it evaluate the ro

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By Gary Thomas Washington 04 December 2006 Pakistan announced Monday that its foreign minister, Khurshid Kasuri, will go to Afghanistan Friday for a three-day visit. A Pakistani spokeswoman says the talks will focus on bringing what she labeled peac

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least 33 people in eastern Afghanistan. Officials say more than 100 other people were wounded in the attack in Jalalab

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 01 June 2007 Afghan police are under attack as Taleban insurgents target the country's vulnerable security force. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand says militants have mounted a series of attacks on local poli

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As Afghanistan continues its struggle to defeat Taliban insurgents and rebuild its infrastructure, the nation is finding strong support from the middle of the United States, in the state of Nebraska. Since 1973, long before Afghanistan gained world

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1. Libyan rebels say they will agree to a cease fire if Muammar Gaddafi pulls his forces out of all cities and allows peaceful protests. Libyan opposition leaders also say theyve struck a deal with Cartel to sell rebel-held oil. Proceeds would be use

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2 US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan The U.S. military says two American service members have died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan. The military says the attack took place on Saturday but provided no other information about the in

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 May 2007 Local officials in southern Afghanistan say an air strike has killed at least 21 civilians, including women and children. The U.S. military says it was fighting Taleban insurgents in the area, but it has not con

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U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the 9,800 American troops stationed in Afghanistan would remain there until the end of the year, despite earlier plans to cut them by half. Afghanistan remains a very dangerous place, Obama said at a news

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JUDY WOODRUFF: We get more on today's announcement from Washington Post reporter Greg Jaffe. Greg, how did he get to this decision? GREG JAFFE, The Washington Post: You know, in the spring, they started a review to decide what they were going to do.

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