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1. News - Asia - AFGHANISTAN

   Kabul suicide attack on Nato convoy kills 15, injures 40

   Posted May 16th 2013, 03:16pm by Reuters

   ... News Asia Afghanistan Reuters in Kabul A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1238943/kabul-suicide-bomb-nato-convoy-kills-eight-civilians
2. News - Asia - AFGHANISTAN

   Merkel on unannounced visit to troops in Afghanistan

   Posted May 10th 2013, 03:06pm by Agence France-Presse in Mazar-I-Sharif

   ... News Asia Afghanistan Agence France-Presse in Mazar-I-Sharif Chancellor Angela Merkel made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Friday to shore up morale among Germany’s 4,200 troops as foreign forces withdraw after more than a decade of fighting. The war is increasingly unpopular in Germany, but Merkel told troops in Kunduz province that political and economic progress was being ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1234528/merkel-unannounced-visit-troops-afghanistan
3. News - Asia - AFGHANISTAN

   US wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan, says Karzai

   Posted May 09th 2013, 05:26pm by Agence France-Presse in Kabul

   ... News Asia Afghanistan Agence France-Presse in Kabul Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Thursday to wring concessions from the United States in negotiations to sign a security pact, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1233753/us-wants-keep-nine-bases-afghanistan-says-karzai
4. News - World

   Family, friends mourn loss of US diplomat in Afghanistan

   Posted Apr 12th 2013, 10:59am by Agence France-Presse in Washington

   ... News World Afghanistan Agence France-Presse in Washington Relatives and colleagues of a young US diplomat killed in Afghanistan honoured her Sunday as a smart woman just starting her career and eager to engage with locals in the war-ravaged country.   Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was among at least five Americans killed in separate attacks on Saturday, in the deadliest day ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1212834/family-friends-mourn-loss-us-diplomat-afghanistan
5. Lifestyle - Books - BOOKS

   Afghanistan: the great game of thrones

   Posted Feb 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

   ... sepoys, only one survivor made it to the British garrison town of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan. This half-dead man, Dr William Brydon, was immortalised in a painting titled The Remnants of War ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1141087/afghanistan-great-game-thrones
6. News - Asia - AFGHANISTAN

   Nato says war against Afghan’s Taliban being won

   Posted Apr 25th 2013, 03:13pm by Agence France-Presse in Kabul

   ... year, according to figures from the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office. The United Nations has separately reported a rise of almost 30 per cent in civilian casualties in the first quarter compared ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1222849/nato-says-war-against-afghans-taliban-being-won
7. Second-hand military

   Posted Oct 20th 2004, 12:00am by Claude Adams

   ... that fought so bravely in Europe and the Far East during the second world war are being portrayed in some quarters as under-equipped, under-funded, and under-appreciated by the government. ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/474780/second-hand-military
8. News - Asia - AFGHANISTAN

   Suicide truck bomb hits Nato base in Afghanistan

   Posted Oct 17th 2012, 03:26pm by Agence France-Presse in Kabul

   ... News Asia Afghanistan War Agence France-Presse in Kabul A suicide truck bomb attack on a joint Nato-Afghan army base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday caused several casualties to Afghan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1063216/suicide-truck-bomb-hits-nato-base-afghanistan
9. News - Asia - AFGHANISTAN

   US military deaths in Afghanistan reach 2,000

   Posted Oct 01st 2012, 08:51am by Associated Press in Kabul

   ... in Afghanistan seemed to come quickly. Kabul fell within weeks, and the hardline Taliban regime was toppled with few US casualties. But the Bush administration’s shift toward war with Iraq left ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1051360/us-military-deaths-afghanistan-reach-2000
10. Lin Gendi

    Posted Feb 05th 2012, 12:00am

    ... War in Afghanistan Kabul Afghanistan Lianna Gutcher CALCULATED RISK I've been a businesswoman all my life and came to Afghanistan in 2003 because some friends were here. I didn't want to run a restaurant in the beginning and opened a shop ...

    http://beta.scmp.com/article/991710/lin-gendi

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