Rage grips Pakistan over NATO attack

2011-11-27T14:00:13Z

ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - Fury spread in Pakistan Sunday over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the U.S. effort to wind up the war in Afghanistan

Pakistan buries troops amid fury over NATO strike

2011-11-27T04:30:09Z

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan on Sunday buried 24 troops killed in a NATO cross-border air attack that has pushed a crisis in relations between the United States and an ally it needs ...

Two Afghan guards killed near west Afghan NATO compound

2011-11-03T10:30:24Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents including suicide bombers killed two Afghan guards working for NATO-led troops in an assault on a security contractor's base in western Afghanistan on Thursday, authorities said.

Mahuddin Noori, a spokesman for the governor in western Reuters) - Suspected suicide attackers launched an assault near a base used by NATO-led forces in the western Afghan province of Herat on Thursday, authorities said, and gunfire was still being heard although there was no immediate word on casualties.

Herat government spoke...

Zawahiri calls for Algeria revolution in new video

2011-10-12T03:30:19Z

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called on Algerians to overthrow the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and praised Libyan rebels for seizing Tripoli, in a n...

US blame game 'self-defeating': Pakistani PM

2011-09-24T16:30:17Z

The Pakistani Prime Minister Saturday rejected US allegations linking Islamabad with the Haqqani terror network, saying the "blame game is self-defeating".

Yousuf Raza Gilani said such accusations would only benefit the militants, and added that they showed US policy in Afghanistan was i...

Military leaders to meet to salvage US-Pakistan ties

2011-09-15T17:30:40Z

The top US and Pakistani military leaders were to meet on the sidelines of NATO talks in hopes of fixing strained ties following the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a US defense official said Thursday.

Reuters) - Afghan security forces backed by NATO attack helicopters fought Taliban insurgents floor-by-floor in an unfinished high-rise in the center of Kabul on Wednesday, more than 15 hours after the biggest militant assault on the Afghan capital began.

Seven dead in deadly Taliban assault on Kabul

2011-09-13T20:30:36Z

Afghan forces Wednesday struggled to dislodge the last of the Taliban fighters who mounted a spectacular assault on Kabul, targeting the US embassy and NATO headquarters with rockets and suicide bombs and killing at least seven people.

The battle which broke out on Tuesday, plunging the Afghan capital into chaos, moved into a second day with one or...

Seven dead as Taliban target US embassy, troops in Kabul

2011-09-13T17:30:21Z

Taliban gunmen with suicide vests and rockets launched spectacular, coordinated attacks in Kabul Tuesday, targeting the US embassy and NATO's headquarters and killing at least seven people.

Afghan forces had not managed to end the siege after ten hours and at least ten heavy explosions with one or two insurgents still holed up in the high-rise buil...

BBC reporter among 19 killed in Afghan suicide strikes

2011-07-28T12:30:36Z

Triple suicide blasts and shootings killed 19 people including a local BBC reporter in an ongoing attack on Uruzgan province Thursday that was the deadliest to hit Afghanistan in more than a month.

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NATO hands control of Mazar-i-Sharif to Afghans

2011-07-23T11:30:12Z

NATO troops on Saturday handed control of Afghanistan's northern capital Mazar-i-Sharif to local forces amid rising security fears just days after it was hit by a deadly bombing.

Mazar-i-Sharif is the sixth of seven areas to transition to Afghan control, but critics say the timetable is politically motivated and scepticism is runn...

Bomb rocks government offices in Oslo, two said dead

2011-07-22T09:00:10Z

OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - A massive bomb shattered Norway's main government building in Oslo Friday, killing two people police were quoted as saying by local news agency NTB.

There was no claim of responsibility, though NATO member Norway has been the target...

Suicide attack hits memorial for Karzai's brother

2011-07-14T12:30:19Z

A suicide bomber on Thursday targeted a memorial service for the assassinated brother of the Afghan president, killing three people including a senior cleric and a child.

Local officials said 15 people were wounded when the attacker blew himself up in a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar, where visiting cabinet ministers from the capital Kabul had to be airlifted to safety.

The bombing spotlights r...

Afghan governor escapes bomb attack

2011-07-13T06:30:43Z

A bomb attack on Wednesday hit the motorcade of a key Afghan governor en route to the funeral of President Hamid Karzai's brother, wounding two Afghan troops, the government said.

The governor of Helmand province, Gulab Mangal, and the provincial chief of intelligence escaped unhurt, said an official statement, and the group attended the ...

Blasts kill 20 in Afghan flashpoints

2011-06-11T09:30:06Z

A series of bombs and explosions killed 20 people in Afghanistan's southern and eastern flashpoints on Saturday, among them at least eight children and four women, government officials said.

The attacks came as the UN said that May was the deadliest month for civilians in Afghanistan since at least 2007, with 368 deaths and 593 injuries of documented.

Taliban seeking to derail transition, Afghan spy agency says

2011-06-01T04:30:33Z

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban are trying to disrupt plans for the start of a security transfer in Afghanistan, from foreign troops to the national army and police, with attacks targeting key handover areas, the country's intelligence agency said Wednesday.

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NATO says will protect Afghans, troops from Pakistani militants

2011-05-24T04:00:18Z

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO will protect its troops and Afghans from militants based across the border in Pakistan, the NATO chief said Tuesday, reiterating pledges by the United States to target insurgents there who have escalated a...

Police surround compound in east Afghanistan siege

2011-05-22T02:00:07Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have surrounded a government building in a volatile eastern province after at least four Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers, staged a brazen assault on Sunday, government officials said.

At least three police were killed in the early stages of the attack, said Mohammad...

15 dead in NATO tanker fire in Pakistan: officials

2011-05-21T14:30:17Z

A bomb attack Saturday on a NATO fuel tanker headed to Afghanistan sparked a huge fire that killed 15 people who had rushed to collect petrol leaking from the bombed-out vehicle.

Those killed in the attack near Landi Kotal town in the lawless northwestern Pakistan tribal region of Khyber were all civilians, nine of them from the ...

Bomb attack hits 16 NATO fuel trucks in Pakistan

2011-05-20T21:30:07Z

LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb attack hit 16 NATO fuel trucks passing through Pakistan to Afghanistan early on Saturday, local officials said.

No one was wounded in the incident, which followed another bomb attack on NATO trucks i...

25 die in Afghan anti-NATO protest and suicide blast

2011-05-18T12:30:28Z

A NATO raid sparked violent protests that left 12 dead while a suicide bomber killed 13 people in Afghanistan on Wednesday in one of the country's bloodiest days for weeks.

Those killed in the protests in Taloqan, capital of the northeastern province of Takhar, were mainly civilians, while police trainers and cadets died when a bom...

Four NATO soldiers die in Afghan bomb blast

2011-05-16T13:30:48Z

Four NATO soldiers were killed Monday in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, one of the toughest battlegrounds in a nearly 10-year Taliban insurgency, the alliance said in a statement.

The US-led International ...

NATO chief says Afghan mission on track after bin Laden

2011-05-04T09:00:19Z

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's death will not change NATO plans in Afghanistan but his killing in neighboring Pa...

NATO chief: U.S. operation against bin Laden justified

2011-05-04T06:30:11Z

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of NATO said on Wednesday the U.S. operation in which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden wa...

Interpol slams 'security breach' after Afghan jailbreak

2011-04-27T10:30:35Z

Interpol on Wednesday slammed the international community's "shocking" failure to properly train Afghan police and said a mass Taliban jailbreak had revealed an "unacceptable gap in global security".

The police agency's secretary general, Ronald Noble, attacked the "ongoing failure to train and equip Afghan author...

NATO kills top Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan

2011-04-26T09:30:21Z

NATO troops in Afghanistan said on Tuesday they had killed a Saudi described as an "Al-Qaeda senior leader" who was their number two most-wanted insurgent in the country.

The US-led International Security Assistance For...

Al-Qaeda number two broaches Libya in new video

2011-04-14T21:30:25Z

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri incites Muslims to rise up against both NATO and Moamer Kadhafi's forces in a newly released video apparently taped before the Western intervention in Libya.

Zawahiri, wearing a white robe, ...

Insurgents killed attacking NATO camp in Kabul

2011-04-02T03:30:24Z

Several insurgents were killed as they attacked a NATO camp in Kabul with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, slightly wounding three troops, NATO and police said.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan police gave differing figures for th...

Burkha-clad insurgents attack Kabul base, both killed

2011-04-01T23:00:04Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents clad in burkhas attacked a coalition base in Kabul with guns and rocket-propelled grenades on Saturday, but were killed either when they detonated their explosives or by Afghan or coalition fire outside the entrance, NATO and police said.

Three "friendly forces" -- NATO or Afghan tr...

No NATO liaison on ground in Libya: alliance chief

2011-03-29T15:30:37Z

NATO has no representative on the ground in Libya to work with rebel forces fighting Moamer Kadhafi's regime, the alliance's top commander told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Admiral James Stavridis also said he had no orders to supply the rebels with weapons and that the all...

Taliban bomber kills 31 at Afghan office

2011-02-21T11:30:40Z

A Taliban suicide bomber struck an Afghan government office on Monday, killing 31 people and raising to more than 100 the death toll from a surge in high-profile bomb attacks.

A string of insurgent attacks has targeted civilians and government forces over the last three weeks, just a few months before limited withdrawals of US-led NATO forces are due to start in July.

Mo...

Suicide bomb in south Afghanistan kills interpreter

2011-02-07T07:00:39Z

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed an Afghan interpreter working for U.S. forces in an attack on a customs office in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province Monday, police said.

The bomber appeared to target NATO soldiers and at least five Afghans were killed Wednesday in separate insurgent attacks including a suicide bomb blast in the war-torn country's capital, NATO and Afghan authorities said.

Four NATO soldiers were killed by Taliban-style bombs -- three in the east and one in the volatile south -- and a fifth was killed in an insurgent attack in the east, NATO's

Jury still out on US Afghan-Pak strategy in 2010

2010-12-28T03:30:59Z

The US strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda and the Taliban tripled American troops fighting in Afghanistan and doubled missile strikes in Pakistan, but hangs in the balance after a year of record violence.

Since taking office,

Three die as air strike, suicide bomb hit Afghanistan

2010-12-23T16:30:39Z

Three people died in northern Afghanistan Thursday as a NATO helicopter opened fire on a car and a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy city centre traffic checkpoint, officials said.

The governor of Faryab province, Abdul Haq Shafaq, told AFP he saw a NATO helicopter attack a passing car as his official convoy ...

Afghan policeman killed in suicide blast

2010-12-23T06:30:39Z

A suicide bomber killed an Afghan policeman and wounded five civilians in Kunduz on Thursday, the second deadly attack on government security forces in the northern city this week.

The attacker walked up to a checkpoint in a crowded area of the city centre and detonated a suicide vest strapped to his body, officials and witnesses said.

Several of those wounded are thought to be shopkeepers working near by.

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Afghan insurgents kill at least six foreign soldiers

2010-12-12T15:30:33Z

An insurgent attack killed six foreign soldiers in Afghanistan's Taliban-infested south on Sunday, NATO said, days before the White House publishes a review of US strategy in the increasingly deadly war.

An Afghan army...

Two NATO, two Afghan soldiers killed in market blast

2010-12-05T12:30:19Z

Two NATO and two Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide attack at a market close to a joint military base in the east of the country on Sunday, coalition and local officials said.

An unknown number of Afghan soldiers and troops with NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were also injured in ...

Austria arrests suspect in Belgian NATO plot

2010-12-04T08:30:20Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian police have detained a Chechen refugee wanted in Belgium on suspicion of planning an Islamist militant attack on NATO targets, Austrian authorities said Saturday. The suspect, who lives with his family in Austria, ...

Death toll in Afghan suicide bombing rises to 13

2010-11-29T14:41:48Z

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Four policemen killed in twin suicide attack in Afghan east

2010-11-27T17:30:54Z

Four policemen were killed when two suicide attackers disguised in uniform blew themselves up inside a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the provincial governor said.

Eleven other officers were wounded when the attackers detonated their explosives in the main police base in Sharan, the capital of Paktika province, which shares a bo...

10 dead in Afghan suicide attack

2010-11-29T14:45:41Z

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Four policemen killed in suicide attack in Afghan east

2010-11-27T08:30:33Z

Four policemen were killed when a suicide attacker disguised in uniform blew himself up inside a provincial police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, a spokesman said.

Eleven other officers were wounded when the attacker detonated his explosives in the main police base in Sharan, the capital of Paktika province, which shares a border with ...

Suicide bombers kill 12 at Afghan police HQ

2010-11-29T14:41:45Z

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Afghan sweep may have killed 40 insurgents: NATO

2010-11-18T15:07:00Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Allied forces may have killed more than 40 insurgents in a sweep in eastern Afghanistan this week, the military said on Thursday, an operation that saw the worst allied loss in a single battle in six months.

Afghan troops and the NATO-led JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base in Afghanistan's east on Saturday, one of three incidents in 24 hours that marked a sudden upswing in violence.

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Suicide car bomb targets foreign troops in Kabul

2010-11-12T17:31:16Z

An International Security Assistance Force spokesman said the explosion happened near Camp Julien, which is located in the ruins of the former Afghan royal palace in the west of the city.

"According to initial reports it was a vehicle-borne IED (improvised explosive device)," the spokesman said. A later statement said the explosion happened as a troop convoy wa...

Why Bin Laden has not yet been captured

2010-11-29T15:41:11Z

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Civilians stuck in the middle of Nato, Taliban attacks in Afghanistan

2010-11-04T14:33:29Z

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Is the Taliban taking back Afghanistan?

2010-11-29T15:04:44Z

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2010-11-03T03:10:43Z

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Bin Laden 'living comfortably in Pakistan'

2010-10-18T02:30:10Z

The Saudi-born militant wanted for the September 11 attacks on the United States nine years ago was being protected by local people and "some members of the Pakistani intelligence services," CNN said.

It also said that the Al-Qaeda number two, the Egyptian-born Zawahiri, was living ...

Petraeus Takes Over Afghan fight, Vows 'to win' it

2010-11-03T00:16:09Z

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2010-11-03T00:16:17Z

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Mosque bomb kills 20, including Afghan governor

2010-10-08T12:28:10Z

A bomb tore through an Afghan mosque killing an outspoken governor and 19 other people on Friday in the latest attack reflecting growing violence in the north of the country.

Mohammad Omar, who was governor of Kunduz, one of the regions of northern Afghanistan most troubled by Pakistan intelligence: Dozens of Europeans in tribal region training for terror missions

Dozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be hiding out in the lawless tribal area of northwestern Pakistan, Pakistani and Western intelligence officials say, training for missions that could include terror attacks in European capitals.

Officials have used phone intercepts and voice tracking softw...

Bomb kills two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

2010-10-02T06:15:42Z

Two soldiers from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Saturday.

NATO did not release the nationalities of the soldiers, but the incident took the number of forei...

Bomb attack kills two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

2010-10-01T23:15:21Z

Two soldiers from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Saturday.

NATO did not release the nationalities of the soldiers, but the fresh incident took the number of...

CIA pledges to 'respect' Pakistan sovereignty: Islamabad

2010-09-30T14:15:37Z

Pakistan said Thursday that visiting CIA chief Leon Panetta had promised to respect its sovereignty and examine reports that NATO helicopters conducted deadly cross-border raids from KANDAHAR (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a Toyota Corolla blew himself up beside a convoy of NATO troops in Kandahar on Thursday morning, killing three civilians and wounding 9 others, the provincial gove...

Suicide attack kills Afghan official, 5 others: police

2010-09-28T00:15:31Z

A suicide bombing on Tuesday killed a deputy Afghan governor and five other people in a direct attack on his vehicle in the volatile south of the country, police said.

Mohammad Kazim Allahyar, deputy governor for the troubled province of Ghazni, was on his way to his office when the attack took place.

"The deputy governor has been martyred. His son and his nephew have also been martyred. In total, six pe...

Afghan minister urges new war on terror networks

2010-09-27T17:30:10Z

Afghan minister urges new strategy to dismantle terror networks to win war on terrorism

Afghanistan's foreign minister is warning the U.S., NATO and other allies that if they want to win the war on terrorism they must look beyond Afghan villages and adopt a strategy that will decisively dismantle terror organizations and networks.

Two foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO

2010-09-26T01:15:26Z

Two foreign soldiers battling the Taliban in southern Afghanistan were killed Sunday in a bomb attack, NATO said.

The deaths bring to 536 the number of foreign troops to die in the Afghan war so far this year, compared to 521 for all of 2009, according to an AFP tally based on that kept by icasualties.org.

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Afghan, NATO forces kill 30 insurgents in assault

2010-09-25T01:00:07Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led forces killed at least 30 insurgents in an air and ground assault in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, NATO forces said in a statement.

The NATO-led Reuters) - Several suicide bombers attacked a NATO-run base in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday, NATO and Afghan officials said, with at least two insurgents killed in the latest assault in the volatile Taliban strong...

Child killed in Afghan suicide blast

2010-09-24T05:16:06Z

A suicide car bomb targeted a NATO-led military convoy in Afghanistan on Friday, killing a child and injuring dozens of other people, police said.

The bomber blew up an explosives-laden sedan on a highway in the northern province of Balkh as the NATO convoy approached, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States by condemning "international terrorism" and offering condolences to the families of victims.

In a statement, Karzai said Afghanistan was not the source of militancy and t...

NATO reports two soldiers killed in Afghanistan

2010-09-05T06:20:17Z

NATO on Sunday announced the death of two foreign soldiers, one of them American, in Afghanistan's insurgent heartland as the Taliban was blamed for attacks that wounded civilians across the country.

One soldier whose nationality was not given, died Sunday in an insurgent attack, NATO's NATO reported Tuesday the death of an eighth soldier in a day of concentrated violence in the Afghan war, as this year's toll for foreign soldiers nears the total for all of 2009.

In a statement, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the soldier was killed on Monday in a NATO reported Tuesday the death of an eighth soldier in a day of concentrated violence in the Afghan war, as this year's toll for foreign soldiers nears the total for all of 2009.

In a statement, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the soldier was killed on Monday in a

7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting

2010-08-29T17:30:13Z

7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting, bringing August death toll to 42

Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of

Counter Terrorism VS. Counterinsurgency

2010-10-14T11:52:53Z

Terrorism is the set of acts of violence against civilians by an organized group or individual. This act of terrorism is intended to cause harm to the civilians in order to inflict a wave of fear amongst a particular locality or a society. The individuals who get involved in these activities are called terrorists. It is a form of self help that is undertaken by these terrorists as a form of showing their grievances (Deflem). Basically, terrorism is an act of violence that is condemned by most...

Foreign soldiers, Afghan civilians dead in attacks

2010-08-21T07:15:12Z

Three foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan were killed in separate attacks on Saturday, NATO said, while a woman and two children died in an operation against Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents.

NATO also reported the death of one of its soldiers on Friday, bringing to 447 the num...

NATO says al-Qaida operative killed in Afghanistan

2010-08-16T01:30:06Z

NATO says weekend air strike killed al-Qaida operative in Afghanistan

An al-Qaida operative has been killed in an air strike in Afghanistan, NATO forces said Monday.

The military coalition had said previously that it killed two insurgents with Sunday's strike on a pickup truck fleeing the site of a gunfight with police...

Foreigners boost insurgency in eastern Afghanistan

2010-08-12T10:00:26Z

Afghan, US officials: Insurgency rising in eastern Afghanistan, boosted by foreign fighters

As the spotlight of the Afghan war focuses on the south, insurgent activity is increasing in parts of the east, with Arab and other foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida infiltrating across the rugged mountains with the help of Pakistani militants, Afghan and U.S. officials s...

Afghanistan

2010-12-25T11:30:18Z

Gen. David Petraeus, 2nd left, top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, is greeted by Brig. Gen. Skip Davis on his arrival at an Italian base in Farah, Afghanistan, Saturday...

Pakistan NATO

2010-12-06T05:31:33Z

A Pakistani security official stands guard near the Afghanistan-bound NATO tanker set on fire by alleged militants at an outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Portugal NATO Summit

2010-11-27T06:02:36Z

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gives a media briefing at the end of a NATO summit in Lisbon on Saturday Nov. 20, 2010. NATO planned Saturday to deliver a historic invitation for Russia to join a missile shield protecting Europe against Iranian atta...

Afghanistan Police Training

2010-11-22T03:32:00Z

In this photo taken Nov. 7, 2010, new Afghan police recruits leave after attending a literary class at Central Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the NATO training mission, only 11 percent of the enlisted personnel in the army and police can read and write, compared to 35 percent for non...

Afghanistan Learning To Read

2010-11-22T03:31:59Z

In this Nov. 7, 2010 photo, Khan Agha, a new Afghan police recruit, reads text written on a white board inside a classroom at Central Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the NATO training mission, only 11 percent of the enlisted personnel in the army and police can read and write, compare...

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