List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stability In Afghanistan Is Regional, Stupid
The upcoming Heart of Asia conference must be more than just diplomatic talk if Afghanistan is going to achieve the economic stability it craves.
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Najibah tried to comfort her daughter Zahra (8) as they both wept over the grave of their husband and father, just south of Kunduz City. Sub Caption: During the two week takeover of Kunduz City by the Taliban from September 28 - October 12, 43-year-old Baynazar Mohammad Nazar (***First name only to be used because of potential threats to his family***) was shot in crossfire between government forces and Taliban fighters on his way home from where he works as a Chowkidor (unarmed guard) in Kunduz City. He spent the next two and a half days being operated on and recovering in the nearby MSF Kunduz Trauma Center. At around 2AM on Saturday, October 3, however, Baynazar was one of at least thirty patients, patient carers and staff who were killed when a U.S. AC-130 gunship destroyed much of the hospital after receiving a request for air support from Afghan Commandos in the area. Baynazar's family spent ten days searching for him - from Kunduz to Baghlan Province to Mazar-e Sharif and back to Kunduz, eventually being told by a shopkeeper near the hospital that he and 12 others had been taken from the hospital and buried on the edge of the city. He is survived by his wife, Najibah, sons, Samiullah (19) and Mohammad Khalid (6) and daughters Raiana (10) and Zahra (8). Longform’s Picks of the Week
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20151010_quilty_msf_knz_afg_027 The Man on the Operating Table
Baynazar Mohammad Nazar was a husband and a father of four — and a patient killed during the attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz. This is his story.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Human Error’: U.S. Troops Suspended Over Kunduz Hospital Strike
Investigation continues into deadly airstrike
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ghani’s Pivot Away From Pakistan
Reaching out to India may bring immediate benefits for Afghanistan, but will weakening ties with Pakistan be the cost?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Nangarhar, IS Recruits Amidst Af-Pak Border Tensions
IS recruits in Afghanistan’s weak border province, but can they avoid the long-standing mistrust and shifting loyalties that characterize the Af-Pak border?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Deadly Military Crashes Show Training Can Be As Dangerous As War
Two accidents show the military training can be as dangerous as combat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Did the Pentagon Cook the Books on Its Afghanistan Intel?
The military has been accused of fudging the numbers in the fight against the Islamic State. Congress wants to know if it did with the Taliban too.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Happy to be Moving in the Wrong Direction
A new poll found that few Afghans believe their country is headed in the right direction yet at the same time they reported being happy with their lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dumb Wars
A tragedy in three acts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan’s Broken Electoral System
Months late, Afghanistan's Electoral Reform Commission has submitted proposals that aim to end the government gridlock. But are the recommendations too ambitious?
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HRCopener The Hillary Clinton Doctrine
For four years she was Obama’s loyal secretary of state. Her critics call her an interventionist, her admirers tough-minded. What kind of president would she be?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Chases New Role in Central Asia Against Mounting Security Concerns
Despite talk to avoid a "Great Game" in Central Asia, Washington is still walking a tightrope between Russia and China in the region.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 NATO Official During Kunduz Strike: ‘I’ll Do My Best, Praying for You All’
A new MSF report goes into harrowing detail about the Oct. 3 U.S. airstrike on its hospital in Kunduz.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watchdog Blasts the Pentagon’s $43M Gas Station That Will Fuel Few Cars in Afghanistan
DoD built a $43 million gas station in Afghanistan that no one can use.
