Afghanistan

U.S. Report On Spending In Afghanistan Classified For First Time

10:07am January 30, 2015

by David Welna

The latest quarterly report on U.S. spending in Afghanistan was released on Thursday. Conspicuously missing were figures on how more than $50 billion is being spent on training and equipping Afghan military and police forces. Those figures have been classified for the first time in years of such reporting and the general who ordered keeping them secret says it's to keep enemies from sharpening their attacks. Key senators disagree.

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Gunman Reportedly Kills 3 U.S. Contractors In Attack At Kabul Airport

3:36pm January 29, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Three Americans who were working as contractors in Afghanistan died in a gunman's attack at Kabul's international airport complex Thursday, according to the AP.

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Afghans Take The Stage At Kabul's Emerging Rock Scene

2:22pm January 20, 2015

by Sean Carberry

In his final postcard from Afghanistan, NPR's outgoing Kabul correspondent Sean Carberry, a former professional musician, dives into the underground music scene.

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Pakistan Pressures Afghan Refugees To Go Home

12:57pm January 18, 2015

by Philip Reeves

Authorities are responding with draconian measures following the massacre of more than 130 students in Pakistan. Officials are focusing on Afghan refugees, even though the killers were Pakistani.

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Donating A Single Rollerblade Is Not Going To Help Disaster Victims

7:09am January 13, 2015

by Kathryn G. Kempton

Yet that's what someone gave after the Haitian earthquake. A staffer at one nonprofit offers a plan to discourage unuseful donations from individuals and corporations and get what's really needed.

Editor Muhammad Bekjanov has been in an Uzbekistan prison since 1999, according to Human Rights Watch.

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Courted By The U.S. And Russia, Uzbekistan Ignores Critics

4:35pm January 10, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Uzbekistan has been a key partner for the U.S. in the Afghan war. Now that the U.S. role in that war is winding down, will Uzbekistan's poor human rights record become more of an issue?

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Afghan soldiers patrol a rural road near in southern Afghanistan. U.S. forces will continue to train Afghans on logistics and intelligence collection.

After Years Of Conflict, U.S. Mission Shifts In Afghanistan

6:01pm January 01, 2015

by Tom Bowman

With the start of the new year, the more than 10,000 American troops remaining there will take on more of a supporting role. But Afghan forces will still need help fighting the Taliban.

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Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Gen. John Campbell opens the

Ceremony In Afghanistan Officially Ends America's Longest War

4:31pm December 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

While the conflict, which has claimed the lives of some 3,500 U.S. and NATO troops, is formally ending, 13,500 foreign soldiers will remain in support roles.

Army General To Determine Fate of Bowe Bergdahl

2:59pm December 22, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Pentagon said action against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could range from no further action to convening a court martial. The Taliban held Bergdahl for five years until his release in a prisoner exchange.

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On The Pakistani Taliban: 'You Can't Do Politics ... Killing Children'

1:01pm December 21, 2014

Peshawar, Pakistan, has long been a breeding ground for the Taliban. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Pakistan expert Michael Semple in the wake of the school massacre that left more than 140 dead.

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