Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

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A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief Monday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outside the council headquarters, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.

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Boston suspect wrote note before capture: report

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 week(s) ago

Boston suspect wrote note before capture: report

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note before his capture in which he called the victims "collateral damage" for US action in Afghanistan and Iraq, local media reported Thursday.

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Four US soldiers killed in south Afghanistan: officials

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Four US soldiers killed in south Afghanistan: officials

A roadside bomb killed four US soldiers in south Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest fatalities for the NATO-led coalition which is winding down after 12 years of fighting.

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Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 week(s) ago

Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said.

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US military plane crashes near Kyrgyz-Kazakh border

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 week(s) ago

A US military refueling plane caught fire in mid air and crashed near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on Friday, Kyrgyzstan's Emergencies Ministry said.

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Afghan bus, tanker crash 'kills 30'

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Afghan bus, tanker crash 'kills 30'

A passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan before dawn Friday, killing at least 30 people, many of them heading for the poppy harvest, officials said.

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US faces new challenges

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VOV News English 1 month(s) ago

US faces new challenges

(VOV) - The US was shocked by a twin bombing in Copley square in the centre of Boston city, where tens of thousands of people and athletes from 96 countries were attending a marathon.

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World military spending dips in 2012, first fall since 1998

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World military spending dips in 2012, first fall since 1998

STOCKHOLM, April 15 – Global military spending dropped in 2012 for the first time in more than a decade thanks to deep cuts in the United States and Europe which made up for increases in countries such as China and Russia, a leading think-tank said on Monday.

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Obama's budget avoids big cuts to US military spending

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

The Pentagon laid out a budget plan on Wednesday that holds military spending steady next year without taking into account the cost of the war in Afghanistan or rolling automatic budget cuts.

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NATO air strike kills 11 Afghan children, officials say

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

An air strike in Afghanistan carried out by NATO forces has killed 11 children in the eastern part of the country, officials said on Sunday. Afghanistan’s president condemned the loss of civilian lives.

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New Zealand troops begin withdrawal from Afghanistan

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

New Zealand troops began their withdrawal from Afghanistan yesterday, with the lowering of the flag for the last time at their base in Bamiyan to mark the end of a 10-year involvement in the war.

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Afghanistan to destroy 15,000 ha of poppy: officials

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Afghanistan plans to destroy 15,000 ha (37,050 acres) of poppy fields this year in its latest efforts to control the heroin trade that fuels endemic violence and corruption, officials said on Sunday.

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NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago

A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, NATO said on Tuesday. No immediate details about the cause of the accident were released.

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Afghan leader alleges US-Taliban collusion

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials during a problematic visit by the new Pentagon chief.

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Afghanistan marks Women's Day with film festival

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Afghanistan's first international women's film festival opened in the western city of Herat on the eve of International Women's Day.

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