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An Afghan official investigates a damaged Danish convoy at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 24, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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An Afghan police officer surveyed the damage from a truck bomb near several embassies in Kabul in May. The United States is redrawing the Green Zone to cover nearly all major ministries and Western compounds. Credit Andrew Quilty for The New York Times
US Expands Kabul Security Zone
Kabul- Soon, American Embassy employees in Kabul will no longer need to take a Chinook helicopter ride to cross the street to a military base less than 100 yards outside the present Green Zone security district. Instead, the boundaries of the Green Zone will be...Caption:
Damaged vehicles are seen after a suicide car bomb attack in Khost province, Afghanistan May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
Saudi Arabia Condemns Market, Security Patrol Bombing in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry deeply condemned on Monday the two bombings which targeted a popular market in the city of Khost, in Afghanistan and a patrol of security forces, in Bajaur region of Pakistan, the Saudi state-owned press agency (SPA) cited an...Caption:
US soldiers walk near a police checkpoint in Afghanistan. (Reuters)
Questions on al-Qaeda’s Possible Return
Cairo – In mid-August al-Qaeda threatened to derail Britain’s train system, urging its supporters to heed its call. This brought up the debate about whether the extremist organization was on the rise again, 16 years after the United States declared war against it....Caption:
New recruits to the Afghan army Special Forces take part in a military exercise in Rishkhur district outside Kabul, Afghanistan February 25, 2017. Picture taken on February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani