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AFP file photo of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai


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Afghan rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (L) and Ashraf Ghani (R) exchange signed agreements for the country’s unity government in Kabul September 21, 2014 (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)


Opinion: A Ray of Light in Afghanistan

Opinion: A Ray of Light in Afghanistan

With news from the Middle East dominated by horror stories, little attention has been paid to a small piece of good news from a remote corner of the turbulent region. Earlier this week, the outgoing President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai bid his fellow countrymen...
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Head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani (C) gestures during the start of the sorting of presidential ballot papers for the audit and recounting at the counting center at a warehouse in Kabul on July 17, 2014. (AFP/Wakil Khosar)


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Afghan security personnel stand guard near to a damaged vehicle that was hit by a remote control bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday July 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)


Car bomb attack kills at least 30 in Afghanistan

Car bomb attack kills at least 30 in Afghanistan

Gardez, Reuters—A car packed with explosives detonated on Tuesday as it was passing by a crowded market in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika, killing at least 30 people and wounding 40, police said. “Right now, police are taking all the wounded to...
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Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry as he sends him off after a dinner at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)