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The leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was confirmed to have been killed in a drone strike carried out by the C.I.A. over the past weekend. President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Monday evening, confirming the strike and reaffirming the U.S.' goal of combatting terror.

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With the group's takeover of the country, concerns that a similar shift in power swinging towards the Boko Haram group in Nigeria is rising.

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Depending on the situation, a wedding ceremony is supposed to be one of the happiest days in a bride’s life. Unfortunately, a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan Sunday (July 26) night was far from happy, a gun fight broke out and at least 21 people were killed.

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If there’s one thing that the general public knows about the CIA it’s that agents are to remain cloaked in secrecy. The White House mistakenly broke this rule of silence by outing a top official stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan to thousands of journalists Sunday (May 25).

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President Barack Obama has had quite a busy Tuesday thus far, this after announcing from the Rose Garden this afternoon that he intends to keep 9, 800 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014. The president said that the troop numbers will dwindle down to a support level by 2016.

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Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld hurled an insult at President Barack Obama regarding the handling of the war in Afghanistan. During a live television interview, Rumsfeld said that a trained ape would best President Obama in such foreign policy matters.

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In the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the country has an oppressive hold on its female population. Silenced by a society that would rather the women be submissive and quiet, a young woman has taken a bold step to find expression via music and in turn, becomes the first female Hip-Hop artist of her homeland. Sosan Firooz, […]

November 5 was a tragic day as Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood.  The end result left 13 dead along with more than two dozen injured. As family members, military personnel, civilian employees and others within the community are continuing to rise back after such an event, rapper Chamillionaire will […]

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U.S. guards have been under fire for hosting lewd parties at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan where the guards allegedly stripped naked, drank booze and performed salacious acts mirroring conditions of “Lord of the Flies.” Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has called for the investigation into the accusations against the security guards, which could potentially […]

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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan warlord has extended his “help” to the U.S. on the conditional basis of the American troops planning to exit the country. “We are ready to help with the United States and … other coalition forces if foreign troops announce the time frame for the pulling out their troops from Afghanistan,” said […]