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Taipei Times
April 3, 2018
Rocking America in 1968 was the assassination on April 4 of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr and that of Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. ... a blitz on South Vietnam that would eventually turn the US public against a war that was America's longest until the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
FOX31 Denver
April 3, 2018
Martin Luther King Jr. fought for many issues throughout his life as a minister and the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaking out against various barriers holding back .... Today, the U.S. remains involved in the war of Afghanistan, and maintains military bases around the world.
TOLOnews
April 2, 2018
The latest one, “King Babur's Kabul: Cradle of the Mughal Empire”, aims to bring back some of Afghanistan's heritage to the people. According to Reuters, these Mughal masterpieces, have been dispersed outside Afghanistan over the centuries and while their removal undoubtedly saved many precious artworks fromÃâà...
BBC News
March 31, 2018
For centuries Afghanistan had been a buffer zone between the Russian and British empires. The two superpowers played out their Great Game of espionage and intrigue in this no man's land. When the map of modern Afghanistan was drawn, it is said, the Afghan King's opinion was hardly a consideration.
St. Augustine Record
March 25, 2018
Five years ago: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unusual unity between their two nations in Kabul as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a long-standing irritant in relations. Anthony Lewis, 85, a prize-winning columnist forÃâà...
WTOP
March 25, 2018
Five years ago: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) made a show of unusual unity between their two nations in Kabul as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a long-standing irritant in relations. AnthonyÃâà...
Newsweek Pakistan
March 25, 2018
Afghanistan's “King of the North” handed the reins to his handpicked successor on Thursday, ending a three-month political crisis that many had feared would turn violent. Atta Mohammad Noor, who sees himself as a potential presidential contender, agreed to step down from the governorship of BalkhÃâà...
The Sun Daily
March 23, 2018
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's "King of the North" handed the reins to his hand-picked successor on Thursday, ending a three-month political crisis that many had feared would turn violent. Atta Mohammad Noor, who sees himself as a potential presidential contender, agreed to step downÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 23, 2018
Atta Mohammad Noor, the powerful governor of Afghanistan's Balkh Province, has agreed to resign, ending a long standoff with the country's president. ... The resignation appears to peacefully end a stalemate between Noor, who is known as the "King of the North," and the central government in Kabul.
Bahrain News Agency
March 23, 2018
22 (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of condolences to Afghanistan's President Mohammed Ashraf Ghani, over the victims of ... HM the King expressed his strongest condemnation of such horrendous acts of terrorism, reaffirming the Kingdom's solidarity stance with Afghan in itsÃâà...
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
March 14, 2018
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The United States is bolstering its efforts to assist the Afghan government squash a rash of deadly high-profile attacks in its capital city through ... He arrived later in Bahrain, where he will meet with King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa and visit with U.S. troops.
KING5.com
March 13, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday he believes victory in Afghanistan is still possible – not necessarily on the battlefield but in facilitating a Taliban reconciliation with the Afghan government. Mattis spoke shortly before arriving in Kabul, where security concerns were soÃâà...
ThinkProgress
March 13, 2018
Afghan youth enjoy the Charmaghz mobile library in Kabul, Afghanistan. ... “He asked us for a book about the king of the jungle, we didn't have it, so we gave him a similar story, but within minutes he saw through it and demanded the actual book,” said Mohammad Shaheer Qateh, a university student whoÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 12, 2018
The Soviet Union wanted to establish an internationally backed government in Afghanistan, but fallout between India and the US led to the failure of the attempt, ... Rajiv Gandhi responded by trying to get close to all sections of the Afghan government and sent his envoy to meet King Zahir Shah in Rome.
Akron Beacon Journal
March 11, 2018
The war in Afghanistan, which is becoming one of the longest in world history, reaches its 6,000th day on Monday, when it will have ground on for ... that the latter somehow depends on the former, the administration should clearly say so, and defend those propositions, or liquidate this underta/king that has,Ãâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
February 26, 2018
The government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has extended all efforts to serve Hajj and Umrah pilgrims as part of its Islamic duty, and it will keep rendering such services for the sake of Allah's guests,"? Afghan - Saudi relation is time tested and AfghaniÃâà...
War on the Rocks
February 23, 2018
No Afghan ruler or government has been able to build and sustain a state within this territory using solely domestic resources. Governments without substantial foreign aid, as during the reign of King Amanullah Khan (1919-1929), the Islamic State established by the mujahidin (1992-1996), and the IslamicÃâà...
hellomagazine.com
December 31, 1999
Prince Harry was just "inches from death" after his troop drove over a landmine during his service in Afghanistan. A new biography about the Prince's army career has chronicled the terrifying moment that Harry was working as a forward air controller, meaning that he would look from Taliban troopÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
December 31, 1999
Originally called Saraj al-Amesar, the structure was built in 1907 on the instructions of Amir Habibullah Khan, the former king of Afghanistan, but then largely ... Parwan deputy governor Aqa Shah Wali Shahid said, “The Jabal Saraj Arg is an important Afghan historic monument, and all residents andÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Before going deeper into we have to know some details about President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani who is called by the West a “Philosopher King”. He was born ... For that, the American Menace has decided to leave Afghanistan in the hands of three groups: ISIL, the Taliban, and the Afghan government.
Chron.com
December 31, 1999
The village development project, of course, is not Herring's first work in Afghanistan. Her behind-the-scenes role in the Afghan-Soviet conflict is familiar to many Americans through “Charlie Wilson's War,” a 2003 book by George Crile that was adapted into a movie starring Tom Hanks as the hard-partyingÃâà...
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