Deadly 18-hour assault by Taliban in Kabul

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In pictures: Taliban ‘spring offensive’

KABUL — Insurgents attacked cities across eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, including three prominent targets in Kabul, in a rare coordinated attack spanning some of the country’s most important urban centers. The Taliban called the effort the beginning of its spring offensive. Read full article > >

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KABUL — A police officer in eastern Afghanistan shot dead nine of his colleagues as they slept Friday morning and then fled in a government vehicle full of guns and ammunition, according to Afghan and American officials. The nine had been drugged earlier, an Afghan official said. Read full article > >

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Afghan police officer kills 9 comrades as they sleep

KABUL — U.S. military officials paid $916,000 to the relatives of villagers allegedly shot by a rogue U.S. soldier earlier this month in Kandahar Province, Afghan officials said Sunday. Payment of “blood money” is a common way to settle disputes stemming from violent deaths in Afghanistan. The money could defuse the intense anger the March 11 massacre generated in the southern province. Read full article > >

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U.S. pays ‘blood money’ to victims of Afghan massacre

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday accused the United States of stonewalling an investigation into the killings of 16 Afghan civilians and suggested that more than one soldier may have been involved in the massacre. Read full article > >

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Karzai accuses U.S. of blocking investigation into shooting rampage

KABUL — The Taliban vowed Monday to take revenge for the killing of at least 16 Afghan civilians by a rogue American soldier, and the nation’s parliament said people “have run out of patience” with foreign forces. Read full article > >

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Taliban vows revenge for killings by U.S. soldier

To send your snot-nosed, hacking child to school or not: That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to miss yet another round of critical meetings, deadlines or social obligations to nurse him at home or suffer the slings and arrows of angry fellow parents . . . . Well, you get the picture. Read full article > >

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Parents wonder when a sick child is not too sick to send to school

To send your snot-nosed, hacking child to school or not: That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to miss yet another round of critical meetings, deadlines or social obligations to nurse him at home or suffer the slings and arrows of angry fellow parents . . . . Well, you get the picture. Read full article > >

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Parents wonder when a sick child is not too sick to send to school

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai on Sunday urged Afghans to avoid violent retaliation for the burning of a pile of Korans at the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan last week and called for the punishment of those behind the act, which sparked nationwide protests. Read full article > >

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Karzai urges Afghans to avoid violent retaliation over Koran burnings

An Afghan police intelligence officer is being hunted for the killing of two senior Nato officers at the interior ministry in Kabul, say officials.

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Policeman ‘behind Kabul attack’

KABUL — Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, recalled all NATO personnel working in Afghan ministries in the Kabul area on Saturday after two NATO soldiers were killed by an Afghan security official inside the Interior Ministry earlier in the day. Read full article > >

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NATO personnel recalled from Afghan ministries in wake of deadly attack

Violent protests broke out again in Kabul on Friday a day after President Obama expressed “deep regret” over the burning of Korans at a NATO air base.

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Koran Protests Resume in Afghanistan Despite U.S. Apology

KABUL — The police officers had been told to be vigilant. They had been warned that protests could occur spontaneously and could again turn deadly, as they had for two days after U.S. military officials burned a pile of Korans . Read full article > >

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In Kabul, Afghan police sympathize with protesters angry over Koran burning

President Barack Obama apologises to the Afghan people for the burning of Korans by American troops at a US base outside Kabul.

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Obama apology for Koran burnings

KABUL — A second day of violent protests spread across Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, as demonstrators directed their anger at Western embassies and military installations, railing against the incineration of a pile of Korans at a NATO base on Monday night. Read full article > >

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Afghan protests over Koran burning spread on second day