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  • Lung ailments emerge after service in Iraq

    For Dina McKenna, Christmas 2009 was a happy time. Her husband, who had twice been deployed in Iraq during earlier holiday seasons, was at home for the holidays. But the good times didn't last."Christmas Day, 2009, we were walking together by the river i 2/13/12 Read more »

  • Taliban announce death of ex-defense minister

    (AP) -- The Taliban's former defense minister died in a Pakistani jail in 2010, a spokesman for the insurgent group said Monday.Little had been heard of Obaidullah Akhund since he was arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2007.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah 2/13/12 Read more »

  • AP IMPACT: USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed

    (AP) -- Piece by piece, in backpacks and carry-on bags, American aid contractor Alan Gross made sure laptops, smartphones, hard drives and networking equipment were secreted into Cuba. The most sensitive item, according to official trip reports, was the   Read more »

  • Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics

    (AP) -- Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics , Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women.There are female Afghan success stories, yet most women in Afghanistan remain second-   Read more »

  • Suffolk audit planned on double dipping

    Suffolk Comptroller Joseph Sawicki has ordered "a very serious audit" of county agencies because of evidence that police and other employees who took military leave kept their public and military pay in violation of county policy.Sawicki said preliminary   Read more »

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About Afghanistan

Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان), is a landlocked country located at the heart of Asia. Generally considered part of Southern Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either Central Asia or the Middle East, as it has religious, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbours. It is largely bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. The name Afghanistan means the "Land of Afghans".

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