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Topic: Afghanistan (page 34)

An Afghan journalist walks by precious stones on display as he attends a press conference of Afghan Minister of Mines Wahidullah Shahrani in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, June 17, 2010. An Afghan mining official says the untapped minerals in the war-torn country are worth at least $3 trillion, triple a U.S. estimate. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (Musadeq Sadeq)

Deb Riechmann, Amir Shah

Associated Press

An Afghan miner works at the Karkar coal mine in Pul-i-Kumri, about 170km north of Kabul, March 8, 2009. The Karkar mine, which hires 280 workers, produces about 100 tonnes of coal a day. The salary for a miner ranges from $70 to $110 per month. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY ENERGY) (Â© Ahmad Masood / Reuters)

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U.S. finds vast mineral riches in Afghanistan

U.S. President George W. Bush addresses a Joint Session of Congress at
the Capitol Building in Washington January 29, 2002. President Bush
warned on Tuesday in his first State of the Union speech that America's
war on terrorism is just starting with tens of thousands of trained
followers of Osama bin Laden believed spread around the world as
"ticking time bombs.REUTERS/Luke Frazza/Pool

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"Axis of Evil" speech cost American lives

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Canadian soldiers with 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, get ready to reinforce troops after one of their comrades got injured by an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, June 7, 2010. IEDs have been the single biggest cause of death among Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Seven out of nine Canadian deaths this year were the result of IED blasts. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Afghan women, victims of war, look on during a "victims' jirga" (a meeting) in Kabul. Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Mothers of slain teenage sons, men marred by mine blasts and tearful widows were among Afghans who spoke out Sunday at a conference billed as the first major gathering of victims of decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) (AP)

U.S. Marines from Kilo company, 3rd Battalion 6th Marines play a round of the "Risk" boardgame by the light of their flashlights in COP Reilly base in Marjah district, Helmand province, March 24, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Asmaa Waguih / Reuters)

Lolita C. Baldor

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Drones at fault in killing of Afghan innocents

No easy options in Afghanistan

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"War" by Sebastian Junger

Sebastian Junger's hellish Afghanistan masterwork

Associated Press

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Obama threatens Jonas Brothers

Tracy Clark-Flory

In this April 26, 2010, photo, U.S. Army Lt. David Cummings, of Raleigh, N.C., talks on the radio with soldiers from his platoon while out patrolling areas off of Highway 1 with A Troop, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The American-led effort to wrest control of southern Afghanistan is off to a slow start and the political clock is ticking as U.S. troops head into what could be the bloodiest fight yet in the eight-year war. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP)

Glenn Greenwald

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