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Afghan police officer kills 2 U.S. troops

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Seven U.S. troops die in crash

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US drawdown in Afghanistan includes many trainers

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Afghan National Army soldiers pray inside their sleeping quarters at their barracks in Kunduz, northen Afghanistan, Sunday,Sept. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

Attack on Kabul CIA office kills 1 American

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez

An Afghan soldier takes position under a huge poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai with his late brother Ahmad Wali Karzai, during a gun battle with militants in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital Tuesday in a brazen attack two days after the United States marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

U.S. ambassador: Haqqani group behind Kabul attack

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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 14, 2010 file photo Ahmad Wali Karzai, half-brother of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Kandahar, Afghanistan. An Afghan official says Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother has been killed in southern Afghanistan. Zalmai Ayubi, the spokesman for Kandahar province, says that Ahmad Wali Karzai was shot dead on Tuesday July 12, 2011. Ahmad Wali Karzai, who was head of the Kandahar provincial council, had become a political liability for the Karzai government _ a symbol of cronyism and a lightning rod for criticism of all that is wrong with the Karzai administration. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) (Associated Press)

Bomber targets service for Afghan leader’s brother

Heidi Vogt, Mirwais Khan

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of an explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, May 22, 2011. In Kandahar, two police officers suffered injuries Sunday when a motorcycle laden with explosives detonated as they tried to disarm it, the ministry said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Taliban denies leader has been killed in Pakistan

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez

Afghani people hold the lifeless body of one of the four Afghans, killed during a NATO raid in Taloqan, Takhar province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. More than 1,000 protesters poured into a northern Afghan city Wednesday, shouting "Death to America!" and calling for justice as they clashed with security forces following an overnight NATO raid they claim killed four civilians. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard) (AP)

Afghan rally over NATO raid turns violent, 12 die

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Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, rally to condemn the United States for the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan. Party's chief Hafiz Saeed called bin Laden a martyr and demanded the Pakistani government break ties with the United States. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) (AP)

Pakistan protests after clash with NATO helicopter

Heidi Vogt, Ishtiaq Mahsud

An Afghan policemen takes a look at the opening of tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan which prisoners escaped through on Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Afghan forces recapture 65 from Kandahar jailbreak

Heidi Vogt, Mirwais Khan

An Afghan solider, center, stands guard outside of the main prison in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Taliban tunnels more than 480 out of Afghan prison

Heidi Vogt, Mirwais Khan

U. S. Senator John Kerry, left, meets Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Kerry's meeting with Pakistani officials is an indication that the American politician may have a rocky time convincing Pakistan to free a U. S. consulate employee Raymond Davis, allegedly involved in shooting of two Pakistanis.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) (AP)

Sen. Kerry upbeat after talks on Pakistan detention

Heidi Vogt, Munir Ahmed

Petraeus: Taliban have reached out to reconcile

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U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan calls for unity

Heidi Vogt, Amir Shah

Afghan officials: Insurgency growing in southwest

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Karzai wins amid cries of fraud

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez