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WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 13, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- A series of explosions rocked southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province today, killing at least 35 people and wounding 47 others, local officials said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 8, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday morning on an unannounced visit, as NATO-led coalition forces are pressing an offensive in the nation's south... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Mar 7, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Two days before his official trip to Afghanistan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a "big lie" intended to pave the way for the invasion of a war-torn nation, according to Iranian state media... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 6, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan on Saturday, his office said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 25, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The Afghan flag was raised over battle-scarred Marjah today. The banner was hoisted over an area where U.S. and other troops have been fighting the Taliban... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 24, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A new classified directive to coalition forces in Afghanistan puts restrictions on nighttime raids of Afghan homes and compounds, a senior U.S. official said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 22, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A NATO air strike on a convoy in southern Afghanistan killed more than two dozen civilians, the interior ministry said Monday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Feb 20, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The Dutch Cabinet has dissolved after arguments over Netherlands' involvement in Afghanistan, a spokeswoman for the prime minister confirmed Saturday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Feb 19, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The news that two Taliban "shadow governors" have been detained in Pakistan underscores the reality that in Afghanistan there are, in effect, two governments... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 15, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A major offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan is now in the "clearing phase," according to a NATO spokesman... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Feb 14, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The Taliban put up stiff resistance today, as a coalition assault against the militant group entered its second day in southern Afghanistan... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Feb 13, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- NATO troops say they have gained a foothold in part of a Taliban-controlled town after launching their biggest war offensive in southern Afghanistan... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 10, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Authorities recovered more than 150 bodies Wednesday from a mountain pass in northern Afghanistan that was struck by a series of avalanches... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jan 30, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Two U.S. service members and a U.S. employee were killed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 25, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- A briefing prepared by the top U.S. intelligence official in Afghanistan, and obtained by CNN, concludes the Taliban in Afghanistan is increasingly effective... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jan 24, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Afghanistan said Sunday it will postpone parliamentary elections from May until September... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 11, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Three U.S. service members were killed Monday afternoon during a fight with militants in southern Afghanistan, NATO officials said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Jan 10, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- A British journalist was killed and a second wounded in Afghanistan when the vehicle in which they were traveling struck an improvised explosive device... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jan 8, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The suicide bomber who killed eight people at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week was a loner since childhood, his mother told CNN on Thursday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jan 7, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Afghanistan last month that killed seven CIA employees and contractors and a Jordanian military officer, according to a statement posted on Islamist Web sites... Read More