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 Kabul |
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US general Harold Greene killed by Afghan soldier   Map of Camp Qargha Afghanistan Maj Gen Harold Greene has been killed in an attack by an Afghan soldier at a British-run military academy near Kabul
| He is the highest ranking US military official to have been killed since US-led combat operations in Afghanistan began
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| Aug.16 |
Western Afghanistan |
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 Crash of loaded truck in rugged northwestern Afghanistan kills 32 people Map of Ab Kamari Badghis Afghanistan| The truck was loaded with people and animals and was traveling through a mountainous rural area when it crashed in northwestern Afghanistan | |
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| Aug.27 |
Kabul |
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Presidential election in crisis after candidate pulls out of audit| One of 2 men vying to become the Afghan president, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled his observers from an audit of the country's disputed election | |
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