Tag: afghanistan

Sources: U.S. to arm local Afghans to fight Taliban

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military plans to help the Afghanistan government recruit, train and arm local Afghans to fight a resurgent Taliban, U.S. military officials say. U.S. officials describe the proposal as a “community-based”...

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A Foreign Face Beloved by Afghans of All Stripes

KABUL, Afghanistan — History has fostered a notion here that all foreign occupations of Afghanistan are ultimately doomed. Alberto Cairo, center, has run the Red Cross orthopedic rehabilitation program in Kabul since 1990. There was the...

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