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In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Aziz Rahman, second, right, a village elder, who had contracted the farmers to harvest the pine nuts, speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Anger is mounting over the increasing numbers of civilians dying in misdirected US aerial strikes and heavy- handed tactics of CIA-trained Afghan force. Some Afghans calling for Americans to be tried in Afghan courts (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Anger mounts at civilian deaths caused by US, Afghan forces

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressOctober 6, 2019

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard outside a closed market during a strike in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan, shops and business remained closed for the second consecutive day in Indian portion of Kashmir following a strike call by separatist leaders to protest Tuesday's raids on key separatist leaders by Indian intelligence officers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Pakistan pledges to release pilot

by Munir Ahmed Associated Press, and Kathy Gannon Associated PressFebruary 28, 2019

Richard Bennett, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Human Rights Director holds a copy of the U.N. 2018 Annual Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan, during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said 10,993 civilians were killed or wounded last year, the highest number since the international organization began tallying figures in 2009. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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UN: Afghan civilian deaths hit new peak

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressFebruary 25, 2019

FILE- In this Sept. 9, 2014, file photo, former Afghan President Sibghatullah Mujadidi, left, accompanies Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, right, during a ceremony honoring a beloved anti-Taliban fighter who was assassinated 13 years ago, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mujadidi, who served as Afghanistan's first president following the ouster of the invading Soviet army and the collapse in 1992 of Kabul's pro-Communist government, dies. He was 93. His former spokesman Sharif...

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Former Afghan president dies at 93

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressFebruary 12, 2019

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016 file photo, Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar police chief, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Three top Kandahar officials, including Raziq, were killed by their own guards Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, although a Taliban spokesman who claimed responsibility told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that U.S Gen. Scott Miller, commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan was the target. Miller was unhurt but two...

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3 top Afghan officials killed by guards; US general survives

by Amir Shah Associated Press, and Kathy Gannon Associated PressOctober 19, 2018

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Imran Khan claims Pakistan election victory

by Kathy Gannon Associated Press, and Munir Ahmed Associated PressJuly 27, 2018

Jahantab Ahmadi, 25, holding her three month-old daughter Khezran, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul March 26.

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Facebook picture helps Afghan woman achieve dream of college

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressApril 1, 2018

In this Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 photo, Hussain Razaee, whose fiancee was among 30 people killed last July when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a bus carrying employees of the Ministry of Mines, gives an interview to The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdul Wadood Pedram, of the Kabul-based Human Rights and Eradication of Violence Organization said, the statements not only include accounts of alleged atrocities by groups like the Taliban and the...

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Court gets 1.17 million war crimes claims from Afghans

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressFebruary 15, 2018

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Karzai lashed out at both the United States and Pakistan, accusing them of using the Afghan war to further their own interests and calling on Washington to sanction Pakistani military and intelligence officials. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Former Afghan leader urges sanctions on Pakistan officials

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressFebruary 7, 2018

Residents walk pass the house in which Islamic State insurgents were hidden, in a street of Qala-e-Walid neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The Afghan authorities found an Islamic State hideout packed with explosives in a poor western neighborhood of the capital where residents of the area say they rarely see a police patrol, and marauding bands of thieves makes it unsafe to be on the streets after dark. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Militant hideout found in Afghan capital shows security woes

by Kathy Gannon Associated PressFebruary 3, 2018