What We Know About the Taliban-Held French Journalists' Release
A reporter and a cameraman touched down in Paris today and are telling their story
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Within hours of announcing they were ready to talk peace, the Taliban took credit for killing four more Americans and the government of Afghanistan is backing out of agreements. Is the whole process doomed to failure?
A reporter and a cameraman touched down in Paris today and are telling their story
The attack looks like the work of the Taliban
The Haqqani network leader provided material support in the Kabul attack
Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphan Taponier were being held hostage by the Taliban
The attackers played Taliban war songs as guests jumped from windows
Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen clash with Afghan forces at a luxury hotel
The head of the country's central bank has taken up residence in the U.S.
How will the new tactics play in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
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Gates is surprisingly supportive, but top generals are more skeptical
The Taliban are "cheering" Obama's decision to shrink America's presence
On increasing drug violence, millionaires on food stamps, and exiting Afghanistan
He plans to withdraw all 33,000 "surge" troops by the end of next summer
He'll order 10,000 troops out of Afghanistan now, and 20,000 more next year
Obama will announce a drawdown tonight, but it'll be fewer than what most voters want
A rocket landed near the airport late at night
The President will deliver an address on Wednesday
On Afghanistan's resources, an Israel counterfactual, and America's unoccupied jobs
Reports paint an unflattering picture of Ayman al-Zawahiri
Thomson Reuters ranks Afghanistan first
A Senate report inds that 97% of the country's GDP is derived from the war effort
The White House signals a change of strategy after he retires this month
Infiltration of highly-guarded NATO-Afghan meeting leaves seven dead
On the Afghanistan end game, the word of the decade, and a very unspecial relationship
Optimism in Afghanistan, Lance Armstrong's legacy, and Medicare financing
The Taliban has denied the Afghan TV report that has sparked fresh speculation
On the Israel lobby, IMF's colonialism, and our phobia of forgetfulness
On the Middle East trade-off, "Bad Grandpas," and cupcake fatigue.
The 2012 contender says we have too many boots on the ground in Afghanistan
Reports highlight infighting over the terrorist network's new leader
We place the releases from ISAF and the Taliban's side by side
An article in a Taliban magazine details its latest prison break
The parliament condemns U.S. attacks and threatens support in Afghanistan
He also managed to drop a dime on himself by revealing a possible Afghanistan trip
Gary Faulker says, "I had a major hand [to] play in this wonderful thing"
In search of a massive explosion that hit the Afghanistan capital around midnight
Approval of his job handling terrorism soars to all-time high of 69 percent
Some Democrats are calling for a larger than planned troop withdrawal this summer
Information from one of bin Laden's couriers had been made public
On bipartisan immigration reform, women as judges, and pitying Trump
Cartoonist Nick Anderson on better security in Afghan prisons
Cartoonist Tom Toles on America's many international engagements
The report comes as an Afghan pilot kills six coalition troops in Kabul
President Karzai notes signs of "cooperation and facilitation from inside"
Around 500 prisoners escaped in Afghanistan this morning through a tunnel
On fixing Mexico's judicial system, keeping troops in Iraq, and focus in Afghanistan
An op-ed from the NATO leaders reads like a multi-year contract
On Facebook, the dangers of coal power, and the problem with burning Korans
AP report alleges prisoners held for weeks in temporary sites
One lone stringer for the AFP covered the provacateur's stunt last month
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