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Internally displaced Afghan children play cricket outside their tent at a refugee camp in Kabul on February 14, 2012. Cricket has become the top sport in the war-ravaged country in the last three years after it was introduced by youths who learnt the... View Photo »
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An internally displaced Afghan girl watches boys play cricket outside their tent at a refugee camp in Kabul on February 14, 2012. Cricket has become the top sport in the war-ravaged country in the last three years after it was introduced by youths who... View Photo »
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Afghan security forces stand in a line during a news event in which confiscated arms and ammunitions were displayed to media in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Over 200 mines, light and heavy machine... View Photo »
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Face covered Afghan police security women stand on a line during a news event in which confiscated arms and ammunitions were displayed to media in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Over 200 mines,... View Photo »
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Foreign soldiers and military personal part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) inspect confiscated arms and ammunitions which were displayed to media during a news event in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul,... View Photo »
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Taliban fighters arrive to surrender their weapons as they join Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province on February 13, 2012. Nineteen fighters including Taliban district governor, Said Zia, left the Taliban to join government... View Photo »
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In this picture taken on Feb 13, 2012, Pakistan's anti-American religious leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed, third from left, campaigns against the resumption of NATO supplies to neighboring Afghanistan, among Pakistani tribal people in the Pakistani town of... View Photo »
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Senior Airman Brittney Bankes closes the door of the transfer vehicle containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Osbrany Montesdeoca of North Bergen, N.J. , upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The Department of... View Photo »
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A Marine carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Osbrany Montesdeoca, of North Bergen, N.J. , upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The Department of Defense announced the death... View Photo »
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Shazada Shahed, center, the head of an investigation team looking into civilian deaths resulting from NATO operations, speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Afghan investigators said they have confirmed that 15... View Photo »
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A Pakistani tribal protester shouts anti-American slogans at a rally to condemn drone strikes on hideouts of alleged militants along the Afghanistan border in Pakistani tribal regions, in Bannu, Pakistan, Monday, Feb 13, 2012. Banner in background reads... View Photo »
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Internally displaced Afghan children play in the snow outside of their makeshift homes at a camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. View Photo »
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Mohammad Jamal 37, an Afghan vendor warms his hands on fire, selling carrots and turnips as he waits for customers during a snow storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. View Photo »
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Afghans walk across a pedestrian bridge during a snow storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. View Photo »
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An Afghan butcher adjusts his display of meat that is kept cold, hung on the outside of his shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. View Photo »
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An Afghan man rides his bicycle during a snow storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. View Photo »
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An Afghan woman walks during a snow storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. View Photo »
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An Afghan refugee girl carries her sister around their camp during a snowstorm at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The UNHCR provided essential non-food winter items to some 266 vulnerable families in the fourth district of... View Photo »
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An Afghan refugee girl cries, as she waits to receive non-food items donated by the United Nations Refugee Agency through a winter assistance programme during a snowstorm at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The UNHCR provided... View Photo »
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An Afghan refugee child stand out side of their make shift tent which is covered with a used commercial billboard during a non-food items distribution by the United Nations Refugee Agency through a winter assistance programme in a snowstorm at a... View Photo »
About Afghanistan
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Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان), is a landlocked country located at the heart of Asia. Generally considered part of Southern Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either Central Asia or the Middle East, as it has religious,... Full Article
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An Afghan man carrying balloons to sale in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. National Weather Center meteorologist Abdul Qadir Qadir said temperatures in Kabul dipped as low as -16 Celsius (3 Fahrenheit), with the lowest previous on record at -17C (1F) about 15 years ago. The...
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Afghans warm their hands over a fire in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. National Weather Center meteorologist Abdul Qadir Qadir said temperatures in Kabul dipped as low as -16 Celsius (3 Fahrenheit), with the lowest previous on record at -17C (1F) about 15 years ago. The...
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Afghanistan cricket captain Nawroz Mangal (front) attends a practice session at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on February 8, 2012. Afghanistan team players are excited and have promised to put up their best showing in their first-ever one-day international against Pakistan in...
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Face covered Afghan police security women stand on a line during a news event in which confiscated arms and ammunitions were displayed to media in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Over 200 mines, light and heavy machine guns along...
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Two burqa-clad Afghan women beggars share a mid-day break in Kandahar on February 7, 2012. The civil war in the Central Asian nation, which followed the Afghan defeat to Soviet occupiers, ruined once-beautiful Afghanistan and left up to 80,000 people dead. It ended with the 1996...
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A Pakistani tribal protester shouts anti-American slogans at a rally to condemn drone strikes on hideouts of alleged militants along the Afghanistan border in Pakistani tribal regions, in Bannu, Pakistan, Monday, Feb 13, 2012. Banner in background reads "America is the biggest terrorist."
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