Israel’s Barak Denies Covert War on Iran

After conceding this week that Israel was not on the way to a unilateral attack on Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak played down speculation that Israel and the U.S. were waging a covert war against Iran. Barak denied accusations of involvement in two explosions that...

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Kabul: Billions in U.S. Money Must Keep Flowing

Afghanistan's finance minister warned the U.S. on Saturday against cutting funding for the Kabul government, security, and development. The World Bank last month released a study that said Afghanistan would need about $7 billion a year from the international community...

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Casualties in Afghanistan Soar in Last Two Years

In over a decade of war in Afghanistan, about half of all Americans killed in action and two thirds of those wounded have done so in 2010 and 2011, according to a Congressional Research Service report. At the time the report was published on November 16, 1,723...

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