The double bombing came less than two weeks after gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul, killing 13 people.

  "This tragic event in Helmand province reminds us that Afghanistan remains a dangerous place."

  At least two attackers are killed, a police official said

  India told the Afghans that it would do whatever it could to meet the security forces' requirements

  "Sometimes we fly from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. We have a limit and if we fly more we become...

  "It is not the regular Taliban force with a pair of sandals and an AK-47... They are better trained and...

  It is the second U.S. killing of a prominent militant in the region in months.

  Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Islamist militant Pakistani Taliban group, claimed responsibility for the attack in an email.

 

 

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  However, this is "not a blanket order to target the Taliban."

  Lapis mining was outlawed last year, but the mines now lie in a lawless region controlled by the Taliban and warlords...