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Obama orders review of alleged slayings of Taliban in Bush era

President Obama has ordered national security officials to look into allegations that the Bush administration resisted efforts to investigate a CIA-backed Afghan warlord over the killings of hundreds of Taliban prisoners in 2001.

Afghan warlord Dostum survives attack

An Afghan warlord who helped the United States defeat the Taliban has survived an attack by a suicide bomber after open-air prayers during a major Muslim holiday in northeastern Afghanistan.

Afghan blast kills 2 U.S. soldiers

Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when an explosion rocked their convoy, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday.

Blast in Kabul on eve of polls

A rocket has exploded near the U.S. military compound in Kabul one day before Afghans vote to elect their president for the first time.

Pre-election attack on Karzai aide

A convoy carrying the running mate to Afghan President Hamid Karzai came under attack in the northeastern part of the country, just days before landmark elections.

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