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Pakistani fertilizer grows both Taliban bombs and Afghan crops

The Pakistani government is working with the US to make sure a key ingredient for bombs stays away from insurgents in Afghanistan, but that effort may be having an unintended casualty.

5 US soldiers killed by bomb in southern Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Pakistan, and UK call Taliban to negotiating table

When dictators fall, so do their banknotes

Afghanistan: Taliban may be 'weak,' but fear remains

Terrorism & Security British soldier killed in latest 'insider attack' in Afghanistan (+video)

Afghan presidential election set for April 2014, easing international concerns

Pregnant soldier gives birth to baby boy in Afghan combat zone (+video)

Are insider attacks in Afghanistan a 'last gasp' of the Taliban? (+video)

Four American NATO troops killed in Afghan 'insider' attack (+video)

Afghanistan: Six killed by insiders, insurgents blow up $180m in jets

War-weary US is numbed to drumbeat of troop deaths in Afghanistan

Terrorism & Security Afghanistan war: More insider attacks hand Australia worst casualties since Vietnam

US soldiers punished over Quran Burning in Afghanistan

Did Taliban behead 17 people for dancing? Maybe not.

Three US soldiers killed by man in Afghan uniform

Editor's Blog Women warriors: How close to combat?

Two harrowing US military rescues offer haunting portrait of Afghan war

Pentagon signals 'acute' problems in Afghanistan, even as US cuts forces (+video)

The Monitor's View US must focus on Afghanistan heroin trade

Terrorism & Security Reports: Afghan soldiers complicit in a suicide plot against their own government

First Taliban, now turncoats: Another Afghan soldier opens fire

Dina Fesler opens a unique school in Afghanistan

Keep Calm Afghan President Karzai's angry ultimatums have parallels in post-colonial Africa

Six UK soldiers believed killed in Afghanistan blast