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LYNNE O'DONNELL
An Afghan man reads a local newspaper with photos the former leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, who was killed in a US drone strike a week earlier, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (AP/Rahmat Gul)
May 26, 2016, 8:06 am
Little-known extremist cleric chosen to lead Afghan Taliban
Appointment of Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzad by group’s Pakistani leaders comes days after predecessor killed in US drone strike
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and Mirwais Khan
In this Nov. 29, 2015 photo, an internally displaced girl peeks from a tent after her family left their village in Rodat district of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Nangarhar’s chief refugee official says that at least 25,200 families, or more than 170,000 people, have been displaced across the province, either by Islamic State or perceived threats from the group. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
December 19, 2015, 12:21 pm
Islamic State expands Afghan footprint with terror campaign
Head of US troops in Afghanistan says IS loyalists are trying to consolidate links to the ‘caliphate’ in Syria, Iraq
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and HUMAYOON BABUR
US army personnel ride in a truck inside an Afghan military base during fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz on October 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Wakil Kohsar)
October 3, 2015, 10:06 am
Afghan Taliban leader claims ‘victory’ in Kunduz
Despite later retreat, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor calls brief takeover of city by small number of his fighters an ‘historical event’
By Mirwais Khan and LYNNE O'DONNELL
In this undated image released by the FBI, Mullah Omar is seen in a wanted poster. (FBI via AP, File)
July 29, 2015, 3:35 pm
Afghanistan investigates alleged death of Taliban leader
Kabul official announces demise of Mullah Omar, who led a bloody insurgency against the US, but some call claim mere ‘speculation’
By LYNNE O'DONNELL
In this Monday, April 13, 2015 photo, an Afghan border policeman mans a checkpoint, at the Afghanistan-Iranian border point on the outskirts of Islam Qala in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Around 25,000 Afghans a month are deported from Iran at Islam Qala, nicknamed “Zero Point” along with another 30,000 a month who cross returning home voluntarily, a sign of Tehran’s efforts to control the huge numbers of Afghans who flock to their neighbor. Iran has long been an outlet for Afghans, either searching for work to escape poverty or seeking refuge from their country’s chronic wars and instability. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
April 22, 2015, 2:36 pm
Afghan deportees from Iran return to a home they barely know
Around 25,000 Afghans a month are deported from Iran in Tehran’s effort to stem influx from war-torn country
By LYNNE O'DONNELL
Illustrative photo of Afghan security forces inspecting the site of a suicide attack near a new Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April, 18, 2015. (AP)
April 18, 2015, 9:52 pm
Afghan suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State kills 35
President says jihadist group claims responsibility for attack in Jalalabad which targeted soldiers, civilians
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and Rahim Faiez
Afghan women rights activists carry the coffin of 27-year-old Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a mob, during her funeral, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 22, 2015. ( photo credit: AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
March 22, 2015, 6:07 pm
Afghani woman beaten to death by mob was falsely accused of burning Quran
Victim, laid to rest by women’s rights activists dressed in black, vindicated by country’s top detective
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and Rahim Faiez
US General John Campbell (4L) lowers the flag of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a ceremony marking the end of ISAF's combat mission in Afghanistan at ISAF headquarters in Kabul on December 28, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ SHAH Marai)
December 28, 2014, 3:31 pm
US, NATO mark end of mission to Afghanistan
13-year operation cost the lives of some 3,500 foreign fighters, of which 2,224 were American soldiers
By LYNNE O'DONNELL
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