THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

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05/02/14 NPR: Afghan Female Cyclists - Breaking Away, And Breaking Taboos On a recent day, just west of Kabul — where the city's sooty sky gives way to fresher air — Abdul Sadiq coaches four young members of the Afghan National Cycling Federation. They're working on their riding technique while dodging the free-form traffic.

05/02/14 paktribune: 7 police killed in Afghan attacks Seven police and 20 militants were killed in separate attacks across Afghanistan, authorities said on Thursday. In one attack, three Afghan police and two militants were killed in a Taliban attack on police checkpoints in Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province early Thursday, the district governor Hamid Agha told Xinhua.

05/02/14 ndtv: Car Bomb Kills 13 at Afghanistan Checkpoint A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at a busy checkpoint in central Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people on Thursday, an official said. The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack.

05/02/14 CBSNews: Suicide bomber kills 13 at Afghanistan checkpoint A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at a busy checkpoint in central Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people Thursday, an official said. The Taliban insurgents quickly claimed responsibility for the attack.

05/02/14 WaPo: Soldier who lost leg in Afghanistan vowed ‘I will return.’ When U.S. Army Lt. Joshua Pitcher woke up in a military hospital in Kandahar province, he immediately looked toward his feet. The last thing he remembered was a doctor promising he would try to save the soldier’s left leg, which had been shredded by a roadside bomb. Now Pitcher stole a look downward at the sheet covering his lower body. There was one mound instead of two. He swore.

05/01/14 KP: Taliban commander killed in Kunduz province A Taliban commander was killed during clashes with the Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, local officials said. At least two Taliban militants were also killed following the clashes which took place on Thursday morning in Chahar Dara district.

05/01/14 AP: Militant attack on security post in eastern Afghanistan kills 4 policemen Officials say a militant attack on a security post in eastern Afghanistan has killed four policemen. The Khost provincial government says in a statement Thursday that two members of the national police and two border police died in the attack the previous night in Ali Shir district.

05/01/14 KP: 6 militants and one policeman killed in Farah clashes At least six militants along with an Afghan policeman were killed following clashes in western Farah province of Afghanistan. According to local government officials, the incident took place late Wednesday night in Khak-e-Safa district.

04/30/14 KP: Afghan Taliban military chief detained in Pakistan According to reports, Taliban group’s military commission chief Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir has been jailed in Pakistan. An Afghan security official speaking on the condition of anonymity has told Radio Free Europe (RFE) that Mullah Zakir is in custody of Pakistani Taliban militants.

04/30/14 KP: Coal mine explosion leaves 20 people dead in northern Afghanistan According to local authorities in northern Samangan province of Afghanistan, at least 20 people died following an explosion in a coal mine in this province. The incident took place on Wednesday morning in Dara-e-Suf Bala district of Samangan province, district chief Abdul Khaliq said.

04/30/14 DoD: DOD Identifies Army Casualty Sgt. Shawn M. Farrell II, 24, of Accord, New York, died April 28, in Nejrab District, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.

04/30/14 DoD: DOD Identifies Army Casualty Pfc. Christian J. Chandler, 20, of Trenton, Texas, died April 28 in Baraki Barak District, Logar province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.