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Afghanistan, Iraq: different wars
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan — Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world.
Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised
Patrols and turkey in Afghan war zone
BARAKI-BARAK, Afghanistan — Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a 6-mile (10-kilometer) slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and ended with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening up for the past month.
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Afghanistan hikes police salaries
KABUL — Afghanistan is hiking police salaries by between 33 and 67 percent, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, to curb rampant corruption and boost recruitment in a force that suffers much higher casualty rates than the insurgency-wracked country’s army.
Afghan official says 15 ministers face graft probe
Afghan road builder’s dream thwarted by violence
Afghan police are weak link in security force
