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Mosul Offensive : An Unexpected Encounter in the City's Ruins World

Mosul Offensive : An Unexpected Encounter in the City's Ruins

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, May 04, 2017

Mosul's wrecked roads, bridges and broader economy will take at least five years to repair and need billions of dollars of development that …

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Toward a New Era in United States and Cuba Relations United States and Cuba Relations

Toward a New Era in United States and Cuba Relations

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Saturday, March 26, 2016

The Cuban Thaw (Spanish: deshielo cubano)  is a warming of Cuba–United States relations that began in December 2014, ending a 54-year stretch …

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Afghanistan : 20 Million People Under the Line of Poverty The Pentagon

Afghanistan : 20 Million People Under the Line of Poverty

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Monday, February 01, 2016

An Afghan woman sits with a girl begging for money, in front of a wall with a Persian sentence that reads,"Child is life, do not exchange he…

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Cemetery on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan The Pentagon

Cemetery on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Monday, January 11, 2016

An Afghan boy plays with a tire tube at a cemetery on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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The "Escudo Soberano 2015" (Sovereign Shield 2015) military exercise United States

The "Escudo Soberano 2015" (Sovereign Shield 2015) military exercise

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Saturday, April 18, 2015

A Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30MKV fighter jet of the Venezuelan Air Force flies over a Venezuelan flag tied to missile launchers, during the "E…

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Tears of Afghan Children The Pentagon

Tears of Afghan Children

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Sunday, November 30, 2014

An Afghan girl cries as she carries her brother near their home in Herat. As winter sets in across Central Asia, many Afghans struggle to provide …

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