KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia (CNN) -- Malaysia will swear in a new prime minister Friday -- one tasked with reuniting a multi-racial nation and shoring up an economy in dire straits. Outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, facing, hugs his successor, Najib Razak last week. Until now, Najib Razak had served as the Southeast Asian country's deputy prime minister. He succeeds Abdullah Badawi who turned in his resignation after five years as leader. Both are part of Malaysia's ruling party, the National Front Coalition, which has ruled the country since it gained independence from Britain in 1957. But last year, a loose coalition of opposition parties won 82 of 222 parliamentary seats in elections. It was only the second time in the country's history that the ruling party failed to gain the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution. The election upset led to calls for Abdullah to step down. Various challenges await Najib: In recent months, the country has seen riots with the country's ethnic Chinese and Indian communities who accuse the government of passing laws that favor the Malay majority. Najib has said he will do more to address their concerns. The country, like other nations around the world, has been severely affected by the global economic downturn. Critics are demanding Malaysia diversify its technology-heavy economy. Last month, Najib unveiled a multi-billion dollar stimulus plan for new spending, according to published reports. Najib also brings with him a whiff of controversy. Two former bodyguards are facing charges in connection the murder of a Mongolian model. He has denied all links to the killing.

Question: what party is razak in?

Question: Who will step down from their PM post?

Question: What did the party fail to do?

Question: What will Najib Razak become?

Question: Did the ruling party fail to secure the majority needed to amend the constitution?

Question: what caused him to step down

Question: Who is becoming the new official?

Answer: National Front Coalition,

Answer: Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,

Answer: gain the two-thirds majority

Answer: Prime Minister

Answer: failed

Answer: election upset

Answer: Najib Razak


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) -- Malaysia defended on Friday its practice of caning criminals after a disturbing video of a prison-yard caning session burst onto the Internet, reigniting criticism from lawyers and human rights advocates. In the video, a naked man is shown strapped to an upright wooden frame, his rear exposed to a uniformed official who lifts a meter-long rattan stick above his head before bringing it down on the prisoner's buttocks, tearing the flesh with each strike. The video, in which the moaning and shaking prisoner is struck six times, has spread quickly across the Internet, capturing headlines in the Web sites of some European newspapers and forcing the Malaysian government on to the defensive. "The government at this stage has no plans to abolish the cane as part of punishment," Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow told Reuters by telephone. He said the video was an official recording that had been leaked onto the Internet. The video had been produced for deterrent purposes, with excerpts shown during anti-narcotic education sessions to would-be drug dealers, he added. "This video was taken officially by us for a demonstration purpose, but it is not supposed to have the victim's face identified. Somehow somebody must have taped (copied) it." Malaysia is not alone in caning criminals, which critics say breaches human rights norms, including the U.N. Convention Against Torture. Neighboring Singapore also wields the rattan stick and caused a U.S. outcry 13 years ago when it caned an American teenager, Michael Fay, four times for vandalism. But Malaysia's Bar Council, which represents about 12,000 lawyers, recently called for a ban on caning, saying the "cruel" practice was rising in Malaysia, especially on illegal immigrants after hasty hearings arranged at crammed detention centers. "They have started imposing the caning sentence in a more rigorous way and it can affect anyone who comes in (to Malaysia) without a passport or papers, so it happens to asylum-seekers and refugees," said Latheefa Koya, of the council's Legal Aid Center. The government denied use of the cane was widespread against illegal immigrants and Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu said it was reserved mainly for the traffickers of illegal immigrants in addition to drug-traffickers and violent criminals. Fu said the government also faced calls from victims of crime for the use of the cane to be maintained or even increased for some serious crimes "in view of the crime rate in Malaysia". Crime is seen as a major electoral issue in the run-up to a possible early general election, expected early next year. "We respect the view of the Bar Council but there are many other views from the people and also from the victims of crimes that there should be an increase (in caning)," Fu said. E-mail to a friend

Question:
what does Malaysia defend?
who wree the criminals
what country was involved
what does video clip show?
who leaked the video
how long are rattan sticks?

Answer: practice of caning criminals

Answer: traffickers of illegal immigrants in addition to drug-traffickers and violent

Answer: Malaysia

Answer: a prison-yard caning session

Answer: onto the Internet.

Answer: a meter-long

Summary:
Malaysia defends caning of criminals after video hits Internet .
Clip shows naked man strapped to wooden frame being punished .
Meter-long rattan stick strikes prisoner's buttocks, tearing the flesh .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)  -- Kabul's police chief and chief of criminal investigations have submitted their resignations to the Afghan Interior Ministry, but the ministry ordered them to complete their probe into Friday's suicide attacks first, a ministry spokesman told CNN.

The ministry has not yet approved the resignations of Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahman and investigations chief Abdul Ghafar Sayed Zada, spokesman Ezmary Bashari said.

The two were ordered to continue their investigation into deadly blasts that targeted foreigners in the capital city Friday. At least 17 people were killed and many others wounded.

Once the investigation into the bombings is complete, the minister of interior will make a decision on the resignations, Bashari said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks near the Safi Landmark Hotel in the Shahr-E-Naw neighborhood of Kabul. A number of government and United Nations offices are located there, as well as supermarkets, banks, diplomatic facilities and villas for well-to-do Afghans.

An employee at a Kabul hospital said eight Indians and one Pakistani were among the dead. Interior Ministry officials said an Italian was killed, and the Indian embassy said four Indians were killed.

The attack started with a suicide car bomb and four suicide bombers with explosive-laden vests, said Taliban spokesman Zaidullah Mujahid. Three of the bombers were killed, he said.

About 20 minutes later, a second large explosion occurred.

Journalist Matiullah Mati and CNN's Ben Wedeman contributed to this report.

Question: Who claimed responsibility for attacks near the Safi Landmark Hotel in Kabul?

Question: When did deadly blasts that targeted foreigners happen?

Question: where did Taliban claimed responsibility ?

Question: who is Abdul Rahman Rahman?

Question: Friday's deadly blasts targeted who?

Answer: The Taliban

Answer: Friday.

Answer: near the Safi Landmark Hotel in the Shahr-E-Naw neighborhood of Kabul.

Answer: Police Chief

Answer: foreigners

Summary:
Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahman, investigations chief Abdul Ghafar Sayed Zada quit .
Both to continue investigation into Friday's deadly blasts that targeted foreigners .
Taliban claimed responsibility for attacks near the Safi Landmark Hotel in Kabul .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)  -- The man believed to be the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees and contractors last year appears in a newly released video, claiming to have tricked Jordanian intelligence officers as a double agent. The 43-minute video, posted on various Islamic radical Web sites Saturday, shows Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, whom a former U.S. intelligence official identified as the suicide bomber. Family members have said that the man in the video, who uses the alias Abu Dajana Al-Khorasani, is al-Balawi. A much shorter version of the video was posted online in January. The December 30 bombing at a U.S. base in Khost, in southeastern Afghanistan, killed seven CIA operatives and a Jordanian army captain. The video posted Saturday is dated "Safar 1431" on the lunar calendar, which includes any day between January 16, 2010 and February 13, 2010. In the video, al-Balawi says killing the CIA team wasn't part of the initial plan. "We planned for something but got a bigger gift -- a gift from God -- who brought us ... a valuable prey: Americans, and from the CIA." The video opens with a montage of images -- including clips of torture and meetings of world leaders, such as former President George W. Bush with Jordan's King Abdullah and President Obama. A narrator criticizes the "infidel West," and talks of crimes against Muslims. Al-Balawi then appears on the video, vowing to bring down the CIA and saying how he deceived Jordanian officials into believing he worked for them. "Look, this is for you," he says to the camera, while sitting in a vehicle. "It's not a watch. It's a detonator to kill as many as I can, God willing." Later in the video, al-Balawi gives an interview to As-Sahab Media, the production wing of al Qaeda. He says he had tried to join "jihad" in Iraq after the start of the U.S.-led war there. He began to write on online forums about jihad, he tells an unidentified interviewer in a room. He says he found his opportunity to join the militant mission after being recruited by Jordanian officials as a spy in Afghanistan. Al-Balawi was recruited by Jordanian authorities as a counterterrorism intelligence source, a Jordanian official told CNN last month. "Actually, Jordanian intelligence -- may God send consecutive curses on it -- is the one who gave me a large amount of money, it is the one who paid for my ticket, and it is the one who helped me to forge some documents I needed to get a Pakistani visa," the man in the video says. Jordanian and U.S. intelligence agencies apparently believed al-Balawi had been rehabilitated from his extremist views and were using him to hunt Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2 figure, a former U.S. intelligence official said. Al-Balawi claims in the video that the Jordanian authorities paid him and that the money went to support the Mujahedeen. "So this is a new era for the Mujahedeen, God willing, in which the Mujahedeen will use intelligence-based tactics and methods which rival or even exceed those of the security apparatuses of the strongest of states, like Jordan and America, with the permission of Allah, Lord of the worlds," he says. Al-Balawi said he initially targeted a Jordanian official, referred to as Sharif Ali bin Zaid. The narrator said that Zaid, an army captain, was killed in the attack. "So it wasn't planned this way," al-Balawi said. "The target was Abu Zaid, but the stupidity of Jordanian intelligence and the stupidity of American intelligence is what has turned it into a valuable prey. It's a blessing from Allah." The man explained why he was choosing a suicide mission, or "martyrdom," for his attack on the U.S. base in Khost. "You can only get a maximum number of kills for a minimum number of martyrs and losses in

Question: How many CIA agents were killed?

Question: Who was the bomber?

Question: Who did al-Balawi fool?

Question: What did Al-Balawi say?

Question: How many agents were killed?

Question: Was CIA a target?

Question: What was released that showed al-Balawi describing his plan?

Question: Who was ID'd as the bomber?

Answer: seven

Answer: Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi,

Answer: Jordanian and U.S. intelligence agencies

Answer: killing the CIA team wasn't part of the initial plan.

Answer: seven

Answer: wasn't part of the initial plan.

Answer: 43-minute video,

Answer: Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi,

Summary:
Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi has been ID'd as bomber who killed 7 CIA agents .
Newly released video shows al-Balawi describing what led to suicide attack .
He says CIA team was not original target, but "a gift from God," who sent "valuable prey"
Al-Balawi says in video he fooled Jordanian officials into thinking he worked for them .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A British soldier who was reported missing from a checkpoint in Afghanistan early Monday was found dead later in the day, the British Ministry of Defense announced.

"It is with great sadness that I announce the death of a soldier from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland," said Lt. Col. Tim Purbrick, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, in a statement.

After an "extensive search," fellow members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force found his body in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province, Purbrick said.

The soldier had suffered gunshot wounds. His identity was not immediately released.

A spokeswoman for David Cameron said the British prime minister is "deeply saddened by this news."

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report.

Question: Where was he found dead?

Question: Who found his body?

Question: Where was the body of the soldier found?

Question: When was the British soldier found?

Question: What was the nationality

Question: Where was he found

Question: Who was found dead?

Question: Who was searching for the missing soldier?

Answer: Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province,

Answer: fellow members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force

Answer: Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province,

Answer: Monday

Answer: British

Answer: in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province,

Answer: British soldier

Answer: fellow members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force

Summary:
British soldier was found dead after going missing from a checkpoint .
ISAF members found his body after an "extensive search"
He was found in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand province .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai appeared to endorse talks between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the opening of a Taliban liaison office in Qatar.

Karzai's announcement Wednesday followed news a day earlier from the Taliban that it tentatively agreed to open an office in Qatar's capital city of Doha to facilitate talks on the Afghan conflict.

It appears to be the first time the Taliban -- who ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when they were ousted in a U.S.-led invasion -- have offered talks without the condition of an American withdrawal from the country.

"Afghanistan, to save the country from war, conspiracies, the killing of innocent Afghans and to reach peace, agrees with the talks between United States of America and Taliban that will end up in establishing an office for Taliban in Qatar," Karzai said in a palace statement.

In the statement, Karzai appeared to broadly endorse peace negotiations for a country that has been embroiled in more than 30 years of war.

It was unclear what, if any, outcome there would be in talks between the United States and the Taliban as Karzai, top Afghan peace officials and the Americans have all previously said that talks had to take place between Afghans.

"The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with an emphasize on its firm position yet again, believes that talks and negotiation are the only way to reach peace and to come out of the atmosphere of war and imposed violence on Afghan nation," the palace statement said.

Recent media reports have said the United States and other foreign governments with a stake in the Afghan war may try to strike a separate deal with the Taliban.

The Washington Post reported in December that the Obama administration reached a tentative deal with Taliban negotiators that would have included the transfer of five Afghans from Guantanamo Bay, and the Taliban's public renunciation of international terrorism.

The deal collapsed, the Post said, because of Karzai's objections.

Any talk of a peace process slowed in September, when suicide bombers killed senior Afghan peace negotiator and former President Burhannudin Rabbani.

Ismail Qassemyar, a member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council has called peace talks "an Afghan process" and warned against the United States or other nations trying to strike their own peace deal with the group.

Qassemyar said a Taliban office in Qatar would by no means legitimize the Islamist group.

Karzai told CNN in December that the government cannot hold talks until the Islamic militia identifies a representative with the authority to negotiate.

Question:
What do recent reports say?
What Karzai says?
Who endorses the opening?

Answer: United States and other foreign governments with a stake in the Afghan war may try to strike a separate deal with the Taliban.

Answer: "Afghanistan, to save the country from war, conspiracies, the killing of innocent Afghans and to reach peace, agrees with the talks between United States of America and Taliban that will end up in establishing an office for Taliban in Qatar,"

Answer: President Hamid Karzai

Summary:
Karzai appears to endorse opening of Taliban office in Qatar .
Karzai says talks are the only way to end violence in Afghanistan .
Recent reports say the U.S. and others may want to strike a peace deal with the Taliban .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an unannounced visit to Marjah on Sunday to see the gains made after a massive military offensive by Afghan and international troops to wrest control of the southern city from the Taliban. Karzai toured the city in Helmand province with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Marjah residents remain skeptical of U.S. troops and the newly installed local government that has moved in and taken over, said U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, who was in charge of the Marjah offensive. They want to know what Karzai's government is going to be able to do for them, he said. "We are in competition every day for the confidence and support of the population -- we're in competition with the Taliban," Nicholson told reporters last week. "We have a very narrow window of opportunity here in Marjah to make that first impression and you get one shot at it," he said. Dubbed Operation Moshtarak, the offensive was launched last month by an international coalition of 15,000 troops including Afghans, Americans, Britons, Canadians, Danes, and Estonians. The Marjah region has long been a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment and is where the Taliban had set up a shadow government. It is a key area in Afghanistan's heroin trade and full of the opium used to fund the insurgency. The hope now is for the United States to persuade the locals to change their crops from poppies -- grown to produce opium for the Taliban's drug trade -- and instead grow crops like wheat, which can help them survive and provide income as well. Nicholson said for years, the Taliban-run town had no police force. Now, the Afghan government is in the process of recruiting Marjah citizens to join a new police force that would be trained by the Marines. The general had no timetable on how long it would take to truly secure the town. Meanwhile, in Baghlan province, about 50 insurgents, including more than a dozen Taliban, were killed in fighting between two rebel groups, the province's governor said Sunday. Some 35 fighters of the Hezb-e-Eslami, or Islamic Party, and 13 Taliban died in the fighting, which began Saturday and continued into Sunday, Mohammed Akbar Barikzai told CNN. Apparently some bystanders also were killed or wounded, Barikzai said, adding he could not put an exact number on the civilian casualties. More Afghanistan coverage on Afghanistan Crossroads blog Hezb-e-Eslami is an insurgent group loyal to warlord Gulbeddin Hekmatyar. They are enemies of the Taliban, but it is rare that the anti-government groups fight each other. A group of 25 Hezb-e-Eslami fighters including their commander surrendered to Afghan National Police on Sunday, the governor said. Separately, two children were killed and two were hurt in an explosion while they were playing in Kandahar province, provincial spokesman Zalmay Ayoubi said Sunday. The explosive device was in a bag that blew up while the children were playing, the Interior Ministry said in a press release. The injured children were transferred to a hospital for treatment. Two NATO service members were killed in southern Afghanistan in two separate incidents on Sunday, a NATO news release said. One was killed by small arms fire and the other by an improvised explosive device, NATO said. The identities and nationalities of the service members were not immediately released, pending notification of the relevant national authorities, the statement said. Journalist Matiullah Mati contributed to this report.

Question: What does a U.S. general say is the next goal?

Question: What were two NATO service members killed in?

Question: How many people were killed in the battle between two rebel groups?

Question: What does the Afghan president tour?

Question: About how many killed in battle between two rebel groups?

Question: Next goal is to win what? (U.S. general says)

Question: Afghan president tours  where?

Question: What site did the Afghan president tour?

Answer: persuade the locals to change their crops from poppies

Answer: southern Afghanistan

Answer: 50

Answer: Karzai toured the city in Helmand province with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

Answer: 50

Answer: confidence and support of the population

Answer: unannounced visit to Marjah

Answer: Marjah

Summary:
Afghan president tours Marjah, site of massive operation to take control from Taliban .
Next goal is to win support of population, U.S. general says .
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, about 50 killed in battle between two rebel groups .
Two NATO service members killed in separate incidents .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office contacted the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan about reports the ambassador warned against sending more U.S. troops to the country, a Karzai spokesman told CNN Thursday. Two U.S. officials confirmed to CNN that Ambassador Karl Eikenberry sent two cables to Washington expressing reservations about troop increases amid uncertainty over Karzai's government. One official, who spoke on condition of not being identified because of the sensitive nature of the cables, said the two communications "expressed concern and reservations about troop increases in Afghanistan" until more is known about Karzai's government after his recent re-election. Separately, a senior U.S. official also confirmed the existence of two Eikenberry classified cables. The official said Eikenberry expressed reservations about troop increases because of lingering concerns about Karzai and uncertainties about the government he is going to put in place. The second official also asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the cables. In Kabul, Eikenberry's office would not confirm to Karzai's office the reports about the cables, Karzai spokesman Seyemic Herawi said. Herawi said Karzai will not comment on the reports without more information from the U.S. Embassy. Should more troops be sent to Afghanistan? Share your thoughts Eikenberry previously expressed worry about corruption in Karzai's government and its ability to partner with the United States to fight the Taliban. A senior State Department official told CNN that President Obama's administration has questions about Karzai's behavior, suggesting it has been inconsistent. Asked for an official response on reports of the cables, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said it does not comment on private messages, but did confirm that there had been correspondence between Eikenberry and the president. In Washington, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly declined to comment Thursday on Eikenberry's communications. "We are not going to get into the details of this kind of advice," Kelly said. "This is a privileged channel of communication. They have the right to receive this advice in a confidential way," Kelly said. "Ambassador Eikenberry has been providing this kind of advice and analysis to the president and secretary since he arrived," he said. "The president really deserves the right to be able to gather all of this information from all of the different principals, people involved in the shaping of this policy." Earlier, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said, "We won't discuss classified documents publicly, but, as we have said for months, success in Afghanistan depends on having a true partner in the Afghan government." Initial reports of cables sent by Eikenberry appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. All three newspapers attributed the reports to senior U.S. officials, without identifying them. The developments came as Obama told his war council Wednesday that the U.S. troop commitment to Afghanistan is not open-ended, and then asked for revisions to options he previously received for sending more troops, a senior administration official told CNN. The war council -- comprising top Cabinet, Pentagon and administration officials -- met with Obama for the eighth time to discuss a request by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan for up to 40,000 more troops. The meeting lasted more than two hours, according to the senior administration official. "The president and his team discussed the length of time that it would take to implement the options he's been presented," the senior official said. "The president believes that we need to make clear to the Afghan government that our commitment is not open-ended. After years of substantial investments by the American people, governance in Afghanistan must improve in a reasonable period of time to ensure a successful transition to our Afghan partner." In particular, Obama pushed for revisions in proposed plans for troop increases to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, the official said. Earlier, a senior administration official and a U.S. military official independently told CNN that one option presented to Obama calls for sending about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, in addition to the 68,000 already committed to the country. The military official said

Question: Who warned Obama?

Question: What did Ambassador do?

Question: What does State Department say?

Question: Who expressed concerns about Karzai government?

Question: Does anyone oppose this rule

Answer: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's

Answer: sent two cables to Washington expressing reservations about troop increases amid uncertainty over Karzai's government.

Answer: President Obama's administration has questions about Karzai's behavior,

Answer: Eikenberry

Answer: Ambassador Karl Eikenberry

Summary:
State Department says what ambassador tells president is confidential .
Hamid Karzai aides question U.S. ambassador's advice to Obama .
Ambassador reportedly warns Obama against sending more troops to Afghanistan .
Ambassador has expressed concerns about Karzai government in past .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan electoral officials Monday declared incumbent President Hamid Karzai the winner of another term in office, after canceling this weekend's second round of voting. U.S. President Barack Obama called Monday for a "new chapter" of improved governance in Afghanistan now that Karzai's re-election as president is complete. Observers say Karzai's real test will be whether he can form a government that is seen as legitimate in the eyes of the Afghan people and the international community. Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission announced Karzai's victory Monday after it canceled Saturday's presidential runoff because of the withdrawal of candidate Abdullah Abdullah. A runoff could have been held with just one candidate, but commission president Azizullah Lodin said electoral officials decided to cancel the second round of voting for several reasons, including security and money. The decision was made just a couple of hours before the announcement, according to commission deputy Zakria Barakzai. Afghans went to the polls on August 20, in a vote marred by widespread fraud. Karzai had initially claimed victory, but two months after the vote, a U.N.-backed panel of election monitors threw out nearly a third of his votes, citing fraud. That left Karzai short of a majority, and he eventually agreed to the runoff. Abdullah had called for the resignations of top election officials and politicians to avert electoral fraud in the runoff. He argued that the commissioners, who are hired by Karzai, cannot be impartial. But that request was not met, Abdullah said Sunday, and he did not believe a transparent election was possible. "I want this to be an example for the future so that no one again tries to use fraud to abuse the rights of the Afghan people," Abdullah told reporters. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul on Monday hours before the commission's announcement. He issued a statement welcoming the decision, congratulating Karzai, and restating the U.N.'s commitment to supporting the new government. "This has been a difficult election process for Afghanistan and lessons must be learned," Ban said in the statement. "Afghanistan now faces significant challenges and the new president must move swiftly to form a government that is able to command the support of both the Afghan people and the international community." On Monday, Ban met with both Karzai and Abdullah, as well as U.N. officials, including Kai Eide, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul also issued a statement Monday welcoming the commission's decision and congratulating Karzai. In Washington, President Barack Obama told reporters in the White House that he had congratulated Karzai in a telephone conversation. "Although the process was messy, I'm pleased to say that the final outcome was determined in accordance with Afghan law," Obama said. He said he told Karzai "that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter based on improved governance, a much more serious effort to eradicate corruption, joint efforts to accelerate the training of Afghan security forces so that the Afghan people can provide for their own security." Obama added that Karzai assured him he understands the importance of the moment, "but as I indicated to him, the proof is not going to be in words, it's going to be in deeds." Despite the resolved election issue, Gibbs refused to put a firm timetable on when Obama would announce whether he would increase troop levels Afghanistan. Instead, Gibbs repeated past language that the decision would be made within weeks. "Now begin the hard conversations about ensuring credibility and ensuring improving governance, addressing corruption" in Afghanistan, Gibbs said. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican defeated by Obama in last year's presidential race, said Monday that Karzai's re-election should encourage Obama to fulfill Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for up to 40,000 more troops. "The most urgent priority now is to support our Afghan partners in reversing what General McChrystal has rightly called the 'deteriorating' security situation," McCain said in a statement. "This requires a properly

Question:
What did Obama call for
what has president obama called for
What is President Obama calling for?

Answer: "new chapter" of improved governance in Afghanistan

Answer: "new chapter" of improved governance in Afghanistan

Answer: a "new chapter" of improved governance in Afghanistan now that Karzai's re-election as

Summary:
NEW: President Obama called for "new chapter" of improved governance in Afghanistan .
Karzai made president following withdrawal of opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah .
Abdullah withdrew Sunday, saying he believed the second round would be as fraudulent .
Hamid Karzai has been president of Afghanistan since December 2004 .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Allied forces suffered a day of heavy losses in Afghanistan Friday after a helicopter crash killed six U.S. Marines and an attack killed four French soldiers, prompting Paris to consider an early troop withdrawal.

The Marines died after their CH-53 helicopter crashed in Helmand province, a U.S. military official said. The NATO-led force reported no enemy activity in the area, but the Taliban claimed credit for bringing down the chopper.

Separately, an Afghan soldier killed four French soldiers and injured 15 others, one critically, in eastern Afghanistan, French officials said. President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was suspending French training operations and combat help as a result.

"The French army is not in Afghanistan to be shot at by Afghan soldiers," he said.

France could bring its troops back early from Afghanistan if the necessary security is not restored, Sarkozy said. France has 3,935 troops in Afghanistan, according NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

Sarkozy will send French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet to Afghanistan, he said.

"It was during a training session inside the base that a shooter killed four of our soldiers. This is unacceptable and demands a full investigation," Longuet said.

A French official told CNN the French troops were unarmed as they were inside their base, conducting normal training operations with their Afghan partners.

The official, who was not authorized to speak to the media, said 15 soldiers were injured.

The attack in Kapisa province follows a similar shooting last month by an Afghan soldier that killed two French soldiers serving in an engineers' regiment, also in eastern Afghanistan.

Friday's suspected shooter, who was a member of the Afghan National Army, has been apprehended, according to an ISAF statement.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he was deeply saddened by incident.

"France has been generous to provide extensive assistance to Afghanistan over the past 10 years," Karzai said. "Throughout history, the two countries have enjoyed a sincere relationship, which the Afghan people will always cherish."

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid called the attack "sensible."

"This was the latest attack by those sensible and zealous Afghans who have entered the enemy's army and it was also the best one so far as it killed more soldiers than any other such attacks before,' Mujahid said.

Responding to last month's shooting, Sarkozy stressed his country's "determination to continue working within the International Security Assistance Force to restore peace and stability in that country and contribute to its development."

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen paid tribute to those killed and injured Friday, saying it was a "very sad day" for ISAF troops in Afghanistan and for France.

"Such tragic incidents are terrible and grab headlines, but they are isolated," he said. "The reality is that every day, 130,000 ISAF troops from 50 nations fight and train with over 300,000 Afghan soldiers. That takes a lot of trust among a lot of soldiers.

"We have the same goal. An Afghanistan that is responsible for its own security. That is what Afghans want. And we remain committed to helping Afghans."

ISAF spokesman Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings also played down the threat, saying, "We train and are partnered with Afghan personnel every day, and we are not seeing any issues or concerns with our relationships."

Friday's shooting was the latest in a series of attacks on NATO forces by members of the Afghan army.

In October, a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on coalition forces during training, killing three and wounding several others. The shooter was killed in the incident in southern Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, the cause of the helicopter crash, which happened around midnight Kabul time, is still under investigation, ISAF said.

There was no enemy activity in the area when the helicopter went down in Helmand, said Col. Gary Kolb, an ISAF spokesman.

The Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for bringing down the helicopter.

Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, told CNN via text message: "A Chinook

Question: Who are killed by an Afghan soldier?

Question: How many died in the crash

Question: Who paid tribute to the soldiers that were killed?

Question: Who may bring home troops early

Question: Who died in the helicopter crash?

Question: Who  pays tribute to four French soldiers?

Question: Who died in helicopter crash?

Question: What troops were killed

Question: Who said troops may come home early?

Answer: four French

Answer: six

Answer: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Answer: France

Answer: six U.S. Marines

Answer: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Answer: six U.S. Marines

Answer: U.S. Marines

Answer: Sarkozy

Summary:
Six U.S. Marines die in a helicopter crash, a U.S. military official says .
French troops are killed by an Afghan soldier were unarmed at the time, an official says .
President Nicolas Sarkozy: France may bring troops home early if security isn't restored .
NATO chief Rasmussen pays tribute to four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan employee of the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan who opened fire at a CIA annex there worked as part of a local guard force, a U.S. official said Monday.

Embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall said the lone gunman killed a U.S. citizen and wounded another in the shootings Sunday. The wounded American was evacuated to a military hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Security personnel used a flash-bang round to stun the shooter and then killed him, according to another U.S. official who earlier provided details of the incident.

The gunman shot indiscriminately, and he is not believed to have targeted the victims, the second U.S. official said. One or two civilians suffered minor wounds as people went running for cover, the official added.

The American killed was a CIA employee, according to a third U.S. official. The official said the gunman fired toward the building but never entered it.

All the sources spoke on condition of not being identified.

The FBI is investigating the attack, along with other U.S. agencies and local authorities, a U.S. official said.

Another official said the FBI is the lead agency in the investigation. CIA and diplomatic security officials also are involved.

The first U.S. official said the shooter "is believed to have worked as part of the local guard force" and added that no motive has been established.

Investigators are looking into whether the shooter was a disgruntled employee or whether he was inspired by militants.

All Afghan employees go through a background security check and must pass through a metal detector each time they enter the Embassy, the second official said.

"We have no information as to whether the individual was authorized to carry a weapon or if he seized a weapon," the official said.

Afghan troops guard the outer perimeter of the Embassy, while embassy contractors and members of the U.S. military guard the inside.

The CIA building is several hundred yards from the Embassy compound and has its own entrance and security, according to another U.S. official.

Embassy personnel usually travel in armored cars for meetings in the CIA facility.

"It's not possible to stop everything from happening. You can only limit it, make it highly unlikely," said the official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity. "The job of soldiers and diplomats and spies is to be amongst the people, getting work done. You have to have some level of trust to get anything done."

"There is a calculated risk" for U.S. personnel working in countries like Afghanistan, the official said.

The annex area is known as a place where Embassy personnel both live and work, some in intelligence operations. A CIA spokeswoman declined to comment on the attack.

Afghanistan has been the site of several high-profile attacks of late, including strikes at the NATO headquarters and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. Rabbani had been leading efforts for reconciliation talks.

The latest shooting is not believed to be related to any other recent attacks in Kabul, U.S. officials said.

In December 2009, a Jordanian informant detonated a suicide bomb at a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, killing seven CIA employees and two others.

A CIA review of the incident found that some people within the CIA and the Jordanian intelligence service were skeptical about the attacker's reliability, but those concerns had not been passed on to officers on the base.

CNN's Barbara Starr, Nick Paton Walsh, Carol Cratty and Pam Benson contributed to this report.

Question: where did the attack happen?

Question: Where did the American work?

Question: Who was part of a local guard force?

Question: what was the occupation of the american that was killed

Question: who was the victim employed by?

Question: Who was the gunman?

Question: What nationality was the attacker

Question: Who shot indiscriminately?

Question: who did the gunman shoot at

Answer: U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan

Answer: Kabul, Afghanistan

Answer: An Afghan employee of the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan

Answer: a CIA employee,

Answer: U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan

Answer: An Afghan employee of the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan

Answer: Afghan

Answer: gunman

Answer: U.S. citizen

Summary:
A source says the Afghan attacker was part of a local guard force .
A U.S. official says the American killed was a CIA employee .
The gunman shot indiscriminately, an official says .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An attack in which the Taliban claimed to have infiltrated key government sites in downtown Kabul killed at least five people Monday morning, hospital and government officials said. Among the five were two policemen and one national security staff member, Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar said at a news conference. Seventy-one others were injured, 36 of whom were police or security officers, he said. His report of the death toll conflicts with those of Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi, who said 13 died, and the Taliban, which claimed even more were slain. Seven attackers' bodies were recovered, with two or three of them burned beyond recognition, Azimi said. The Taliban said only five were killed. Four explosions and gunfire shook downtown Kabul about 9:15 a.m. Monday, with the Taliban saying it was conducting a militant operation. The attack started as 14 members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet were to be sworn in, said Parliament member Fawzia Koofi. About 20 Taliban insurgents entered the presidential palace; the ministries of Finance, Mines and Justice; and the Serena Hotel, said spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. NATO-led forces said "several small explosions" and gunfire were reported near the Feroshgah e Afghan Shopping Center and the Serena Hotel, and later added that "numerous" suicide bombers had attacked government buildings close to the presidential palace and the Ministry of Justice. Atmar said that the coordinated attacks struck the city over a span of two hours and 45 minutes and that they targeted civilians. And the threat continued at 1 p.m., when three attackers took over Bayman Hotel, Atmar said. More than two hours later, Afghan security forces killed the men, he said. At least two insurgents were killed at the shopping center, NATO-led forces said in a news release, which also said that Afghan national police had secured all roads in the area. A separate news release condemned the attack, which NATO-led forces said took place amid many civilians. Atmar, the Minister of Defense and chief of the National Security Department also condemned the violence. The Taliban claimed that they killed 31 officials and injured 31 people. Their account could not be immediately independently verified. The terrorist group also disputed the government on the number of its militants killed. Five militants had died and 13 had returned to their safe houses, the Taliban's Mujahid said, adding that two were still fighting. But Zmaray Bashari, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said security forces had restored Kabul to normalcy by Monday afternoon. Monday's assault followed weekend violence that killed at least three international troops and 14 militants in Afghanistan, authorities said. CNN's Dan Rivers and Atia Abawi contributed to this report.

Question: How many people were killed?

Question: whos members sworn in?

Question: where does the taliban enter?

Question: Who were to be sworn in?

Question: How many insurgents are dead?

Question: how many persons died at the shopping center?

Answer: five

Answer: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet

Answer: Kabul

Answer: President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet

Answer: At least two

Answer: 13

Summary:
Five people killed; two insurgents dead at shopping center, NATO-led forces say .
Taliban insurgents enter presidential palace, ministry buildings, government says .
Karzai Cabinet members were to be sworn in, Parliament member says .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An explosion outside the home of Afghanistan's former vice president killed at least eight people Tuesday, government officials have said. The explosion was near the Kabul residence of former vice-president Ahmad Zia Massoud, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters. Massoud was not harmed in the attack. Among those killed were one of Massoud's guards and an assistant, the former vice president's aide said. Forty others were wounded in the blast. The explosion broke windows in a hotel a few blocks away. Tuesday morning's explosion occurred as the Afghan president was at a nearby anti-corruption convention. Karzai issued a statement condemning the attack, calling it inhumane and cowardly. The president called for a full scale investigation. Massoud is a notable figure in Afghan politics. Not only was he a vice president of the county under Karzai, but his brother the late Ahmed Shah Massoud was heralded as a leader in the fight against the Taliban. Ahmed Shah Massoud, the leader of the Northern Alliance, the Taliban's main opposition, was killed September 9, 2001, by a bomb inside a video camera during an interview at his headquarters with Tunisian al Qaeda operatives posing as journalists. Meanwhile the International Committee of the Red Cross visited three Afghan security forces being held captive by the Taliban for the first time, the agency said Tuesday. The two visits occurred in late November in Badghis province in northwestern Afghanistan, the agency said. "This is the first time since the beginning of the current conflict that the ICRC has visited people detained by the armed opposition," said Reto Stocker, head of the ICRC's delegation in Kabul. "We plan to conduct and repeat visits in other regions, and hope to visit people held by other armed opposition groups, with the aim of ensuring that everyone detained in relation to the armed conflict is treated humanely." The ICRC says it regularly visits detained people in conflict zones to assess their conditions and treatment. The agency say it currently currently visits 136 places of detention in Afghanistan. -- CNN's Tim Schwarz and Fred Pleitgen contributed to this report

Question: Who is Hamid Karzai?

Question: When did Red Cross visit captives?

Question: When did the blast hit?

Question: who was dead in the incident

Question: what did the red cross say

Question: When did the red cross visit the captives?

Question: Was Massoud harmed?

Question: was zia massoud hurt

Answer: Afghan President

Answer: late November

Answer: Tuesday,

Answer: at least eight people

Answer: it regularly visits detained people in conflict zones to assess their conditions and treatment.

Answer: in late November

Answer: not

Answer: not harmed in the attack.

Summary:
Dead included one of former Afghan VP's guards and an assistant .
Blast hit as Afghan President Hamid Karzai at nearby anti-corruption convention .
Former Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud not harmed in the attack .
Red Cross says it visited three captives of the Taliban in November .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An investigation into an attack that killed eight U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan last year said the combat outpost was an "attractive target" because protection improvements hadn't been made and intelligence assets had been diverted. These were main points in the findings released Friday by the U.S. military into the probe of the October 3 attack on Combat Outpost Keating in the Kamdesh district of Nuristan province. The attack killed eight U.S. service members and wounded 22 others. Based on the recommendations in the investigation, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top coalition military commander in Afghanistan, "took appropriate action regarding Army personnel involved." The report also praised soldiers of B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Calvary for repelling the assault by a force of 300 militants. Commanders must regularly assess "the value and vulnerabilities" of combat outposts, said the report, which "made several recommendations to improve coalition tactics." The base had been scheduled to be closed before the attack occurred, and "needed force protection improvements (which) were not made" because of the imminent closure. "Critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets which had been supporting COP Keating had been diverted to assist ongoing intense combat operations in other areas," the report said. It also said "intelligence assessments had become desensitized to reports of massing enemy formations by previous reports that had proved false." All of these factors "resulted in an attractive target for enemy fighters." The military says militants had been planning the attack for days, hiding mortars, rockets and heavy machine guns in the mountains. The assault started around dawn as bullets and rockets peppered the remote outpost October 3 and lasted for 12 hours, pinning down the exhausted troops. One soldier said afterward the insurgency was so fierce that the troops couldn't get to their weapons to fire back. They called in air support to help thwart the militants. "They were under heavy enemy contact," Sgt. Jayson Souter said. Four servicemen -- Souter, a fellow soldier, an Apache helicopter pilot and a gunner -- talked to a military reporter about their roles during the Keating attack in an interview posted by the Department of Defense on Facebook and NATO's International Security Assistance Force YouTube Channel. Chief Warrant Officer Ross Lewallen, an Apache pilot, said a few aircraft were damaged in what was a "time-consuming endeavor" governed by tough terrain. He said the morning battle was "significant," but later troops were able to identify targets and eliminate larger weapons. "One of the primary reasons for the fight taking so long is that it is an extreme terrain," he said in the interview. The report said the troops killed 150 enemy fighters and "found that the soldiers and junior leaders fought heroically in repelling an enemy force five times their size. "Members of B Troop upheld the highest standards of warrior ethics and professionalism and distinguished themselves with conspicuous gallantry, courage, and bravery under the heavy enemy fire that surrounded them."

Question: who was attacking the base

Question: where was the base located

Question: what did Lack of protection improvements make?

Question: where there any causualties

Question: how long did  attack on Combat Outpost Keating last?

Question: Lack of protection made the combat outpost what?

Question: when was  attack on Combat Outpost Keating?

Question: When was the attack on Combat Outpost Keating?

Answer: 300 militants.

Answer: Kamdesh district

Answer: "attractive target"

Answer: The attack killed eight U.S. service members and wounded 22 others.

Answer: 12 hours,

Answer: "attractive target"

Answer: October 3

Answer: October 3

Summary:
Lack of protection improvements made combat outpost an "attractive target"
Intelligence failures also made the base vulnerable to a strike from militants .
October 3 attack on Combat Outpost Keating lasted for 12 hours .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Conflicting accounts of a botched NATO raid that killed five Afghans in February have led to a new investigation ordered by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, a NATO military spokesman said Monday.

Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a NATO spokesman, said Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who oversees all U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, called for the review after receiving a briefing from Afghan officials in late March.

On Sunday, NATO acknowledged that its troops killed five Afghans in the nighttime raid in February, after initially saying the civilians may have been the victims of an "honor killing."

Although civilian casualties at the hands of NATO troops have fallen off in recent months, such incidents have strained the relationship between Afghanistan and the Western nations that make up the International Security Assistance Force.

According to two U.S. military officials, in the March briefing, Afghan officials from the Interior Ministry told McChrystal that after the incident, they visited the compound where the Afghans were killed and found evidence of bloodstained walls being washed down and bullets being dug out.

McChrystal wants a thorough review now to see why U.S. and Afghan accounts differ so greatly, according to one of the sources, a senior U.S. official familiar with the briefing.

The senior U.S. official said that by the time the Afghan investigators got to the compound, the people who lived there may have been attempting to clean it up. NATO officials believe the U.S. and Afghan troops may have dug some bullets out of the wall for purposes of the initial investigation, which is a common practice, the official said.

In March, the International Security Assistance Force released a statement denying a report by a British newspaper that NATO had covered up the involvement of troops in the incident.

U.S. officials continue to deny that there was any coverup of U.S. involvement. "We have no evidence to date anything improper was done," the senior U.S. official said.

At the time of the February 12 incident, NATO said its troops went to a compound in the village of Khatabeh in Paktia province, believing it to be a militant hideout. A firefight ensued, and several insurgents died, NATO said at the time.

When soldiers entered the compound, they found the bodies of two men and two women who had been shot "execution-style," a senior U.S. military official said then.

"It has the earmarks of a traditional honor killing," the official said, adding that the women were found bound and gagged.

An honor killing is a slaying carried out by a family or community member against someone thought to have brought dishonor to them.

The senior U.S. military official said that at the time, it wasn't clear whether dishonor in the case stemmed from accusations of acts such as adultery or even cooperation with NATO forces.

But on Sunday, NATO made an about-face from its earlier claims.

"International forces were responsible for the deaths of three women who were in the same compound where two men were killed by the joint Afghan-international patrol searching for a Taliban insurgent," NATO said in a statement. There was no explanation given for the cause of the third woman's death or why it wasn't mentioned previously.

The two armed men whom troops killed were not insurgents, NATO said Sunday.

"The force went to the compound based on reliable information in search of a Taliban insurgent and believed that the two men posed a threat to their personal safety," the NATO statement said. "We now understand that the men killed were only trying to protect their families."

NATO said a lack of forensic evidence made it difficult to determine how or when the three women died. But it concluded that they were killed when troops fired at the men.

As for the initial report about the women being found bound and gagged, the NATO statement said it stemmed from a cultural misunderstanding.

"The statement noted the women had been bound and gagged, but this information was taken from an initial report by the international members of the joint force who were not familiar with Islamic burial customs,"

Question:
who was killed
How many were men and how many women?
How many civilians did NATO kill?
What did NATO say about the deaths?

Answer: five Afghans

Answer: two

Answer: five

Answer: "honor killing."

Summary:
NATO: Acknowledges killing 5 civilians in nighttime February raid .
At time, NATO said deaths had earmarks of honor killing .
Three women, two men were found killed in compound in village of Khatabeh .
Civilian casualties have strained Afghan relations with Western nations .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Deadly blasts targeting foreign nationals in the Afghan capital Friday killed at least 17 people and wounded many others. Authorities were trying to determine how many people died and the nationalities of those slain. Kabir Al-Amiri, an employee at Kabul hospital, said eight Indians and one Pakistani national were among the dead. Afghan Interior Ministry officials said an Italian was killed, and the Indian Embassy said four Indians were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks near the Safi Landmark Hotel in the neighborhood of Shahr-E-Naw, where there are a number of government buildings and U.N. offices as well as supermarkets, banks, diplomatic facilities and villas for well-to-do Afghans. The force of the first explosion -- at about 6:30 a.m. (9 p.m. Thursday ET) -- shook parts of the Afghan capital as windows shattered and smoke billowed. The sound of gunfire filled the air. The attack started with a suicide car bomb and four suicide bombers with explosive-laden vests, said Taliban spokesman Zaidullah Mujahid. Three of the bombers were killed, he said. About 20 minutes later, a second large explosion occurred. Afghan police blocked off roads leading to the area of the blasts. CNN's Ben Wedeman contributed to this report

Question: How many bombers were killed?

Question: Who claimed responsibility for attacks?

Question: What is the number of people killed in attacks in Kabul?

Question: Were any of the bombers killed?

Question: Who  were killed?

Question: Who claimed responsibility for the attacks?

Question: How many were killed in attacks in Kabul?

Question: How many people were killed in the Kabul attacks?

Answer: Three

Answer: The Taliban

Answer: 17

Answer: Three of the

Answer: at least 17 people

Answer: The Taliban

Answer: 17

Answer: at least 17

Summary:
17 killed in attacks in Kabul, nationalities still to be confirmed .
Taliban claim responsibility for attacks, which started with suicide car bomb .
Three bombers were killed, Taliban spokesman says .
Neighborhood has a number of government buildings and U.N. offices .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four people found dead in a southeastern Afghan compound appear to be victims of an honor killing, a senior U.S. military official said on Friday.

The bodies were discovered during an operation by Afghan and NATO-led forces in Paktia province, a volatile region along the border of Pakistan.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the bodies of two men and two women were found, with the women bound and gagged, and the U.S. official said the people were shot "execution-style."

An honor killing is a murder carried out by a family or community member against someone thought to have brought dishonor onto them.

The U.S. official said it isn't clear whether the dishonor in this case stemmed from accusations of acts such as adultery or even cooperating with NATO forces.

"It has the earmarks of a traditional honor killing," said the official, who added the Taliban could be responsible.

Afghan and NATO officials are investigating the incident, which occurred in the village of Khatabeh in the province's Gardez district.

The operation unfolded when Afghan and international forces went to the compound, which was thought to be a site of militant activity. A firefight ensued and several insurgents died, several people left the compound, and eight others were detained.

Paktia is the same province where a military base was the target of an assault that wounded five U.S. soldiers on Thursday, authorities said. Both the U.S. official and a Paktia province spokesman confirmed that a suicide attacker, apparently wearing police garb, carried out the action.

The U.S. official said it may never be fully determined if the uniform was stolen or the bomber was a turncoat.

On December 30, a suicide attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan killed seven CIA officers and a Jordanian army captain. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, also on a base in eastern Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, more than 20 "enemy militants" were killed Friday by Afghan and international forces in the country's western region, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

The deaths occurred during an operation in Farah province targeting a Taliban commander thought to be responsible for planning suicide attacks, the military said.

When a militant threw a grenade at troops approaching a building, the forces called for his surrender, it said. The troops tried to enter the building when the militant detonated a suicide vest.

After that blast, a large number of armed militants tried to confront troops, who killed the insurgents, the military said. One alleged militant was injured and five were detained, it said. Troops found weaponry, such as grenades, firearms and handheld radios.

Farah borders Helmand province, where international and Afghan troops are gearing up for a major assault on the Taliban.

CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

Question:
what happened to bodies
what was found in compound
where were bodies found?
where were the bodies found?
how many bodies were found?
where were bodies hidden?

Answer: were shot "execution-style."

Answer: Four people

Answer: a southeastern Afghan compound

Answer: southeastern Afghan compound

Answer: Four

Answer: southeastern Afghan compound

Summary:
Bodies found in compound in southeast Afghanistan .
NATO: Two women and two men were shot "execution-style"
Bodies found hidden in a room after gunbattle .
Eight men held for questioning; authorities investigating .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Fourteen Americans died in two helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said: 10 in one incident and four in the other. Three Drug Enforcement Administration special agents were among the dead, according to the DEA, which did not identify them. The agents were first DEA agents to be killed in Afghanistan. "Like all those who give their lives in service to America, they were doing their duty, and they were doing this nation proud," President Obama said at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. "Now, it is our duty, as a nation, to keep their memory alive in our hearts and to carry on their work, to take care of their families, to keep our country safe," Obama said. It was the largest number of Americans killed in Afghanistan in a single day in more than four years, according to CNN records. The NATO force ruled out enemy fire in the crash that killed four Americans and said enemy action was not thought to be the cause of the other. A helicopter went down in the west of the country after a raid on suspected drug traffickers. Seven U.S. service members and three U.S. civilians were killed, according to an ISAF statement. Fourteen Afghan service members, 11 U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were injured in the crash. Monday's crash marked the second-deadliest incident in the agency's 36-year history, according to entries on the DEA's Web site. The deadliest incident for the DEA occurred August 27, 1994, when a plane carrying five special agents crashed in the Peruvian Andes during a reconnaissance mission, according to the DEA's Web site. One of Monday's helicopter crashes occurred after the helicopter was returning from a raid on a compound, ISAF said. The joint international security force killed more than a dozen enemy fighters while searching the compound, ISAF said. The site was thought to harbor insurgents tied to narcotics trafficking in western Afghanistan. The militants were killed in a firefight when insurgents confronted the joint force. As the force was leaving, a helicopter "went down due to unconfirmed reasons," ISAF said. A recovery operation was launched. DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart said the crash occurred as the agents and seven U.S. service members were returning "from a completed, joint counternarcotics mission." "DEA is an extremely tight family, and the death of these three brave agents is a devastating loss for us," she said in a written statement. Attorney General Eric Holder said the circumstances of the crash were under investigation. "I want to express my deepest condolences to the families of these heroic agents," Holder said in a written statement. "During this difficult time, the families of these agents are foremost in our thoughts and prayers." In Monday's other deadly crash, four U.S. service members were killed when two helicopters apparently collided in the air in southern Afghanistan. Two other NATO service members were injured. "The incident is currently being investigated, but it is confirmed that hostile fire was not involved," ISAF said. "Each and every death is a tremendous loss for the family and friends of each service member and civilian. Our grief is compounded when we have such a significant loss on one day," Col. Wayne Shanks, an ISAF spokesman, said in a written statement. ISAF is not announcing the names of the dead or which branch of the service they were in, pending the notification of their relatives. The DEA has had a presence in Afghanistan for four years. The agency said Monday that it is increasing its presence in Kabul to up to about 50 agents. CNN's Carol Cratty and Brooke Baldwin in Washington contributed to this report.

Question: How many service members and civilians were killed

Question: Where was the helicopter flying to?

Question: How many people died in the crash?

Question: What type of vehicle crashed?

Question: When did the helicopters collide?

Question: How many Dea personnel were among the victims?

Question: When did two copters collide?

Answer: Fourteen

Answer: returning from a raid on a compound,

Answer: Fourteen Americans

Answer: helicopter

Answer: Monday,

Answer: Three

Answer: Monday,

Summary:
Helicopter crash victims "gave their lives ... to protect ours," president says .
Three DEA personnel are among victims .
Seven U.S. service members and three U.S. civilians killed in one crash .
Four other U.S. service members killed when two copters collided Monday .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who went missing last week in a river in western Afghanistan. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the soldier was found close to where he disappeared November 4. Officials are continuing their search for a second paratrooper lost at the same time. Both men -- from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division -- disappeared in the Morghab River near Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan. The men were on a routine resupply mission, the NATO group said. Family members identified the recovered body as that of Benjamin Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. They said he jumped into the river when he saw a fellow soldier struggling in the water. "I know that day he jumped into the river to try to save his comrade was because he didn't just see another soldier in the water; he saw his brother," said Sherman's sister, Meredith, in a statement to CNN affiliate WCVB in Boston, Massachusetts. "He didn't jump in because he was trained to but because that's what his heart told him to do." Sherman's mother, Denise, said the family called him "the unstoppable one." "I raised him with the understanding that when you choose to do something, you do it to the best of your ability," she said in a statement to WCVB. "He was powerful, ingenuous and determined." CNN's Thomas Evans contributed to this report.

Question:
Who identifis recovered body·?
Where was Benjamin Sherman from?
where were they lost
who went missing
What were lost in Morghab?
Where did two U.S. soldiers go missing?
when did they go missing
Who identified the recovered body?

Answer: Family members

Answer: Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Answer: Morghab River near Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan.

Answer: U.S. paratrooper

Answer: Both men

Answer: in a river in western Afghanistan.

Answer: last week

Answer: Family members

Summary:
Two U.S. soldiers went missing in Afghan river on November 4 .
Both lost in Morghab River near border with Turkmenistan .
Family identifies recovered body as that of Benjamin Sherman of Plymouth, Massachusetts .
Search continues for the other paratrooper .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- NATO troops in Afghanistan launched their biggest offensive of the war early Saturday, attacking what they call the last Taliban stronghold in a war-scarred southern province.

Military officials said the offensive -- dubbed Operation Moshtarak -- got under way at 2 a.m. (4:30 p.m. ET Friday). Moshtarak, a Dari word for "together," symbolizes the fact that combined forces are serving alongside one another.

"Insurgents who do not accept the government's offer to reintegrate and join the political process will be met with overwhelming force," the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command said in a statement. "However, the strongest of measures will be taken to protect the civilian population."

Some of about 15,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Afghanistan and Canada attacked Taliban targets in and around Marjah, a city of 80,000 to 100,000 residents, where the Taliban has set up a shadow government, coalition military authorities said.

By about 8 a.m. (10 p.m. ET Friday) two firefights had erupted between the Taliban and U.S. Marines in Marjah.

"Marjah is the last enemy sanctuary in the Marine area of operations," said Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan commanding general. "This operation is designed to reconnect the people of Marjah with the legitimate government of Afghanistan. We are fully partnered with the Afghan government for this operation, and we have the resources we need to be successful."

The Afghan government described the offensive -- carried out in central Helmand with the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, ISAF Regional Command (South), and the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team -- as "clearing" operations.

The coalition said its troops expected to confront up to 1,000 entrenched Taliban fighters. It said they also expected foreign Taliban fighters to battle to the death but were prepared for local Taliban members in Marjah to try to escape.

"We will follow the enemies and bring them to justice," said Gen. Mohiyiden Ghori of the Afghan National Army.

In the past few days, forces from Afghanistan, Britain and other nations conducted air and ground operations to prepare for the assault and dropped leaflets in and around Marjah warning residents not to allow the Taliban to enter their homes.

The allies had been unusually vocal in describing their plans for the assault.

"I think there's a certain strength in the Pashtunwali culture just from laying it out there in saying, 'Hey, we are coming. Deal with it,'" U.S. Marine Gen. Larry Nicholson said.

Some of the 30,000 additional U.S. troops that President Obama sent to Afghanistan were taking part in the fight.

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The goal is to force the Taliban from Marjah to free the opium-rich province of Taliban influence and drug traffickers. It's an example of a U.S. strategy to focus on population centers and separate the Taliban from Afghan civilians.

"It's about the security of the population, not fighting down insurgent numbers," British Gen. Gordon Messenger has said.

About 3,000 U.S. Marines were involved in the fight.

The advance notice given to residents was expected to help avert civilian casualties, a problem that has hurt the military's credibility among Afghans. They were also trying to get those Taliban who aren't hard-core to turn in themselves and their weapons.

Reaching the battleground was expected to be a big challenge for NATO and Afghan troops. The tough terrain is hard for tanks to traverse.

The town of Marjah is surrounded by roadside bombs, military officials said.

They said the Taliban has had months to plant the bombs, most of them homemade mixes of ammonium nitrate, shrapnel fuel, salt or flour.

Such bombs -- which are detonated remotely or by pressure plates -- have caused about 80 percent of the deaths in fighting in Helmand province, military officials said.

"This is possibly the largest IED threat NATO has ever faced," Nicholson has said.

Massive armored vehicles, called assault breacher vehicles, were to lead the charge into Marjah, coalition authorities said before the offensive

Question: How many troops take part in effort to attack Taliban?

Question: In what way are the residents being warned?

Question: What are the troops attacking?

Question: what is the us strategy

Question: what was the number of troops

Question: What is nation doing to prepare for assualt?

Answer: 15,000

Answer: dropped leaflets in and around Marjah

Answer: last Taliban stronghold

Answer: focus on population centers and separate the Taliban from Afghan civilians.

Answer: 15,000

Answer: conducted air and ground operations

Summary:
15,000 multinational troops take part in effort to attack Taliban in Marjah .
Nations prepared for assault, dropping leaflets to warn residents .
Operation is part of U.S. strategy to focus on population centers .
"This is possibly the largest IED threat NATO has ever faced," U.S. general says .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Nine people killed in a military action targeting militants in eastern Afghanistan apparently were members of an insurgent network, a U.S. military official told CNN on Tuesday.

"The operation was against a network of folks, who had been tracked for a while, involved in producing IEDs as well as some criminal activity," said the official, who asked not to be named.

"As a result of the action, the best info that we have is that nine of those militants in that network were killed. That's based on weapons and IED components at the scene," and it appears the nine were males, the official said.

IED is the acronym for improvised explosive device, which is a roadside bomb.

U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan said Monday they were investigating reports that 10 Afghan civilians, including eight students, were killed Saturday in a coalition operation in the Narang district of Kunar province.

Said Fazelayallah, governor of Kunar province, told CNN Monday that 10 civilians, in fact, were killed. Coalition forces said they killed their targets, he said, but a delegation sent by the governor to investigate reported the civilian casualties.

Civilian casualties in the Afghan war have stoked outrage among the citizenry and Afghan authorities. U.S. and other international forces have been working to stop such fatalities, and they have accused Taliban militants of putting civilians in harm's way.

The United Nations in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that from January to October of this year, 1,404 deaths have been caused by insurgents; 465 have been caused by pro-government forces, such as NATO's International Security Assistance Force; and other causes have led to 165 civilian deaths.

In this Kunar province incident, Fazelayallah said the operation was launched without the knowledge of government officials in the province.

The U.S. military source said it was "a joint operation with Afghan and U.S. forces."

The numbers of civilian casualties have fallen off in recent months, since Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal took over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

The military's goal is to protect population centers to enable the government to improve security and governance, McChrystal told CNN's Christiane Amanpour earlier this month. Civilian casualties, he said, make it less likely that the Afghans will support the coalition.

"It is better to miss a target than to cause civilian casualties," he said. "We can always target enemy leaders later. We can't make up for the fact that we killed civilians."

CNN's Atia Abawi contributed to this report.

Question: How many civilians were killed in the coalition operation?

Question: what did the source say

Question: how many civilians were killed

Question: How many militants were killed?

Question: Where did the U.S.-led operation take place?

Question: How many civilians were killed in coalition operation?

Question: did teh governor say something

Answer: 10

Answer: said it was "a joint operation with Afghan and U.S. forces."

Answer: Nine people

Answer: nine

Answer: Narang district of Kunar province.

Answer: 10

Answer: 10 civilians,

Summary:
U.S. source:  Nine militants involved in building roadside bombs were killed .
Provincial governor says panel found 10 civilians were killed in coalition operation .
The U.S.-led operation took place in the Narang district of Kunar province on Saturday .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- November 28th last year passed pretty quietly here. But in some ways it was more significant a date than today. That was when, by my calculations, U.S.-led coalition troops had been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was.

Today, they've been here 10 years.

That's almost impossible to contemplate. The time has drifted by, measured more in sacrifice and expenditure: The numbers of young soldiers who risked a lot to join the military and won't be going home. The immeasurable amount of money spent here, on roads that will be hard to maintain once the coalition leaves, on homes in Dubai for Afghan officials who should have known better.

Cruder calculations suggest the money spent on war each month here could alternatively be given straight to Afghans -- hundreds of dollars each a month. That would have been something in 2001, but now the huge inflation of war makes it comparative small change.

General Stanley McChrystal, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said Thursday the coalition is only 50 per cent of the way there.

It is likely McChrystal, who lost his job after he and his team were quoted extensively in Rolling Stone magazine, will be remembered as the great truth-teller of the war that ended his military career. For a little while, his bluntly pessimistic assessments felt like there was someone in charge who knew how bad and how complicated it was, and how long the road ahead would be.

As one of McChrystal's top aides, Maj. Gen Bill Mayville, told Rolling Stone in that same article: "It's not going to look like a win, smell like a win or taste like a win."

But after McChrystal's hasty departure, the war seemed to revert to crisis management again.

His replacement as commander of U.S. and ISAF troops in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus had little time in the job before the collapse in domestic support -- dare I even say comprehension -- of the war led Obama to begin thinking about the exit.

It has been curious to see Obama, the presidential candidate who seemed to understand the importance of leaving this country in a manageable state, become the drum beater for an exit. The war is not a vote-winner after Bin Laden's death, and there's simply no money left in the kitty.

Some things are better: there's money everywhere here; there's better healthcare in some places; there's technology the Taliban held at bay; there are hospitals and schools where before there were none.

But it's not a proper democracy; it's not safe; the vast majority of people here are still poor and illiterate; and it's still got the Taliban, al Qaeda and a lot of narco-traffickers in play.

Now the timetable is set, the battle of perception, as NATO called it, being fought with one unmistakable backdrop: The Americans want out.

The NATO message is being persistently and deftly put out there: We are making security good enough for the Afghans to handle. You hear that message, come hell or high water, almost independent of what's happening on the ground.

It's easy to understand why: It may be there's not much more America can do here, bar stay another 10 years.

Question: Who are still poor and illiterate?

Question: What are the majority of people in Afghanistan subject to?

Question: What do they have that is better than before?

Question: Who has been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was?

Question: Who have been in Afghanistan longer than Russia?

Question: How long have US troops been in Afghanistan?

Answer: vast majority of people

Answer: poor and illiterate;

Answer: healthcare in some places;

Answer: U.S.-led coalition troops

Answer: U.S.-led coalition troops

Answer: 10 years.

Summary:
U.S.-led coalition troops have been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was .
The vast majority of people in Afghanistan are still poor and illiterate .
There's better healthcare and technology, but still no proper democracy .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday -- the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration for a second term -- that now is a "critical moment" for Afghanistan, because Karzai has a "clear window" to demonstrate what kind of government he will lead. Speaking to staff members at the U.S. Embassy, Clinton said there is a careful and thoughtful review of U.S. policy going on "because we know this is a turning point." "We want to be a strong partner to people of Afghanistan," she said, "and to the government." Clinton met with embassy staff before meeting with U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Afterward, she had dinner with Karzai. The two, flanked by their senior aides, met at a second-floor reception room at Karzai's palace. They spoke about Clinton's travel schedule and about the planning for Karzai's Thursday inauguration. They also spoke about the difficulty in accommodating all the Afghans who want to attend the ceremony. The government expects about 800 people to attend in all; some will have to stand. Clinton's attendance at the inauguration will show U.S. support for Karzai's government after an election that was tainted by fraudulent balloting. Karzai is under intense international pressure to clean up corruption within his government, and Clinton was to deliver a tough message on the need to show results, a senior U.S. official tells CNN. The senior U.S. official, who is not authorized to speak publicly about details of Clinton's meeting with Karzai, said the Obama administration already is discussing with the Karzai government specific "benchmarks" that will require Afghan ministries to be certified as "open and transparent" if they are to receive direct payments from the U.S. government. If ministries are not certified as open and transparent, they can continue to receive technical assistance, but not direct U.S. funding, the official says. If the assessments determine that the ministry needs additional specific technical assistance to be certified, the U.S. will provide it. Clinton's first visit to Afghanistan as secretary of state comes as President Obama is deciding whether to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as requested by McChrystal. A major factor in Obama's decision on how many troops to send to Afghanistan centers on the Afghan government's ability to partner with the United States to fight the Taliban. In the past several weeks, Eikenberry has sent two cables to Washington expressing reservations about troop increases amid lingering concerns about Karzai and the uncertainty about the government he will put in place. On Sunday, Clinton said she had "made it clear" that the United States won't provide civilian aid to Afghanistan's government agencies without an effective certification process that shows the money will be spent on its intended purposes. "We believe that President Karzai and his government can do better," Clinton said on the ABC broadcast "This Week," adding that Obama's administration was "looking for tangible evidence" that the Karzai administration would be more responsive to the needs of the Afghan people. She cited the need for the Karzai government to crack down on fraud and "demonstrate there's not impunity for those who are corrupt." The senior U.S. official says the United States has certified departments in the Ministries of Public Health, Communications and Finance to receive direct U.S. government assistance. During the next three months, he says, it will assess the Ministries of Education; Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock; and Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Two assessments will be carried out -- financial and procurement -- at each ministry. If those assessments determine that the procurement, financial, and expenditure systems are adequate, the U.S. will certify them as having the capacity to accept direct assistance. The Afghan government already has announced it is creating a commission that will investigate allegations of corruption. It also says it will create a tribunal in the Justice Ministry that will prosecute corruption cases that the commission has investigated. This U.S. official says the United States is not trying to "hector, lecture or look over the

Question: Who is Clinton meeting with?

Question: What type of pressure is Karazi under?

Question: What even will Clinton be attending?

Question: What event will Clinton be attending?

Question: What persons did clinton meet with?

Question: What is under review?

Question: Where is Clinton going?

Question: What is Karzai under pressure to achieve?

Answer: embassy staff

Answer: clean up corruption within his government,

Answer: Hamid Karzai's inauguration

Answer: Hamid Karzai's inauguration

Answer: U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Answer: U.S. policy

Answer: Afghanistan.

Answer: clean up corruption within his government,

Summary:
U.S. policy under review because "this is a turning point," she tells U.S. Embassy staff .
Clinton meets with U.S. ambassador, military commander in Afghanistan .
Clinton will attend President Hamid Karzai's inauguration for second term .
Karzai under pressure to clean up corruption in government .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took off her diplomatic gloves Thursday, challenging Pakistan to crack down on terrorist havens on its side of the border with Afghanistan.

In a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Clinton -- in unusually forceful language -- laid almost all of the blame for recent terror attacks on Pakistan.

The United States, she said, knows the Haqqani terrorist network operates out of havens in Pakistan.

"We intend to push the Pakistanis very hard," Clinton said, calling it a "time for clarity."

"Our message is very clear: We're going to be fighting, we're going to be talking, we're going to be building," she said. "And they can either be helping or hindering. But we are not going to stop our efforts to create a strong foundation for an Afghanistan free from interference, violent conflict and one that has a chance to chart its own future."

Clinton headed straight to Pakistan after her stop in Afghanistan, accompanied by CIA Director David Petraeus and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

She is expected to meet with Pakistani officials, including Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, to stress that transitioning to Afghan security is in the interest of Pakistan, senior officials said.

Earlier Thursday, Clinton's focus was on Afghanistan, where she met with Karzai and other government officials for talks aimed at boosting reconciliation efforts in the nation.

The top U.S. diplomat said she was working toward a peaceful Afghanistan.

"No people in the world deserve it more," she said.

Shortly before taking off for Pakistan, Clinton told reporters that the death of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, which at that time was not confirmed, would "add legitimacy and relief to the formation of a new government."

Her visit to Afghanistan followed a stop in Libya, the first by a Cabinet-level American official since the ouster of the longtime strongman. She landed under tight security as forces loyal to the transitional government continued to battle Gadhafi loyalists.

Earlier Thursday, Clinton met with representatives of Afghan civil society, including human rights activists who address various issues including education, gender-based violence and youth empowerment.

"These are some of my heroes," she said as she greeted them at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

Her visit comes as the nation pursues peace with the Taliban after years of insurgency.

The effort suffered a major setback following the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani, an Afghan political figure and former president who led the peace council.

Rabbani was killed at home last month by suicide bombers posing as Taliban peace mediators.

Clinton offered condolences to Salahuddin Rabbani, the oldest son of the slain leader, who was part of a roundtable Thursday.

"He tried to do the right thing," she said.

The United States supports Karzai and recognizes the blow to the peace effort since Rabbani's assassination, the official said.

In addition to the reconciliation efforts, Clinton also was to discuss Pakistan's relations with the nation and the upcoming Afghan transition.

Coalition forces are in the process of transferring security control to Afghan forces ahead of a U.S. drawdown set to be completed by the end of 2014.

The 33,000 additional American troops sent last year are scheduled to depart the war-torn country fully by September next year.

CNN's Jamie Crawford contributed to this report.

Question:
What are they going to do in Pakistan
Where is Clinton?
In what country is she visiting?
Who is accompanying her
Who is working toward the peace?
What did she say?
Who arrived in Pakistan
Who is with her on the trip?

Answer: to be talking, we're

Answer: Afghanistan.

Answer: Pakistan

Answer: CIA Director David Petraeus and Gen. Martin Dempsey,

Answer: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Answer: "We intend to push the Pakistanis very hard,"

Answer: Clinton

Answer: CIA Director David Petraeus and Gen. Martin Dempsey,

Summary:
NEW: Hillary Clinton arrives in Pakistan after stern words on the need to tackle terror .
Clinton: We're going to be fighting, talking and building in Pakistan .
CIA chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman accompanying her .
Clinton says she is working toward a peaceful Afghanistan .


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Seven insurgents were killed when a group of more than a dozen men launched an early morning attack on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said.

Army spokesman Lt. Col. Clarence Counts said that five service members were wounded in the attack and a building suffered minor damage. He said the attack included rockets, small arms and grenades.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told CNN that 20 armed men wearing suicide vests stormed the base around 4 a.m. (7:30 p.m. Tuesday ET), with four of them detonating explosives at the entrances to allow the other men to move in. Mujahid said that a "major firefight" took place inside the base.

But Army Specialist Christina Dion, a spokeswoman who both lives an works on the base, told CNN that personnel were ordered to enter bunkers when the base came under attack and were allowed to return to their huts and tents about 90 minutes later.

"We're always prepared to deal with attacks on our base," Counts said. "The response this morning was immediate."

The fighting eventually tapered off about 7:30 a.m. local time, said NATO spokesman Lt. Col Todd Breasseale.

Another Bagram spokeswoman, Maj. Virginia McCabe, could not say if flights into and out of the air base had been stopped and said that authorities are investigating how the incident started.

"Established security procedures are in place," she said, adding that personnel with "mission-essential" responsibilities were continuing to work.

Bagram is a heavily fortified base, its perimeter guarded by high fences and thick, concrete walls. Dion said she didn't believe anyone could have made their way into the main portion of the base.

Taliban fighters have lobbed rockets into the base in previous attacks.

CNN's Adam Levine and Paula Hancocks contributed to this report.

Question: how many men in suicide vests stormed base in "major firefight"?

Question: what does the Army spokeswoman says about the personnel?

Question: Five members were hurt on what?

Question: What did personnel order?

Question: How many service members were hurt?

Question: What does the Taliban spokesman say?

Question: how many members hurt?

Question: how many armed mens were in suicide vest according to a Taliban spokesman?

Answer: 20

Answer: five service members were wounded in the attack and a building suffered minor damage.

Answer: Bagram Air Base

Answer: to enter bunkers when the base came under attack and were allowed to return to their huts and tents about 90 minutes later.

Answer: five

Answer: 20 armed men wearing suicide vests stormed the base around 4 a.m.

Answer: five service

Answer: 20

Summary:
Five service members hurt, building damaged in attack using rockets, small arms, grenades .
Personnel ordered to bunkers for 90 minutes after airbase attacked, Army spokeswoman says .
Taliban spokesman says 20 armed men in suicide vests stormed base in "major firefight"


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The bodies of three American contractors who died in a plane crash in Afghanistan earlier this month have been recovered, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Tuesday. The C-12 plane went down in the mountains of Nuristan province October 13, but the military withheld information about it until the recovery operation was complete, ISAF said in a statement. The crew were subcontractors working for Lockheed Martin, the company confirmed. A spokesman named two of them as Jeff Lehner, a former Air Force member working for Sierra Nevada, and Randolph Bergquist, a former Marine working for Avenge. They are not releasing the third name at the family's request. Thomas Casey of Lockheed Martin confirmed the third victim was the co-pilot and also worked for Avenge. The cause of the crash that killed them is not yet clear, but it is not thought to be enemy action, ISAF said. A helicopter sent to recover the remains October 17 itself made "a hard landing" that required the crew to be rescued, ISAF said. The helicopter was stripped of sensitive parts Wednesday and destroyed in place Sunday, ISAF said.

Question:
What is the cause of the crash?
Which crashed October 13?
Who worked for Lockheed Martin?
Who was sent to recover remains?
Where did the plane go down?
what happen to the crew of copter?

Answer: not yet clear,

Answer: C-12 plane

Answer: three American contractors

Answer: A helicopter

Answer: mountains of Nuristan province

Answer: died in a plane crash

Summary:
3 contractors killed when plane went down in mountains of Nuristan province .
Plane, a C-12, crashed October 13; crew worked for Lockheed Martin .
Cause of crash not yet clear, but it is not thought to be enemy action .
Crew of copter sent to recover remains had to be rescued after hard landing .