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Last month, Afghanistan's government began circulating new currency as the first step toward overhauling the country's primitive monetary system.

Two Army sergeants went searching for saws Friday to clear away branches that were blocking their Humvees. But they stumbled across a sealed-up cottage that aroused their curiosity - and ultimately led to the discovery of an estimated $650 million in cash.

Troops find riches, beasts

With machine guns rocking in their turrets, a convoy of Special Forces soldiers ploughed into this mountain town of Chaghcharan in pursuit of enemy fighters one cold winter afternoon. What they found instead was a knot of rumours and contradictions.

Saddam palaces rivalled the best in the West

Confident about Afghanistan’s future, a new breed of entrepreneurs is pumping in money for homes with rose gardens and swimming pools

As a teenager he posted blogs championing violent jihad from his parents' home

Green, other US troops raped Iraqi girl, set her on fire after he killed her family

Those with access to education and work fear the US troop departure will erode their freedoms

It is estimated that at least a quarter of the children here work, despite labour laws that forbid it

The judge had declared a mistrial after jurors deadlocked on five other charges