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President Hamid Karzai bans Afghan security forces from airstrikes during operations in residential areas

JJ Green, national security correspondent, WTOP

With thousands still missing, Sinjar’s deep wounds remain raw

WASHINGTON — “My first thoughts were, 'I just can’t believe we’re undergoing yet another genocide,'" said Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman. She paused. Her eyes welled. For a long moment, she glanced eastward out the window of her office, on 16th Street in downtown D.C., in the direction of Iraq.
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