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Monday, January 2, 2012

Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines: Catholics seek to boost number of priests serving as chaplains and other stories



[img]Catholics seek to boost number of priests serving as chaplains
Searching for bombs day in and day out as part of a route-clearance team, Spc. Joe Murphy needed the reassuring hand of his faith more than ever. But because of a worsening shortage of Catholic chaplains in Afghanistan and throughout the military, it had never been more difficult to practice it. 

 

[img]Weary of bloodshed, a Taliban leader in Afghanistan weighs reintegration
The Taliban leader hid his face beneath a black ski mask as he rode in the back seat of an Afghan army pickup truck. He knew to avoid needless risk. If the wrong person saw him, his life might end before he could convert from insurgent to peacemaker. 

 

[img]Afghan police chief: 'We want revenge'
After a preteen suicide bomber killed six people three weeks ago in this village darkened by Pakistan's shadow, Abdul Latif assumed a new job in circumstances he called 'worse than awful.' 

 

[img]Friction between Afghan forces hangs over remote post
There is no need to imagine the aftermath of perhaps the worst attack on the Afghanistan Border Patrol in its young history. The Taliban captured the grim scene on video. The siege inflamed the simmering distrust between the border patrol and the Afghanistan National Army in a turbulent region.

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