The AC-130 gunship is an aircraft used by the United States Air Force to provide 'low and slow' close-air support in low-intensity conflicts and has been employed historically in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to support tasks such as convoy protection and urban operations.
October 18, 2025
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operational
Description of AC-130 operational role and historical employment.
The 2025 World Food Programme identified Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan as countries facing major disruptions to food aid operations.
October 16, 2025
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temporal
Countries highlighted by the World Food Programme in 2025 as at risk of major disruptions to aid due to funding constraints.
PBS NewsHour teams were awarded a 2023 duPont-Columbia Award for coverage of Afghanistan and Ukraine.
January 01, 2023
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temporal
Awards recognizing news coverage of international conflicts in Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Nick Schifrin was a member of PBS NewsHour teams that won a Peabody Award for coverage of COVID-19 in 2021.
January 01, 2021
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temporal
Team award for pandemic coverage.
Jared Golden is a U.S. Marine veteran who served combat tours in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018.
January 01, 2018
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biographical
Biographical and electoral background for a U.S. Representative.
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force authorized use of force "against those nations, organizations, or persons" that planned or aided the September 11, 2001 attacks, providing broad legal authority used to justify military action such as the invasion of Afghanistan.
September 18, 2001
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temporal
Broad post-9/11 congressional authorization that has been used as legal basis for various U.S. military operations.
Dick Cheney served as Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush during the September 11, 2001 attacks and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
September 11, 2001
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temporal
Biographical and historical context linking Cheney's vice presidency to major national security events beginning in 2001.
Dick Cheney was a pivotal figure in the U.S. government's response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and in the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
September 11, 2001
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historical
Describes Cheney's influence on national security and military policy following 9/11.
The 'clear, hold, build' counterinsurgency model, used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, involves clearing insurgents and weapons from an area, holding the area with security forces, and building governance and infrastructure so local authorities and civilians can resume normal life.
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procedural
Describes a widely used counterinsurgency approach applied in Iraq and Afghanistan to secure and stabilize neighborhoods sequentially.