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Can the Taliban be trusted to protect Afghanistan’s big bet on a gas pipeline?
The TAPI natural gas pipeline, named for the four nations partnering in the project, has been hailed as the great economic hope of the region, a 1,127-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to energy-hungry Pakistan and India.<br>J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes
The TAPI natural gas pipeline, named for the four nations partnering in the project, has been hailed as the great economic hope of the region, a 1,127-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to energy-hungry Pakistan and India.<br>J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

The Afghan government has completed some of the first steps on a $10 billion natural gas pipeline project so potentially lucrative that the Taliban have promised their support. But financial and security hurdles await the fledgling pipeline, including funding concerns and a proposed pipeline route that will run through Taliban-contested provinces.

FILE- In this May 14, 1999, file photo, U.N. honor guards carry a coffin containing the remains of the American soldiers after it was returned from North Korea at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)<br>AP
FILE- In this May 14, 1999, file photo, U.N. honor guards carry a coffin containing the remains of the American soldiers after it was returned from North Korea at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)<br>AP

US sends coffins to border with N. Korea to prepare for return of war dead remains

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Lt. Col. Daniel McGuire, 57th Wing fighter pilot, sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet assigned to the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 27, 2018. A Government Accountability Office report says the military needs to get a better handle on how many pilots are leaving the service for the commercial airlines.<br>Andrew D. Sarver/U.S. Air Force

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Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
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Lance Cpl. Donald Harmon, a chemical biological radiological and nuclear specialist from Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares for a hike to a combat town during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015.<br>Juan Esqueda/U.S. Marine Corps
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FILE- In this May 14, 1999, file photo, U.N. honor guards carry a coffin containing the remains of the American soldiers after it was returned from North Korea at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)<br>AP

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Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US veterans join 'brotherhood' of bikers on ride through the Alps

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The TAPI natural gas pipeline, named for the four nations partnering in the project, has been hailed as the great economic hope of the region, a 1,127-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to energy-hungry Pakistan and India.<br>J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

Can the Taliban be trusted to protect Afghanistan’s big bet on a gas pipeline?

The Afghan government has completed some of the first steps on a $10 billion natural gas pipeline project so potentially lucrative that the Taliban have promised their support. But financial and security hurdles await the fledgling pipeline, including funding concerns and a proposed pipeline route that will run through Taliban-contested provinces.

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FILE- In this May 14, 1999, file photo, U.N. honor guards carry a coffin containing the remains of the American soldiers after it was returned from North Korea at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)<br>AP

US sends coffins to border with N. Korea to prepare for return of war dead remains

The U.S. military sent 100 wooden coffins to the truce village on the border with North Korea on Saturday as it steps up preparations for the return of the remains of American soldiers killed in the 1950-53 war, according to the U.N. command.

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Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US veterans join 'brotherhood' of bikers on ride through the Alps

More than 250 veterans, servicemembers and families rode their motorcycles through the jagged, gray peaks that mark the highest points in Germany as part of the annual Ride the Alps biker event this weekend.

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The TAPI natural gas pipeline, named for the four nations partnering in the project, has been hailed as the great economic hope of the region, a 1,127-mile pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to energy-hungry Pakistan and India.<br>J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes

Can the Taliban be trusted to protect Afghanistan’s big bet on a gas pipeline?

The Afghan government has completed some of the first steps on a $10 billion natural gas pipeline project so potentially lucrative that the Taliban have promised their support. But financial and security hurdles await the fledgling pipeline, including funding concerns and a proposed pipeline route that will run through Taliban-contested provinces.

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German tennis legend Boris Becker attends a briefing in Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2017. The Central African Republic's foreign minister said on Friday, June 22, 2018, that a reported diplomatic passport for Boris Becker appears to be a fake and the country's prosecutor general will investigate.<br>Michael Probst/AP

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Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Bikers touring through an Alpine Valley during the Ride the Alps event, near Eng, Austria, Saturday, June 23, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US veterans join 'brotherhood' of bikers on ride through the Alps

More than 250 veterans, servicemembers and families rode their motorcycles through the jagged, gray peaks that mark the highest points in Germany as part of the annual Ride the Alps biker event this weekend.

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