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Reporting from Washington - As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands: assuring Americans that any military buildup will be limited while convincing Pakistan...
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Will it be China that finally pays the huge bills for repairing and rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq — and reaps the rewards? It’s looking that way: as the US and...
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The head of the United Nations in Afghanistan threatened a complete pullout yesterday after half of his staff were evacuated following last week’s terrorist attack,...
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Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against...
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In a rather surprising move UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon flew all the way from New York to Kabul to congratulate the re-election of President Karzai. It was...
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The United Nations said on Thursday it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for...
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The British Defense Ministry said Wednesday that five soldiers died Tuesday in Helmand province, apparently in an attack by what a British officer called a “rogue”...
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Five British soldiers have been shot dead in an attack in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. They were killed by a “rogue'’ Afghan policeman...
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The election drama was put in suspense and the country was virtually engulfed in a rumor of constitutional deadlock when Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of the second...
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“democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies”
After Afghanistan’s fraudulent elections President Obama’s future politics...
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Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan by poll officials, after they scrapped the planned second round of the vote.
The Independent...
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Close aides of Abdullah Abdullah, the only rival of Hamid Karzai in the second round of elections on November 7, have revealed that the contender might choose to stay...
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In the wake of recent incidents and claims vs. proclaims of fraud and a resulting second round of elections in a poor, largely devastated, war-torn nation the only...
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A young boy dressed in women’s clothing, his face caked in make-up, dances the night away for a crowd of men.
The bells on his feet chime away, mimicking the...
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By: Aslam Khan
On the arrival of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Pakistan where she is welcome by bombing at Peshawar in which over 100 people died. It is...
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Today witnessed one of the bloodiest assaults on UN Mission in the heart of Afghan Capital Kabul. A UN guesthouse was attacked by assailants killing 10 people including...
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In a revealing news post by the Associated Press, published in the Texas-based Daily Times, Tuesday October 27, 2009, Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai’s brother...
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As the preparations for the second round of elections in Afghanistan run against time, the presidential candidates are busy building coalitions and strenghtening their...
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Rescue operations are under way across Afghanistan, after three helicopters crashed in a series of pre-dawn sorties, leaving at least four US troops dead and two others...
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On a recent Friday when their country’s election crisis continued to unfold, a clique well to do Afghans flew kites on dusty Nadir Shah Hill in Kabul. The hill is...
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Pakistan has been the unrivaled second home of hundreds of thousands of Afghan Refugees for the last three decades. During these decades of migration they have had...
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Five British soldiers have been shot dead in an attack in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. They were killed by a “rogue'’ Afghan policeman...
made popular Nov 4 2009
“democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies”
After Afghanistan’s fraudulent elections President Obama’s future politics...
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President Obama defended taking his time as he rethinks his strategy in Afghanistan and considers whether to send more troops, telling a military audience on Monday...
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Rescue operations are under way across Afghanistan, after three helicopters crashed in a series of pre-dawn sorties, leaving at least four US troops dead and two others...
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Dick Cheney has emerged from the shadows once again to attack Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy.
The former vice president accused Mr Obama of...
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One-hundred percent of this morning’s new Afghanistan war polling is bad news for Barack Obama’s administration. In fact, it’s a double-dose of bad...
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The Italian government denied a newspaper report Thursday that its secret services paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep an area in Afghanistan controlled by...
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When ten French soldiers were killed last year in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in what had seemed a relatively peaceful area, the French public were horrified.
Their...
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The United States spends about $3.6 billion a month in Afghanistan, according to data provided by the Congressional Research Service.
The average cost per month is...
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Mr. Brown announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the increase depends on a number of conditions, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organization strategy...
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Afghan insurgents should be offered amnesties and removal from the coalition’s “wanted” list if they lay down their arms, says the British general charged...
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U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strategy of full-fledged counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan, are...
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Al-Qaida is losing its influence because of a shortage of funds, while the Taliban is thriving on the proceeds of criminal activities, according to analysis by the US...
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The Afghan government’s appointee resigned Monday from the commission that’s investigating allegations of fraud in the country’s scandal-plagued Aug....
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The Obama administration is considering outbidding the Taliban to persuade Afghan villagers to lay down arms as it struggles to find a new approach to a war that is...
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As he assesses a request from his top commander in Afghanistan to dispatch another 40,000 troops to fight the Taliban, he is also “inclined” to send only as...
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The citizens of over populated Afghan Capital city and the hub of business, and diplomatic buzz rocked with a huge car bomb explosion leaving behind scores of wounded...
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The two draw decidedly different lessons from the Vietnam War. The first book describes a White House in 1965 being marched into an escalating war by a military viewing...
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Obama’s White House session Wednesday comes eight years after the war started and amid new poll statistics showing that support for the conflict in this country...
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