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The offensive was led by 4,000 Marines who were sent to Afghanistan as part of the new U.S. troop surge. The move is seen as an early test of the Obama administration’s efforts to restructure the foundering U.S.-led war effort.

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Alex, Portland
Afghanistan’s kidnap economy has not quite reached the heights of Iraq’s at its worst point, but it is certainly a growth industry and shows the same ugly nexus...
made popular Jun 22 2009
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Muhammad, Islamabad
The idea to transform a vacant tract near the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif into a sprawling commercial farm, with miles of strawberry fields and thousands of cashmere...
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Farhan, Islamabad
No sooner had Pakistan announced its plans to attack South Waziristan than some pundits began to hail the operation as the Waterloo of the Taleban and al-Qaeda...
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Jamshid, Kabul
As many as 91 civilians were killed when a neighbouring villager lied to US special forces about Taliban positions it was claimed. The deaths in a night assault by US...
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Maqsood, Islamabad
Yesterday’s attack on Peshawar’s Pearl Continental Hotel was the latest signal of Pakistan’s growing Islamist insurgency. Since the raid by the Pakistani...
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Nicholas, Liverpool
British troops fighting the Taliban are facing three times as many attacks as any other Nato force in Afghanistan amid spiralling violence across the country which has...
made popular Jun 12 2009
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Prince, Columbus
Reporting from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan — The accusation was damning: U.S. soldiers were said to have tossed a grenade into a crowd of Afghans in the eastern...
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Umar, Islamabad
For the usually peaceful Norfolk countryside it was a startling sight: a suicide bomber appeared to blow himself up, seriously wounding a passer-by and scaring several...
made popular Jun 11 2009
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Brandon, Rochester
The U.S. military, which built itself for Iraq, is racing to remake itself for Afghanistan. The effort is on full display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling...
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Sajid, Islamabad
The soldiers turned on each other with shoves, punches and kicks. One swung an ammunition can in a slow-motion haymaker. The patrol had already been hapless: a display...
made popular Jun 8 2009
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May 5 2009 by AP0 Comments

A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending was told of numerous deficiencies in the arrangement that has paid KBR Inc. nearly $

 
 
May 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending was told of numerous deficiencies in the arrangement that has paid KBR Inc. nearly $

 
 
May 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Barack Obama will seek assurances this week from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari that his country’s nuclear arsenal is safe and that Pakistan’s military intends to face down Taliban extremists in coordination with Afghanistan and the United

 
 
May 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and Pakistan’s president.

 
 
May 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

The Pentagon’s top military officer says he’s comfortable that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons remain secure, but is gravely concerned about Taliban advances there and in Afghanistan.

 
 
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President Hamid Karzai registered as a candidate for Afghanistan’s August presidential election on Monday and selected a powerful warlord and former top political leader as his new vice presidential running mate.

 
 
May 3 2009 by AP0 Comments

Ballots of Afghan women in conservative districts are vulnerable to fraud in August’s presidential election, the country’s top human rights official said Sunday.

 
 
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A top human rights official voiced fears Sunday of vote fraud in August’s presidential election as violence also threatening Afghanistan’s fragile democracy rumbled on, with a market bombing that killed four.

 
 
May 3 2009 by AP0 Comments

A bomb placed on a bicycle in a busy market killed four people Sunday, including two children, while American fighter aircraft and ground forces killed 19 militants near the Pakistan border, officials said.

 
 
May 2 2009 by AP0 Comments

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it would be difficult to request more U.S. troops in Afghanistan in six to 12 months.

 
 
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