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via NewsRack (Afghanistan), The Guardian, Google News (World)
• Special forces funding fighters in Afghanistan • Fears strategy could further destabilise countryUS special forces are supporting anti-Taliban militias in at least 14 ...
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A record number of Afghan war deaths in October has forced the U.S. to take new notice of Afghanistan as debate rages over whether President Obama should send tens of ...
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While President Obama weighs his options on Afghanistan, one thing is clear: The U.S. is beefing up its civilian presence there. The aid effort has been hobbled from the ...
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via NewsRack (Afghanistan), Informed Comment
Afghan insurgents greeted the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as president for another 5 years with a string of attacks and bombings that left 23 dead and dozens wounded on ...
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A Newsweek retrospective on Vietnam extracts the wrong lessons and applies them to Afghanistan, says Douglas Valentine. November 19, 2009
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This week, the Senate faced a crucial vote on health care. The Obama administration fended off criticism over Sept. 11 trials in New York, and Hamid Karzai was sworn in for ...
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Times OnlineWill Hillary Clinton's gamble on Karzai pay off?BBC NewsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a political survivor who has repeatedly reinvented herself, used her ...
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The role thrusts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton into the thick of a critical international problem, but also hitches her reputation to a leader who has often proved ...
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Hindu
| Nov. 20, 2009
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The Afghan President does enough to appease the U.S. and its allies but takes a dig at British presence in the country.
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Two children and a policeman were among those killed in the blast, which wounded at least 23 others when the motorcyclist detonated the explosives in a busy city square in ...
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AlterNet
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Nov. 20, 2009
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And corruption is viewed as one of the key obstacles in dealing with the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Obama’s top diplomats and generals are abandoning for now their get-tough tactics with Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai and attempting to forge a far warmer relationship. ...
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A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.
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Facing military pressure to escalate in Afghanistan, President Obama may need an inner Harry Truman.
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When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinner meeting, they had ...
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity, speaking during an inauguration closely watched ...
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This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. Sure, the quote in the over-title is only my fantasy. No one in Washington?no less President Obama?ever said, "This ...
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via NewsRack (Afghanistan), The Economist
Anti-graft pressure mounts in Afghanistan, as Hamid Karzai is again sworn in as president IT WAS no secret what the world wanted to hear from Hamid Karzai when Afghanistan’s ...
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President Karzai I became President Karzai II this morning at an inauguration ceremony that was part splendid, part shabby and awkward for everyone. This was an event to be ...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated in Kabul on Thursday for a new term amid tight security and ceremonial flourishes. But his second term is already beset by severe ...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for another five-year term Thursday. Watching with a critical eye were foreign dignitaries who are pressing Karzai to make his ...
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second five-year term as Afghanistan's president after a fraud-marred election and criticism he has not done enough to fight corruption
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What is the human cost of the war in Afghanistan for British forces? These are the latest figures - including new wounded statistics • Get the data • Information is ...
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Barack Obama criticises Afghan government and Israeli settlement building, and says he won?t read Sarah Palin?s book Barack Obama has backed away from his pledge to close the ...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to prosecute corrupt officials, and said the country would control it own security within five years. Karzai's comments came in ...
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