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Fake Afghan Poll Sites Favored Karzai, Officials Assert »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The fake sites, as many as 800, existed only on paper, said a senior Western diplomat in Afghanistan who spoke on condition of anonymity because ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Pakistanis say U.S. hoards intelligence - Washington Times »
Posted by: monicachenoa 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
Despite growing success targeting militants in Pakistan's northwest, the U.S. is accused of refusing to share intelligence with Pakistan about al Qaeda and ...
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Dan Froomkin: Time for the Really Big Questions on Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Andrew Exum, the widely respected counterinsurgency expert who goes by Abu Muqawama in the blogosphere, recently came back from a month in Afghanistan, where he ...
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Taliban suicide attack kills 17 in Afghan capital »
Posted by: orndorffter 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside the Indian Embassy in the bustling center of the Afghan capital Thursday, killing 17 people in the ...
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Afghan Cabinet Minister Escapes Taliban Attack »
Posted by: WikiMap 2 months ago in News
A roadside bomb targeting an Afghan cabinet minister exploded in the western city of Herat on Sunday, killing at least three people, officials said.
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Barack Obama Makes It Official: We Are At War In Pakistan »
Posted by: Revelation1412 8 months ago in Political News
Claiming that "the safety of people around the world is at stake", Barack Obama has laid out his strategy for Afghanistan that includes dramatically increased ...
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Scores die in strike on hijacked Afghan tankers - Afghanistan- msnbc.com »
Posted by: monicachenoa 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
NATO launched an airstrike on two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, sparking a blast that killed scores of people, including dozens of ...
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Fallen soldier thought Afghan mission 'useless': family - Yahoo! Canada News »
Posted by: rightfromwrong 2 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Afghanistan mission useless says fallen soldier according to family
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Obama: Afghan troops decision can wait »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 2 months, 1 week ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he hasn't asked his top commander in Afghanistan to sit on an expected request for U.S. reinforcements ...
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Taliban cut off fingers of Afghan voters - CNN.com »
Posted by: travelcn 3 months ago in Political News
Making good on a threat of election day violence, the Taliban sliced off the index fingers of at least two people in Kandahar province, according ...
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Afghan blast targets Indian embassy »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
An explosion in Kabul, the Afghan capital, has killed at least 12 people and wounded another 83.
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President Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 3 weeks, 2 days ago in News
President Barack Obama greeted Hamid Karzai's election victory with as much admonishment as praise on Monday, pointedly advising America's partner in war he ...
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Obama Demands Results From Afghan Reforms »
Posted by: engineer 1 week ago in News
President Obama sent his top diplomat to Afghanistan on Wednesday to press President Hamid Karzai to deliver “measurable results” on governance and corruption as the ...
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Obama's Afghan quagmire deepens »
Posted by: hyperbola 8 months ago in Political News
Confused, apparently contradictory, statements by Barack Obama suggest America's new president is having as much trouble as his hapless predecessor in defining US strategy ...
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Pakistan moves to block Taliban fleeing U.S. offensive »
Posted by: barucci 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Pakistan sent troops to its Afghan border on Thursday in an effort to stop Taliban militants entering the country to escape a new USA offensive.
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