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Don't Make Afghanistan the Democrats' War »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Drop the mantra that it's "the good war."
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NATO Strike Kills Puppies, Kitty, Children, 2 Wittle-wee Fluffy Bunnies »
Posted by: terryaki 1 year, 2 months ago in News
Afghan and Pakistan tribal officials claim that a recent attack by NATO forces on a village did not kill any terrorists, but instead claimed the ...
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At All Costs, We Must Avoid a 'Surge' in Afghanistan »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 1 year, 2 months ago in News
America's Iraq adventure led it into a moral vacuum. Will the error be repeated in the renewed US Afghan campaign?
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Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban »
Posted by: okami 1 year, 2 months ago in News
A controversial new US tactic to mount counter-terrorist operations inside Pakistan has met with fresh hostility, it emerged yesterday, as Pakistani tribesmen representing half a ...
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A Modernized Taliban Thrives in Afghanistan »
Posted by: Jayson 1 year, 2 months ago in Religion
Just one year ago, the Taliban insurgency was a furtive, loosely organized guerrilla force that carried out hit-and-run ambushes, burned empty schools, left warning letters ...
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'Vigil' Sheds Somber Light On War-Torn Afghanistan : NPR »
Posted by: nicholas 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Wasted Vigil, a new novel by award-winning Pakistani-born British writer Nadeem Aslam, is set in post-Sept. 11 Afghanistan, a vast field of human misery ...
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What Makes Obama and McCain Think They Can 'Win' Afghanistan? »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 1 year, 2 months ago in Political News
To claim the U.S. can achieve now what the British couldn't in the 19th century and the Russians couldn't at the end ...
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Pakistan fires on Troops -McCain heads to Afghanistan? »
Posted by: woodlawn_review 1 year, 2 months ago in News
Well it looks like McCain may have another reason to duck the debates. The AP has reported that US Troops were fired upon while crossing ...
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Reporting attacks over troop funding votes, Politico ignores McCain's own record »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 1 year, 2 months ago in Political News
In repeating a claim by a campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain that "McCain would continue to criticize Obama for voting against a bill that ...
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Karzai Seeks Saudi Help With Taliban »
Posted by: TheVisionary 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
As the Afghan war intensifies and American commanders call for increased troop levels, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he had repeatedly sought the intervention ...
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Palin On Fox News: Couric Annoyed Me »
Posted by: VotersUnite 1 year, 1 month ago in News
Appearing on a friendlier news outlet, Gov. Sarah Palin said she was "annoyed" with the way Katie Couric handled their interview and complained that the ...
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Gov. Sarah Palin On Fox News: Katie Couric Annoyed Me »
Posted by: VotersUnite 1 year, 1 month ago in News
On today' s Huffington Post Sam Stein reports on an interview with Carl Cameron of Fox News Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave this morning after ...
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German Official Wants Elite Troops Out of Afghanistan »
Posted by: cmetzger4 1 year, 1 month ago in News
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier said he wants to scrap the Afghanistan mandate for German commandos, thus ending Germany’s contribution to the US-led force fighting ...
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia, but deny peace talks held »
Posted by: Jayson 1 year, 1 month ago in Religion
A former high-level Taliban official met last month in Saudi Arabia with representatives of the Taliban, the Afghan government and a powerful Afghan warlord, the ...
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Afghan Government Denies Talking with Taliban »
Posted by: Jayson 1 year, 1 month ago in Religion
Afghanistan's government is denying media reports that it has been holding talks with the Taliban. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul an Afghan ...
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