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Breaking News: Abducted Humanitarian Staff Released in Afghanistan
Posted by: actionagainsthunger 3 weeks, 3 days agoThe international relief and development organization Action Against Hunger (ACF) was relieved to learn this weekend of the liberation of its two staff members who ...
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Barack Obama and Afghanistan
Posted by: populist 3 weeks, 2 days agoMore of the Same, Packaged as Change
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Three German troops hurt in suicide attack
Posted by: cmetzger4 3 weeks, 2 days agoA suicide bombing in Afghanistan left three German soldiers wounded, two of them seriously, the German command in Potsdam said.
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500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War
Posted by: Aidenag 3 weeks, 2 days agoJune was the second deadliest month for the military in Afghanistan since the war began, with 23 American deaths from hostilities, compared with 22 in ...
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Roadside bombs getting harder to find
Posted by: sukonrat29 3 weeks, 1 day agoRoadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan have gotten less sophisticated and as a result harder for troops to find or avoid, a military official said ...
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The U.N. can end these wars
Posted by: bowsnumba1 3 weeks, 1 day agoAfter long and costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, how can the United States plan to win in either country? What would an achievable victory ...
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American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500
Posted by: ameliog 3 weeks, 1 day agoThe deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed ...
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Pakistani intelligence complicit in Afghan violence: US general
Posted by: bruhaha 3 weeks agoThe top US commander in Afghanistan Thursday publicly accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate of "some complicity" over time with militant groups fomenting violence in ...
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Afghan children raped with 'impunity,' U.N. official says
Posted by: librachic1982 2 weeks, 6 days ago(CNN) -- The young Afghan girl sits in the center of the room, weeping. Using her hand and her blue scarf to hide her face, she ...
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Afghans pay heavy price in war
Posted by: ameliog 2 weeks, 4 days agoDespite pledges to reduce collateral damage in Afghanistan, the number of legal claims lodged by Afghan civilians against the British Government has grown more than ...
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Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence
Posted by: y_soitenly 2 weeks, 3 days agoWhen she was arrested in Afghanistan last month, Aafia Siddique allegedly had in her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that ...
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Can Money Save Afghanistan?
Posted by: monicachenoa 2 weeks, 2 days agoEven as NATO leaders struggle to find a response to Russia's military campaign in Georgia, the going remains tough for the alliance in its ...
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Press
Posted by: populist 2 weeks, 2 days agoThe evidence that US “officials” have lied to the depth of their bootstraps is, however, irrefutable. So why believe the unsupported word of nameless US ...
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Taliban ambush kills 3 more Western aid workers
Posted by: Deidre 2 weeks, 2 days agoTaliban fighters with assault rifles shredded a U.S. aid group's SUV with dozens of bullets Wednesday, killing three Western women and their Afghan ...
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McCain: "In The 21st Century, Nations Don't Invade Other Nations"
Posted by: TheVisionary 2 weeks, 2 days agoSpeaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that "in the 21st century, nations ...Discuss (64)
