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Who killed 120 civilians? The US says it's not a story »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
I did not meet survivors but I did talk to a reliable witness, a radio reporter called Farooq Faizy, who had gone to Bala Baluk ...
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Afghan Poppy is a Deadly Source of Taliban Funding, US and NATO Attempting to Stop Drug Trafficking »
Posted by: WikiMap 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium poppies, about 93% is grown in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Helmand is mostly a ...
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Taliban Denies Kidnapping of New York Times Reporter Rohde and Claims Responsibility for the Rocket Attacks on Bagram »
Posted by: WikiMap 5 months ago in News
41 year-old Pulitzer Prize investigative reporter, David Rohde, is reportedly reunited with his wife in Dubai after spending an exhausting 7 months in captivity by ...
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Face down the militarists and get out of Afghanistan. No strings attached - Simon Jenkins - guardian.co.uk »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 days, 13 hours ago in Political Opinion
Simon Jenkins: Obama must call time on the Afghan war. Retreat can be spun as victory. But it can't be conditional on impossible objectives ...
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Did oil influence America's decision to invade Afghanistan? »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 1 week ago in News
America has wanted a new government in Afghanistan since at least 1998, three years before the attacks on 11 September 2001. The official report from ...
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A Rope and a Prayer - David Rohde > NY Times »
Posted by: gamahuche 4 weeks, 1 day ago in News
I STOOD in the bathroom of the Taliban compound and waited for my colleague to appear in the courtyard so we could make our escape ...
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Afghanistan: Can Obama succeed in the 'land of the unruly?' »
Posted by: engineer 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Afghanistan has been called the "graveyard of empires"
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President Obama faces resurgent Taliban
Afghan experts say there is no military solution for controlling AfghanistanRead (941) | Share | Discuss (59) | Read Full Story at cnn.com
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Pakistan's Peshawar transformed by Taliban threat - AFP »
Posted by: gamahuche 5 months, 1 week ago in News
A deadly hotel bomb in Pakistan's Peshawar underscores its shift from safe metropolis to besieged city where shop keepers are afraid to stock Western ...
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Will Obama convince allies to help out in Afghanistan? - CNN.com »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 9 months ago in News
(CNN) -- As the debate plays out about whether President Obama's decision to send an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan will help ease the ...
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Bombshell: Bin Laden worked for US till 9/11 »
Posted by: dissent 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).
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In the interview, Sibel ...Read (1394) | Share | Discuss (36) | Read Full Story at dailykos.com
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The Bush Administration's Most Despicable Act »
Posted by: Neophile 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
"This is not the America I know," President George W. Bush said after the first, horrifying pictures of U.S. troops torturing prisoners at the ...
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C.I.A. Missile Strike May Have Killed Pakistans Taliban Leader, Officials Say »
Posted by: ybdogsct 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The C.I.A. missile strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas on Wednesday may have killed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the country’s fearsome ...
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Could Extremists Get Hold Of Pakistans Nucular Weapons? »
Posted by: Mikunited 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Four experts assess the nature of the threat posed by violent extremists in Pakistan.
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U.S. Drone kills 60 at Taliban funeral in Pakistan »
Posted by: mhughes35 4 months, 4 weeks ago in News
A United States Predator drone killed at least 60 people during at a funeral in South Waziristan in Pakistan, near the headquarters for Pakistani Taliban ...
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It's not just Afghanistan: it's everywhere from Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan. »
Posted by: dissent 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Central Asia has oil and gas.
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And heroin.
Journalist Simon Reeve said of his trip to the Stans, such as Uzbekistan:
"Most people I met ...Read (590) | Share | Discuss (21) | Read Full Story at aangirfan.blogspot.com
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