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US fires top general in Afghanistan as war worsens »
Posted by: engineer 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
President Barack Obama fired the top U.S. general in Afghanistan on Monday, replacing him with a former special forces commander in a quest for ...
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11 NATO troops killed in 2 days in Afghanistan - CNN.com »
Posted by: engineer 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
International troops in Afghanistan endured another deadly attack Tuesday, a day after 10 NATO-led troops were killed in that country.
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Kyrgyzstan moves to evict US troops »
Posted by: dissent 9 months, 1 week ago in News
BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan moved a step closer to evicting US troops on Monday after the government sent to parliament the final package of documents required to ...
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Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal »
Posted by: engineer 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told reporters that American and Iraqi negotiators were "very close" to reaching a long-term security agreement that will set the rules ...
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Pakistani troops kill 18 Islamist militants »
Posted by: orndorffter 1 day, 6 hours ago in News
Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of ...
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The Afghanistan Abyss »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
“Our policy makers do not understand that the very presence of our forces in the Pashtun areas is the problem,” the group said in a ...
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# U.S. to pull 12,000 troops from Iraq as withdrawal begins »
Posted by: suzanek 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The U.S. will reduce its military presence in Iraq by 12,000 troops over the next six months as part of the first major ...
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Sources: More US troops for Afghan war »
Posted by: orndorffter 8 months ago in News
Confronting an inherited and faltering war, President Barack Obama plans to dispatch thousands more military and civilian trainers to Afghanistan by the fall on top ...
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For the Left, war without Bush is not war at all | Washington Examiner »
Posted by: pc25 3 months, 1 week ago in News
Remember the anti-war movement? Not too long ago, the Democratic party's most loyal voters passionately opposed the war in Iraq. Democratic presidential candidates argued ...
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US withdraws from Iraqi cities despite violence - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: y_soitenly 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Death squads roamed the streets, slaughtering members of the rival Muslim sect. Bombs rocked Baghdad daily ? until thousands of U.S. troops poured in two ...
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David Guttenfelder in Afghanistan Photos »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Arts & Entertainment
For the past seven years, David Guttenfelder has witnessed and documented the changing landscape of Afghanistan. Although mostly embedded with coalition troops, he has also ...
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Obama OKs about 17,000 more troops for Afghanistan »
Posted by: mafihotz 9 months, 1 week ago in News
President Barack Obama approved adding some 17,000 U.S. troops for the flagging war in Afghanistan, his first significant move to change the course ...
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Popularity and its limitations »
Posted by: k9kssr 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
According to the Politico’ s Jonathan Martin , what President Obama has gotten from his European trip so far is, “ Adulation, but little help.”
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Premier Casting U.S. Withdrawal as Victory for Iraq »
Posted by: engineer 5 months ago in News
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has taken to calling the withdrawal of American combat troops from Iraq’ s cities by next Tuesday a “ great victory ...
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Rockets hit US base at Bagram, kill 2 US troops »
Posted by: orndorffter 5 months, 1 week ago in News
A rare rocket attack on the main U.S. base in Afghanistan early Sunday killed two U.S. troops and wounded six other Americans, including ...
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