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Several NATO troops hurt
JALALABAD (AIP): Several foreign troops were injured as a NATO helicopter made hard landing yesterday in eastern Kunar province, the alliance said Saturday. ...
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Marja residents fear Taliban resurgence; officials downplay concerns
MARJA (NNI): Residents of Marja, the focus of a major operation by NATO-led coalition forces earlier this year have spoken of growing insecurity and fear...
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Flash floods kill 65, affect 1,000 families
KABUL (APP): Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told ...
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Zaeef urges UN to delist Omar, other leaders
KABUL (AIP): Former Taliban ambassador to Islamabad, Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef, has welcomed the removal of his name and four other former Taliban leaders ...
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Four ISAF troops
injured during operation
KUNDUZ (AIP): Four troops of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were injured while conducting operation yesterday in northern Kunduz province, ...
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Foreign forces basic problem, says Zabihullah
KANDAHAR (AIP): Reacting over removal of five former Taliban leaders from the UN sanctions list, Taliban on Saturday said the real problem of Afghanistan ...
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Ghazni boys back at school
GHAZNI CITY (NNI): About 30,000 boys in the Maqour district of southern Ghazni province whose schools were closed for a year are now back in...
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UN for transparent probe
KABUL (NNI): The UN had expressed deep concern at reports of civilian casualties at the hands of foreign troops in Sangin district. NATO and Afghan...
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Afghanistan News - In Depth
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Afghan Divide - INTER PRESS SERVICE
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Pakistan Poll Finds Widespread Disillusionment
The recent Wikileaks dump of war-related documents has brought
little new to the debate over Washington's ongoing military
involvement in Afghanistan, but allegations that Pakistan's...
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Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Increasingly Under Siege
Monday's release by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of
classified documents detailing the travails of the U.S.
military in Afghanistan and Pakistan's secret support for...
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Leaked Reports Make Afghan War Policy More Vulnerable
The 92,000 reports on the war in Afghanistan made public by
the whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks, and reported Monday
by the Guardian, The New York Times...
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Right-Wing Agenda Slips Through Canada's Political Deadlock
Canada's parliament is so broken and dysfunctional that the
country is in danger of becoming "the laughing stock" of the
world.
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McChrystal Probe of SOF Killings Excluded Key Eyewitnesses
The follow-up investigation of a botched Special Operations
Forces (SOF) raid in Gardez Feb. 12 that killed two male
government officials and three female civilians,...
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Inspectors Call Afghan Police Tracking System a Failure
A system designed to track the success of Afghan police
training is deeply flawed, says a report from the Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR).
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US-AFGHANISTAN: What Now?
Nearly a week after the abrupt demise of Washington's top
commander in Afghanistan, U.S. strategy for reversing the
flood of bad news that has been...
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POLITICS: All Quiet on the Australian Front on Role in Afghanistan
The lack of debate here concerning Australia's military involvement in
Afghanistan is unlikely to change in the near future despite the recent deaths of
five...
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Switch to Petraeus Betrays Afghan Policy Crisis
Despite President Barack Obama's denial that his decision to
fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan
and replace him with Gen. David Petraeus...
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U.S. Private Security in Afghanistan "Pay Off Warlords, Taliban"
Every day, as many as 260 trucks filled with supplies for U.S.
troops - from muffins to fuel to armoured tanks - are driven...
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BOOKS-US: The More They Promise Change…
A year and a half into the presidency of Barack Obama, any
hopes that he would usher in a dramatic rethinking of U.S.
foreign policy...
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Hearings Reveal Lapses in Private Security in War Zones
Jerry Torres, CEO of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, has
a motto: "For Torres, failure is not an option." A former
member of the Green Berets,...
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Fragile States Becoming More Fragile
Some of the world's weakest states are becoming ever more
fragile, according to the 2010 edition of the annual "Failed
States Index" (FSI) released here...
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Surge of Think Tanks Blurs U.S. Policy Lines – Part 2
There has been a growing tendency in recent years for think
tanks and military brass to jointly pursue policy objectives,
some of which are opposed...
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Surge of Think Tanks Blurs U.S. Policy Lines – Part 1
In early May, Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central
Command, was awarded the American Enterprise Institute's
Irving Kristol Award, which is given to individuals...
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Wikileaks editor denies national security angle by US
Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof...
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Pentagon scurrying to save its sources from Taliban beheadings following Wikileaks expose
The Pentagon is reportedly working around the clock sifting through the thousands of leaked secret documents on the Afghan war to determine whether its sources...
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Brit troops using iPad app to train for Afghan missions
British troops are now using a special iPad app to train for combat missions in Afghanistan.
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India's stand blamed for anti-India mindset; most Pakistanis support dialogue
India's stand after the 26/11 Mumbai attack and the continued trust deficit are reasons Pakistanis cite for considering their neighbour a bigger threat than the...
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Wikileaks document suspect raged against US Army on Facebook page
The prime suspect in the leaking of the Afghan war files, Bradley Manning, is reported to have raged against his US Army employers and "society...
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UNSC removes five 'unimportant' Taliban names from sanctions list
The United Nations Security Council has removed the names of Taliban from its sanctions list, saying they are not as much of a threat. Three...
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Wikileaks' editor Assange denies 'blood on (his) hands'
The founder of the website Wikileaks, Julian Assange has rejected US claims that he has blood on his hands after releasing over 90,000 leaked classified...
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Roadside bomb kills six in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A roadside bomb hit a minibus in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six passengers and wounding another nine, an official said.The...
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Amid backdrop of uncertainty, crucial battle begins in southern Afghanistan
<em>ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan | The most critical military operation in Afghanistan since America threw out the Taliban nearly nine years ago, the struggle for Kandahar, has...
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26 Utah reservists say goodbye to families, deploy to Afghanistan
SALT LAKE CITY — Their camouflage gave them away. Before sunrise Saturday, 26 members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing's Civil...
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New Afghanistan focus targets insurgents, not 'nation-building'
When President Obama announced his new war plan for Afghanistan last year, the centerpiece of the strategy — and a big part of the rationale...
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Former militia commander dies in suicide bombing in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A former militia commander who supported the Afghan government and two other people were killed Saturday night by a suicide bomber who...
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Scramble to Protect Sources From Taliban Revenge
Evidence suggests the man charged with disclosing classified records had help Sources also told ABC News that measures are being taken in Afghanistan to...
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How Pakistan Helps the Taliban
The Afghan Taliban logistics officer laughs about the news he’s been hearing on his radio this past week. The story is that a Web site...
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Afghan governor buys Maliks abandoned by Pakistan
Sunday, August 01, 2010 By Umar CheemaISLAMABAD: A sitting PPP MNA from Bajaur Agency, Syed Akhunzada Chitan, has made an alarming disclosure that Afghanistan...
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The unsustainable in pursuit of the unbeatable
Search the news archive for more stories Yet, as the US and its allies step up pressure around Kandahar, Taliban resistance has also...
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Afghan informants fear for lives
SUCH is the rising paranoia, the Afghan farmer was prepared to speak but only if he wasn't identified. Concealed by the thick stone walls of...
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Afghan informants fear for lives
SUCH is the rising paranoia, the Afghan farmer was prepared to speak but only if he wasn't identified. Concealed by the thick stone walls of...
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Troops seize Taleban bombs in Operation Black Prince
BRITISH and Afghan troops seized large amounts of explosive devices and bomb-making equipment yesterday as a major operation against Taleban insurgents entered its second day.
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NATO-Led Afghan Troops Rescue 2,000 From Floods
Afghanistan , officials said Saturday. The area was hit by the same weather responsible for flooding that killed at least 400 people in neighboring...
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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Burden of war in Afghanistan shifts even more to the U.S.
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up nearly two-thirds of July's Western military fatalities.
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WikiLeaks founder accuses US army of failing to protect Afghan informers
US military , saying that it bears the ultimate responsibility for any deaths of Afghan informers in the wake of the publication by his organisation...
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WikiLeaks' Afghan story raises dilemma over safety of sources
US marines take cover as they come under fire during while on patrol. The WikiLeaks files expose the failures of the war. Photograph: Sean Smith...
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British bid to oust Taliban 'progressing well'
A military operation to oust Taliban insurgents from a stronghold in southern Afghanistan is progressing "very well", the Ministry of Defence has said. Hundreds...
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Singapore to help target Afghan corruption
The training in anticorruption and public governance will be offered under an existing Japan-Singapore partnership program for joint technical assistance to developing countries, Singapore's Foreign...
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Members of 181st Infantry heading to Afghanistan
M ILFORD - A send-off ceremony is being held this weekend for over 670 members of the National Guard who are shipping off to Afghanistan....
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Politicians fear public backlash over Afghan war leak
Last Updated: July 28. 2010 12:56AM UAE / July 27. 2010 8:56PM GMT LONDON // Politicians in Europe fear that the massive leak of secret...
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Zaeef urges UN to delist Omar, other leaders
KABUL (AIP): Former Taliban ambassador to Islamabad, Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef, has welcomed the removal of his name and four other former Taliban leaders from...
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Flash floods kill 65, affect 1,000 families
KABUL (APP): Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told media...
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Ghazni boys back at school
GHAZNI CITY (NNI): About 30,000 boys in the Maqour district of southern Ghazni province whose schools were closed for a year are now back in...
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Marja residents fear Taliban resurgence; officials downplay concerns
MARJA (NNI): Residents of Marja, the focus of a major operation by NATO-led coalition forces earlier this year have spoken of growing insecurity and fear...
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Pak-Afghan border closed for hours
CHAMAN (PPI): The Pak-Afghan highway remained closed for many hours on Saturday after a clash between local people and the Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel. ...
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Foreign forces basic problem, says Zabihullah
KANDAHAR (AIP): Reacting over removal of five former Taliban leaders from the UN sanctions list, Taliban on Saturday said the real problem of Afghanistan is...
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UN for transparent probe
KABUL (NNI): The UN had expressed deep concern at reports of civilian casualties at the hands of foreign troops in Sangin district. NATO and Afghan...
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