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Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama - New York Times
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Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
After seven years of war, Afghanistan presents a unique set of problems: a rural-based insurgency, an enemy sanctuary in neighboring Pakistan, ...
or Get Out Later Antiwar.com
A world of trouble awaits Obama Politico
Even tenuous deal on pullout is worth being thankful for Yakima Herald-Republic
Xinhua - Think Progress
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I would continue to work
NEW YORK (PAN): The US First Lady, Laura Bush, said she would continue to work on Afghanistan and its people, even after she leaves the White House Jan 20. "I hope to continue to work on this (Afghan...
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Tribal politics key to building bridges in Afghanistan
BALA MORGHAB, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Building bridges in Afghanistan requires more than bricks-and-mortar.
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UN officials urge greater efforts to ensure rights of Afghan detainees
Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan have urged the Government to look at alternatives to imprisonment as well as ways to ensure the rights of detainees, citing the growing number of people ...
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US deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq in 2008
(AP) - November saw the fewest number of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan since February. The one death follows six months of high tolls, including two months when U.S. deaths in Afghanistan surpassed those...
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President Aliyev receives Chairman of Afghan National Assembly
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received chairman of the Afghanistan National Assembly Mohammad Yunus Qanoni and his accompanying delegation. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has t...
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US deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2008 - Newsday
US deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2008
Newsday, NY - 2 hours ago
By AP November saw the fewest number of US deaths in Afghanistan since February. The one death follows six months of high tolls there, including two months ...
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President Aliyev receives Chairman of Afghan National Assembly
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received chairman of the Afghanistan National Assembly Mohammad Yunus Qanoni and his accompanying delegation. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has t...
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Nazia, "I work as health worker despite threats to my life”
KANDAHAR, 1 December 2008 (IRIN) - Armed attacks and threats against health workers are jeopardising progress made on reducing the infant mortality rate in Afghanistan (down from 257 per 1,000 live bi...
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Mottaki voices concern over Afghan drug output growth
FM Foreign Minister manouchehr Mottaki expressed concern over increase in production of narcotic drugs in Afghanistan. In a meeting with UN officials of the Vienna-based anti-drug office in Tehran, he...
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Marines start over in Afghanistan
KABUL (Agencies): The Marines of the Two-Seven were not even supposed to deploy to Afghanistan. Their original destination was Iraq, and when they were sent here in April as a stopgap measure to help ...
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Top UN envoy calls for probe into murder of female colleague in Afghanistan
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has joined the world body''s human rights and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners in condemning the murder of a female Afghan colleague in...
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Soccer helps Afghan girls reclaim some freedom
Published Date: November 30, 2008 Hope, confidence and a bit of freedom to have fun are the themes of an uplifting new documentary film from Afghanistan by an Iranian filmmaker. Bahareh Hosseini's "A...
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Laura Bush Urges Continued US Support for Afghanistan
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says the United States must remain engaged in Afghanistan - and she is vowing to remain involved in efforts to help Afghan women long after her husband's term in office ends...
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German general breaks silence on Afghanistan
BERLIN : Breaking with a military tradition of keeping silent about policy, a top German general has branded his country's efforts in Afghanistan a failure, singling out its poor record in traini...
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Laura Bush Urges Continued US Support for Afghanistan - Voice of America
Voice of America
Laura Bush Urges Continued US Support for Afghanistan
Voice of America - Nov 30, 2008
By Paula Wolfson US First Lady Laura Bush says the United States must remain engaged in Afghanistan - and she is vowing to remain involved in efforts to ...
Laura Bush says she will mostly 'miss the people' The Associated Press
Laura Bush describes post-White House plans CNN International
Laura Bush says she will mostly `miss the people' WTTE
Federal News Service (subscription) - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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German general breaks silence on Afghanistan - International Herald Tribune
German general breaks silence on Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours ago
The comments came from General Hans-Christoph Ammon, head of the army's elite special commando unit, or KSK, whose officers are in Afghanistan fighting ...
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Canadian Forces father and daughter serving together in Afghanistan
PASHMUL, Afghanistan - It gives a whole new meaning to "all in the family." Growing up in Petawawa, Ont., Nicole Bucci has never wanted to be anything but a police officer. However, graduati...
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Inside US hub for Afghan air strikes
Thousands of military personnel work at the main US air force targeting base US military officials have defended the use of air strikes in Afghanistan, amid increasing criticism about the numbers of ...
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Karzai says US, NATO
KABUL (NNI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly criticised the US and other foreign countries for creating a "parallel government" in the countryside during an overview of Afghanistan's prob...
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Afghan security deteriorated to a seven-year low
A file photo of a member of the 1st Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. The security situation in Afghanistan has apparently deteriorated in recent months.
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Aid agencies ask for assistance to avoid humanitarian crisis
KABUL (PAN): Aid agencies working in Afghanistan reported to members of the UN Security Council visiting Afghanistan, that their operating environment is becoming increasingly difficult. Access to co...
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Opium poppy harvest declines 6% in Afghanistan
JALALABAD (Agencies): After seven years of extraordinary expansion, Afghanistan's harvest of poppies used to produce opium has declined by 6% from a record high in 2007, according to the annual opium ...
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Soccer helps Afghan girls reclaim some freedom
Published Date: November 30, 2008 Hope, confidence and a bit of freedom to have fun are the themes of an uplifting new documentary film from Afghanistan by an Iranian filmmaker. Bahareh Hosseini's "A...
Read more [AfghanistanNews.net]
UN concerned about reversed flow of Afghan refugees
Cooperation UN Representative in Iran who also officiates as UN Resident Coordinator in the country Knut Ostby voiced concerned on Saturday about growing insecurity in Afghanistan which has brought re...
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