US Afghanistan

Don't Believe the NATO Hype: Alternatives Exist to War, Economic Crises

Joseph Gerson | Posted 05.16.2012

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As the NATO summit in Chicago approaches, misplaced paranoia is striking deep. Here are 10 reasons why we're coming to Chicago for the Counter Summit.

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U.S. Eyes Options To Restart Taliban Talks

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

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By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration, seeking to revive stalled Afghan peace talks, ...

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Wars of Attrition

Nick Turse | Posted 04.24.2012

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More than 40 years after the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive, after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, even after reviving the counterinsurgency doctrine (only to see it crash-and-burn in short order), the U.S. military still doesn't get it.

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US And Afghanistan Finalize Agreement

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 04.23.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal Sunday on a long-delayed strategic partnership agreement that ensures Americans wil...

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US, NATO Prepare Afghanistan Handoff

AP | ANNE GEARAN and SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 04.18.2012

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BRUSSELS — Several NATO allies promised Wednesday to underwrite Afghanistan's armed forces after foreign troops depart, as the United States and...

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Karzai: Cash Is King In US Deal

AP | HEIDI VOGT and AMIR SHAH | Posted 04.18.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's president raised another condition Tuesday for a long-awaited strategic partnership with the United States: T...

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Can U.S.-Afghan Partnership Work?

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.16.2012

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Violence against NATO troops by Afghan security forces in reponse to burning of the Quran at the Bagram Air Base has reignited doubts over the U.S. endgame in Afghanistan.

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Scoring the Global War on Terror

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 04.21.2012

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With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an "era of persistent conflict," the war formerly known as the global war on terrorism (unofficial acronym WFKATGWOT) appears increasingly fragmented and diffuse.

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Afghanistan: Coffins for U.S. & Nato; Huge Contracts for China

Barry Lando | Posted 03.24.2012

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So why aren't the U.S. and its allies screaming about the situation? Because, if they are to have a face-saving way out of Afghanistan that doesn't disintegrate into chaos, they desperately need China's huge new investments to continue and prosper.

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Afghanistan: A Non-Kosher U.S. Taliban Deal

Khalil Nouri | Posted 03.12.2012

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The mere idea of talking to the Taliban may seem, in itself, like an admission of defeat by the West. It certainly wasn't the mission plan in 2001, and it may yet have horrible consequences.

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Karzai Demands U.S. To Hand Over Bagram Prison

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 03.06.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Base be handed over to Afghan control...

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Despite Lost Drone, Panetta Says Intel Operations Will Continue

AP | By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.14.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. will continue to conduct intelligence operations like the recent one that led to th...

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Future Of Crucial U.S. Airbase Unclear

AP | By PETER LEONARD | Posted 11.29.2011

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyzstan's outgoing president said Tuesday that the decision on whether to allow the U.S. air base to remain in the country a...

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Block Afghanistan Highway To Protest U.S. Troops

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.20.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — More than 1,000 university students blocked a main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest any agreement that w...

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Suicide Car Bomb Hits NATO Contractor, Hours-Long Gun Battle Follows

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 01.03.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Two suicide bombers blew up a car packed with explosives at the entrance to a compound housing NATO contractors in western ...

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Afghans To Take Charge Of Security In 17 Provinces

AP | AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.26.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces could soon start taking charge of security in a wide swath of northern and western Afghanistan, but only a fe...

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PHOTOS: Ten Years Of War In Afghanistan

Posted 12.06.2011

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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks on the twin tower...

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Ten Years After Start Of War, Interviews Show Reality On The Ground In Afghanistan

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 12.04.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Asif Khan sits on a dirty, once-white blanket in an abandoned cinema and fights back tears of desperation. He can't fin...

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PHOTOS: Close Calls For U.S. Ambassador To Afghanistan

AP | Posted 11.13.2011

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By The Associated Press Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, has been caught up in a number of attacks over the course of his diplom...

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Afghan Concerns Over U.S. Staying Power

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.07.2011

The United States and Afghanistan disagree on several points regarding a limited troop presence past 2014, starting with how binding the agreement should be.

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Talks To Improve U.S.-Afghan Relations Instead Create New Tensions

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.30.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A pact aimed at clearing up mistrust and confusion between Washington and Kabul about the future of U.S. troops and aid in ...

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Smoke Screen: How The U.S. Military Disposes Of Garbage In Afghanistan

Guernica | J. Malcom Garcia | Posted 10.17.2011

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In Afghanistan, the U.S. military disposes of garbage—computers, motorbikes, TVs, shoes, even human feces—in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from...

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What's Next for Afghanistan? Send in the Community College

Jayanti Tamm | Posted 09.10.2011

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If America is truly intent on implementing strategies for creating long-term peace and security, then the answer may be found in exporting a uniquely American invention -- the community college.

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While U.S. Talks Withdrawal, Afghan Corruption Soars

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 08.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The farmer picking apples in the outskirts of Kabul must pay the Taliban $33 to ship out each truckload of fruit. The governor send...

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U.S. Confirms Secret Prisons Across Afghanistan

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 06.08.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The CIA's infamous secret network of "black site" interrogation centers is gone. But suspected terrorists in Afghanistan ar...

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