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5 British Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK Military

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...

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Taliban Widen Afghan Attacks From Base In Pakistan

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON �" Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke ...

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McChrystal: No Major Al-Qaeda Signs In Afghanistan

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan said Friday he sees no signs of a major al-Qaida pres...

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Taliban Has Returned To Most Of Afghanistan: Think Tank

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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KABUL — A London-based think tank says that nearly eight years after the U.S. drove the Taliban from power, the Islamist militia has returned to...

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Afghanistan's Opium Boom May Be Over

Yahoo! News | VIVIENNE WALT | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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Could Afghanistan's opium boom be over? Perhaps. According to the latest report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, opium cultivation has...

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Afghan War Needs New Strategy: US Commander McChrystal

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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KABUL — Bombs killed four NATO troops Monday – two Americans and two Britons – ending the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces...

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Two US Troops Killed In Afghanistan

AP | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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KABUL — The NATO-led force in Afghanistan says attacks have killed two U.S. troops, keeping August on track to be the deadliest month of the war...

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A Poet Braves Afghanistan's Bloody Politics

John Lundberg | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

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John Lundberg

Two months ago, the Afghan poet Latif Pedram published the poem "Kabul" in the French newsletter Nomade. It is a poem of witness, sorrowful but necess...

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Afghanistan's Youth Defy Parents And Rock To Western Pop (VIDEO)

Global Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

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By Jean MacKenzie and Mohammad Sediq Behnam HERAT -- Sex, drugs and rock n' roll: It's the young person's menu of choice the world over. Afghanis...

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Afghan Women Train for the Trail

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Of the nearly 3200 candidates running for Provincial Councils in Afghanistan, 328 are female. The idea is to help women run for and win office, and to grow the ranks of women serving in government.

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Lawrence Korb and I Debate Military Escalation in Afghanistan (Video)

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

I believe the more responsible and effective strategy moving forward is to take US-led military escalation off the table, begin to withdraw US troops and support a regional diplomatic solution.

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The Indian Heroine Tulsi Falls in the Battle For Freedom of Speech in Karzai's Afghanistan

Shoaib Harris | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Shoaib Harris

It is particularly cruel to ban a family-oriented drama in a country whose populations were deprived of all legitimate entertainment opportunities for over half a decade under the Taliban.

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