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Bush "Envious" Of Soldiers Serving "Romantic" Mission In Afghanistan

Huffington Post   |   March 13, 2008 06:11 PM

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President Bush let his inner adventurer out while discussing the state of the war in Afghanistan with military and civilian personnel. While those in Afghanistan detailed the logistical and diplomatic problems via teleconference, the President took a much more whimsical...

Suicide Bomber Kills One, Wounds Four In Kabul

Reuters   |   January 31, 2008 10:17 AM

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A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army bus in the centre of Kabul on Thursday, causing numerous casualties, officials said. One civilian was killed and four people were wounded, including an army officer, they said. A purported Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah...

Afghan President: The British Have Made Things Worse

The Times   |  David Charter, Anthony Loyd and Richard Beeston   |   January 25, 2008 09:39 AM

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Britain and Afghanistan fell out in spectacular fashion yesterday after President Karzai accused his British allies of bungling the military operation in Helmand and setting back prospects for the area by 18 months. Mr Karzai, Britain's key ally in Afghanistan,...

Attacks on Afghan Students Up Sharply

AP   |  JASON STRAZIUSO   |   January 23, 2008

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The number of students and teachers killed in Taliban attacks has tripled in the past year in a campaign to close schools and force teenage boys to join the Islamic militia, Afghanistan's education minister says. While the...

Charlie Wilson vs Osama bin Laden

Rep. Major R. Owens | Posted January 2, 2008 | Politics

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Rep. Major R. Owens

The movie Charlie Wilson's War is good light hearted entertainment which can also trigger a serious discussion about a pivotal and painful event in recent history. It is based on a book which records the true story, a sober, almost unbelievable account of one man's power to earmark billions of...

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Bhutto's Assassination and the War on Terror

Mohammad Omar Sharifi | Posted December 29, 2007 | Politics

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Mohammad Omar Sharifi

With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, which deepened the current political crisis in Pakistan, and with very little hope for holding the upcoming elections, political instability in Pakistan may have serious effects in the "War on Terror" both in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Despite having a controversial (allegedly corrupt) past,...

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An End to a Beginning

Ellaha Shaheen | Posted December 29, 2007 | Politics

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Ellaha Shaheen

Pakistan was supposed to experience a new political period in coming January after the parliamentary election and participation of Benazir Bhutto, however before a period of change could ever take place, it comes to an end due to Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

Benazir Bhutto's ruling earned great popularity...

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The Hope for Democracy

Homa Sorouri | Posted December 28, 2007 | Politics

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Homa Sorouri

Benazir Bhutto, 54, educated at Harvard and Oxford universities, served twice as Pakistan's prime minister between 1988 and 1996. Her assassination left a huge political vacuum in the only Moslem nuclear-armed state, which appears to be facing violence and Islamic extremism. She seemed to be the only answer to rising...

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Giving Afghans an Alternative

Polly McTaggart | Posted December 6, 2007 | Living

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Polly McTaggart

If you've read the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen or Rory Stewart's The Places in Between, you're shown that American politicians and military personnel need to place the formost importance on understanding local customs, values and methods of communication before calling in bombing missions or creating/supporting western-style...

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Afghanistan "Falling Into Hands Of Taliban"

UK   |   November 23, 2007 03:33 PM

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The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into Taliban hands, according to a report by an independent thinktank with long experience in the area. Despite tens of thousands...

 

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