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Marine's Photo Reminds Us of War that Will Not End

Michael Winship | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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There can be no denying the story the photo tells. It forces us to confront through a young man's violent death the ugly, bloody reality of a war.

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How Afghanistan Can Avoid Becoming Another Vietnam

Mark Juergensmeyer | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Recently we convened a workshop of senior scholars of South Asia studies and asked them to evaluate the US role in the region. They agreed upon the following five principles as the bases for formulating a new policy

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Eight Weeks of America's War, Not Eight Years of "Obama's War"

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration is trying to salvage the situation in Afghanistan after the Bush Administration lost the war over eight years.

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More US Troops Won't Necessarily Curb Terror: Analysis

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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Does the United States need a large and growing ground force in Afghanistan to prevent another major terrorist attack on American soil? ...

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Blockbuster News of Summer 2009

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

The summer's biggest news.

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Suicide Bomber Attacks Kabul Airport Base (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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KABUL: A suicide car bomb outside a NATO military base at Kabul's main airport killed at least three civilians on Tuesday, in the worst attack on the ...

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NATO jets bomb fuel tankers; Afghans say 70 killed

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — A U.S. jet dropped 500-pound bombs on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban before dawn Friday, triggering a huge expl...

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Taliban's Tank-Killing Bombs Came From US, Not Iran

IPS News | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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Gareth Porter I IPS WASHINGTON, Sep 3 (IPS) - In support of the official U.S. assertion that Iran is arming its sworn enemy, the Taliban, the head ...

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US Embassy Bans Alcohol At Guards' Quarters After Claims Of 'Lewd' Parties

guardian.co.uk | Ewen MacAskill in Washington and David Batty | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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The US embassy in Afghanistan has brought in an alcohol ban and appointed American staff to monitor private security guards after allegations that the...

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US Tax Payers Funding The Taliban?

GlobalPost | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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KABUL -- The United States Agency for International Development has opened an investigation into allegations that its funds for road and bridge constr...

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Afghan Deputy Intelligence Chief Among 23 Killed In Taliban Suicide Blast

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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KABUL — A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country's deputy intelligence ch...

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Pentagon Worried About Obama's Commitment To Afghanistan

Yahoo! News | Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON -- The prospect that U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal may ask for as many as 45,000 additional American troops in Afghanistan is fueling g...

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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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Nato Attacks Afghan Clinic With Taliban Leader Inside

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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US and Afghan forces attacked a clinic in eastern Afghanistan where a Taliban leader was being treated for injuries he sustained last week, Nato has s...

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Afghan Elections: Abdullah Supporters Threaten Violence Over Alleged Rigging

The Independent | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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By Kim Sengupta | The Independent With the results of Afghanistan's presidential election expected later today, supporters of the opposition leader, ...

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Not Building the Afghan State, Protecting the United States

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Clearly, we would prefer the Afghan government take on this mission, but until they can do so themselves, in order to prevent more American civilian deaths, we must do it ourselves.

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Ashraf Ghani Is Afghanistan's Best Hope

Olivia Sterns | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Though Dr. Ashraf Ghani is unlikely to win the popular vote for president of Afghanistan today, what he has brought to this campaign is a clear victory for the people of his country.

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Good Luck, Afghanistan

Asma Nemati | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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In the last few hours before over 30 million Afghans vote, tension is at its peak in Afghanistan. Within the last few days, the capitol has been struck by two suicide attacks.

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Afghanistan Dispatch: Inside Kabul

Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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The attack earlier this week on Pul-i-Alam, only 50 kilometers from Kabul, exemplifies the next step in the Taliban's winning strategy in Afghanistan: destabilizing the cities in the country's Pashtun belt.

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Afghanistan Counterinsurgency Director: "We Totally Missed The Boat"

GlobalPost | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

At every turn in Kabul, there are the remains and ruins of old kingdoms and empires that provide hard lessons, for those willing to learn them, on the...

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Girls' Education On Frontline Of War In Afghanistan

Global Post | C.M. Sennott | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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KABUL -- On the morning of July 9, boys and girls were walking down a narrow road in the Logar Province on their way to school just as they did every ...

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Afghan Taliban Launch Attacks On Official Buildings In Eastern Province

BBC News | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Taliban militants have attacked official buildings in east Afghanistan, firing rockets at a police headquarters and government offices, officials say....

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"Green Shoots" of Democracy in Afghanistan

Olivia Sterns | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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The forces of democracy are at work but they up against the violence of the insurgency and they are up against the state.

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