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Taliban, Pakistan And Iran Could Hamper Afghanistan Exit

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.22.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The NATO summit's plan to "responsibly wind down" the Afghan war is not entirely in the hands of President Barack Obama and his ...

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Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride

Dilip Hiro | Posted 04.17.2012

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Dilip Hiro

There is, in fact, nothing new in the way Islamabad has been squeezing Washington lately. It has a long record of getting the better of U.S. officials by identifying areas of American weakness and exploiting them successfully to further its agenda.

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Afghan Troops Reportedly Called In Deadly NATO Airstrike On Pakistan

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.27.2012

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ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan officials claimed Sunday that Afghan and NATO forces were retaliating for gunfire from two Pakistani army bases when the...

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The Voices of Afghan Street Children

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 01.16.2012

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Rahilla Zafar

British journalist Andrea Busfield lived for several years in Afghanistan, an experience that helped her write the novel Born Under A Million Shadows. The novel tells the story of modern life in Afghanistan, through the eyes of a young boy named Fawad.

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Islamabad, Afghanistan

Wajid Ali Syed | Posted 12.23.2011

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Wajid Ali Syed

Referring to "Islamabad, Afghanistan" is more than an error.  Considering the geopolitical realities and complexities of the frontier, it is a symbol of the objections to the connotations of the term "AfPak."

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Afghanistan President Turns His Back On U.S.

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 12.23.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad...

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Afghan Students Rally Against Pakistan

AP | Posted 12.13.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — About 70 university students in the Afghan capital held a rally against Pakistan, insisting Islamabad help investigate the ...

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Frustarted By Taliban Talks, Afghanistan Leaders Turn To Unlikely Ally

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.02.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government urged neighboring Pakistan on Sunday to take concrete steps to help end the Taliban insurgency and us...

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Pakistan Army Says Afghan Border Shelling Kills 4 Troops

AP | By NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 09.18.2011

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ISLAMABAD -- Mortar shells and artillery fired from Afghanistan killed four Pakistani paramilitary troops in a tribal region Tuesday, the Pakistani ar...

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Pakistan Official: NATO Tanker Blast Kills At Least 15

AP | Posted 07.20.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A Pakistani official says a tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded in northwestern Pakistan as people were ...

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A Paradigm Shift on the Chessboard of the Afghan "Great Game"

Khalil Nouri | Posted 07.17.2011

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Khalil Nouri

This Pakistani rush to stack the deck in their favor in Afghanistan will fail. There can only be one legitimate way to obtain stability in Afghanistan; an all Afghan national ratification of a reconciliation process.

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: GOP Lawmaker Says Repealing DADT This Year Would Be An 'Affront To The Military'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that Democrats' last-minute ...

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Taliban Widen Afghan Attacks From Base In Pakistan

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Sam Stein

Holbrooke Draws Comparisons To Rwanda In Advocating Obama's AfPak Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The rollout of Barack Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy has largely focused on a variety of military and diplomatic objectives, from the training of...

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Taliban Bombs 5 Schools In Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Militant attacks killed a Pakistani soldier near the crucial supply route to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday,...

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Blaming Pakistan's Spies For A War Gone Wrong

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Margolis

As resistance to the occupation of Afghanistan intensifies, the Bush administration is venting its anger against Pakistan and its military intelligence agency, the Inter-Service Intelligence.

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