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Afghanistan War

There are 76 entries tagged with "Afghanistan War".
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Bush Visits the World He Created: How Dare He Criticize Anyone

James Zogby | Posted May 16, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, George W. Bush, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Palestine

President George W. Bush may attempt to sound visionary, talk tough, and criticize opponents as naïve, but the Middle East which he is visiting this week is in shambles, due in no small part to policies he has pursued or failed to pursue during his two terms in office.

The...

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House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | May 15, 2008

Read More: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, War Funding, War Funding Bill, Warwire

WASHINGTON — President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill _ for now _ $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. The unlikely coalition...

Number Of Disabled Vets Up With Iraq, Afghan Wars

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | May 11, 2008

Read More: Afghanistan War, Disabled Soldiers, Iraq War, Warwire

WASHINGTON — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come _ even as the total population of America's...

Obama, America and the Afghans: How an Obama Victory May Improve America's Image Abroad

Derek Flood | Posted May 8, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Barack Obama, Democratic Presidential Candidate

I reconnected with an Afghan friend of mine named Ahmad Idrees Rahmani who I hadn't seen since the 2001 war. He had recently completed a degree at Stanford and is setting up a new think tank called Afghanistan's Center for Research and Policy Studies in Kabul. We had a conversation...

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Afghanistan Firefight Recorded On Soldier's Parents' Answering Machine (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | May 6, 2008 02:39 PM

Read More: Afghanistan Battle Voice Mail, Afghanistan Firefight Voice Mail, Afghanistan War, Audio, Stephen Phillips, Warwire

U.S. soldier Stephen Phillips, serving in Afghanistan, gave his parents a serious scare when he accidentally called his home from his cellphone during an intense firefight with insurgents. Phillips' cellphone got pressed against his Humvee, causing it to redial the...

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Post-War Veteran Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths: U.S.

Bloomberg | Avram Goldstein | May 5, 2008 05:26 PM

Read More: Afghanistan War, Combat Deaths, Iraq War, National Institute Of Mental Health, Veteran Suicides, Veteran Suicides Study, Veterans Mental Health Care, Warwire

The number of suicides among veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may exceed the combat death toll because of inadequate mental health care, the U.S. government's top psychiatric researcher said. Community mental health centers, hobbled by financial limits, haven't...

Not a Surge, but a Wash, in Afghanistan

Jon Soltz | Posted May 5, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Iraq, Iraq Surge, Iraq Veterans, Iraq War, Pentagon, Surge, Troops, Votevets

Sometimes it's just flat-out funny to watch the Bush administration spin when it comes to military operations. The New York Times reported this weekend that the U.S. could see a surge of troops into Afghanistan. Surely, groups like VoteVets.org have to be happy with that, right? I mean, since...

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Marines launch operation in Afghanistan's Taliban territory

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | April 28, 2008

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OUTSIDE GARMSER, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines in helicopters and Humvees flooded into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan's most violent province early Tuesday, the first major American operation in the region in years. Several hundred Marines pushed into the town...

3 killed in militant attack on Afghan president

AP | AMIR SHAH | April 27, 2008

Read More: Afghan President Assassination Attempt, Afghan President Karzai, Afghan War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Attack, Afghanistan Violence, Afghanistan War, Hamid Karzai, Warwire

KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their target but killing three and wounding eight others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault that sent President...

Afghan Leader Hamid Karzai Criticizes US On Conduct Of War

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | April 26, 2008 09:23 AM

Read More: Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Hamid Karzai, Hamid Karzai US Criticism, Warwire

President Hamid Karzai strongly criticized the British and American conduct of the war here on Friday, insisting in an interview that his government be given the lead in policy decisions....

Pentagon Forcing More Soldiers To Stay In Army

USA Today | Tom Vanden Brook | April 22, 2008 10:42 AM

Read More: Afghanistan War, Army Retention Rates, Iraq War, Pentagon Iraq, War In Afghanistan, War In Iraq, Warwire

The Army has accelerated its policy of involuntary extensions of duty to bolster its troop levels, despite Defense Secretary Robert Gates' order last year to limit it, Pentagon records show. Gates directed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Suicide bomb kills 16 in Afghanistan

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | April 17, 2008

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attack in front of a mosque in southwestern Afghanistan killed 16 people and wounded more than 30 others on Thursday, a provincial governor said. The attack took place as men were getting ready for the...

NATO Ammunition Drop Lands In Taliban Hands

AFP | April 17, 2008 10:54 AM

Read More: Afghanistan War, NATO Afghanistan, NATO Ammo, NATO Taliban, Taliban Afghanistan, Taliban Ammo, War In Afghanistan, Warwire

NATO has admitted that a helicopter mistakenly dropped military supplies in the wrong place in southern Afghanistan and that they had subsequently disappeared. Afghan media said the ammunition including rocket-propelled grenades as well as food and water was seized by...

16 Die in Strike Against Afghan Warlord

AP | AMIR SHAH | April 7, 2008

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KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan forces attacked a remote village in a mountainous region of northeastern Afghanistan following reports that an infamous insurgent leader was in the area, a governor said Monday. At least 16 people were killed. Gov....

Pentagon To Cut War Tours Down To 12 Months

Associated Press | April 5, 2008 07:58 PM

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The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, the Associated Press has learned. The decision, expected to get...

Newsweek: Afghan Farmers Forced To Sell Their Daughters To Pay Loans

Newsweek | Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau | March 30, 2008 10:17 AM

Read More: Afghan Brides Sold, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Opium, Opium Brides, Poor Afghan Farmers, Warwire

Khalida's father says she's 9--or maybe 10. As much as Sayed Shah loves his 10 children, the functionally illiterate Afghan farmer can't keep track of all their birth dates. Khalida huddles at his side, trying to hide beneath her chador...

22-Year-Old Efraim Diveroli, Awarded $300 Million Defense Contract To Arm Afghan Forces, Supplied Them With Aging, Defective Arms

New York Times | C. J. Chivers, Eric Schmitt, Nicholas Wood and Mr. Chivers | March 27, 2008 11:20 AM

Read More: AEY Inc., Afganistan Forces, Afghanistan Insurgency, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Efraim E. Diveroli, Pentagon Contract, The Taliban, Warwire

Since 2006, when the insurgency in Afghanistan sharply intensified, the Afghan government has been dependent on American logistics and military support in the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will...

Two-Front War: Troops In Iraq For Surge May Be Needed In Afghanistan

CBS News | March 27, 2008 10:14 AM

Read More: Afghanistan War, David Petraeus, Iraq War, Joint Chiefs, President George Bush, Two-Front War, Us Troops Afghanistan, US Troops Iraq, Warwire

Faced with the demands of fighting a two-front war, the Joint Chiefs warned President Bush Wednesday that more U.S. troops may soon be needed in Afghanistan, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. But reinforcements would have to come...

Taliban Again Threaten Spring Offensive As Car Bomb Kills At least 8

AP | AMIR SHAH | March 26, 2008

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bomb exploded Wednesday in a farmers' market in southern Afghanistan, killing eight civilians, as the Taliban warned it will use new techniques and draw on years of fighting experience to increase attacks this spring. Mohammad...

Winter Soldiers Confront their Demons, The Mainstream Media Turns Its Head

Laila Al-Arian | Posted March 25, 2008 | Politics

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On March 13-16, I covered "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan," a summit hosted by Iraq Veterans Against the War, in which more than 50 veterans and active-duty service members offered searing testimonies about the atrocities and war crimes they witnessed and committed against Iraqi and Afghan civilians. Their...

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