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Michael Hughes: How U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding the Taliban

2012-05-30T14:45:12Z

The U.S. has been financing both sides of the war in Afghanistan since 2001 as a startling percentage of foreign aid continues to flood Taliban coffers on a daily basis, according to Douglas A. Wissing in his new book.

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Joyce S. Dubensky: The Real Muslim Problem

2012-05-29T11:19:32Z

When reading about the Afghanistan war, many people begin to conflate all Muslims with the radicals that we hear about on a daily basis. But what about this wonderful woman and her family and friends, who use Islam as a rich resource to promote peace?

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The Great Taliban Escape

2012-05-29T09:42:40Z

It took years to lock them up. Hundreds of enemy fighters captured during some of the fiercest combat of the war. But then, one night last spring, as ...

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Greta Van Susteren: The Taliban Is Aggressively Back in Action -- Are We Turning Our Back on the Women and Girls?

2012-05-24T14:29:50Z

As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of Afghanistan? Especially the women and girls?

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Ida Lichter, M.D.: Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

2012-05-24T07:35:05Z

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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More Than 120 Girls Poisoned In Anti-School Attack

2012-05-23T07:27:00Z

TALIQAN, Afghanistan, May 23 (Reuters) - More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blam...

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New Group Begins 'Campaign Of Psychological And Terror Attacks'

2012-05-19T13:26:27Z

ABUL, Afghanistan — A new, more radical insurgent group has begun a campaign aimed at terrorizing both Afghan officials and moderate insurgents, acc...

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America's Last Living Prisoner Of War

2012-05-18T04:29:22Z

During the ten and a half years that Americans have been fighting in Afghanistan, as tens of thousands of troops have rotated in and out of the combat...

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Bomb Explodes Inside Shop Market

2012-05-14T06:06:21Z

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Authorities say a bomb has exploded at a market in northern Afghanistan, killing nine people, including a local official.

The M...

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John Lundberg: Taliban Poetry Collection Sparks Controversy

2012-05-13T05:13:07Z

In defending their book, the editors of Poetry of the Taliban also argue that there is a great deal of value in learning about one's supposed enemy, whether you're a military captain or a responsible civilian. Most people would agree. But is reading a book of Taliban poetry the right way to learn?

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US Ambassador To Afghanistan Tries To Keep Upbeat Outlook After Assassination Of Peace Official

2012-05-13T10:26:36Z

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan tried to preserve an upbeat perspective on peace talks in an interview on Sunday, a day that ...

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Top Afghan Peace Council Figure Assassinated

2012-05-13T07:37:52Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — A gunman in a car assassinated a former high-ranking Taliban official working to end the decade-long war in Afghanistan, de...

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Sarwar Kashmeri: A Wedding in Kabul and the Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan

2012-05-11T17:25:15Z

The Afghan wife of a good friend called not long ago and asked if I'd accompany her to a wedding in Kabul. I wondered why she wasn't taking her husband. "Oh it is much too dangerous for an American but you would be OK," she exclaimed cheerily.

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UN: Civilian Deaths In Afghanistan Fall 20 Percent

2012-05-11T08:05:00Z

By Jack Kimball KABUL, May 11 (Reuters) - After five years of rising deaths, civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropped 20 percent in ...

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Taliban Captive's Family Reveals Prisoner Swap Negotiation

2012-05-09T16:42:01Z

BY Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held prisoner by the Taliban since 2009, says it is frustrated th...

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Pessimistic Report Emerges On Obama Move

2012-05-06T12:14:35Z

WASHINGTON -- The leaders of the congressional committees said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama s...

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Wilfredo Amr Ruiz: The President's Missing Notes on Afghanistan

2012-05-04T14:00:44Z

After more than a decade of military occupation and trillions of dollars spent, the general environment in Afghanistan is extremely dangerous and unsafe, even in the capital.

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Obama's Afghanistan Speech Well-Received By Afghans Who Want An Enduring American Presence

2012-05-02T18:39:19Z

KABUL, Afghanistan -- By 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the helicopters that had spent much of the night hovering low over the homes in the international part o...

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Ben Anderson: Why We Have Failed In Afghanistan

2012-05-02T12:19:30Z

Now that the glowing reports about how well Afghan Security forces performed in putting down last week's attacks in Kabul have died down, it's worth having a serious and honest discussion about what exactly we are about to leave behind in Afghanistan.

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Taliban Launch Deadly Attack On Kabul Hours After Obama Visit

2012-05-02T00:48:47Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's president has branded his U.S. allies as corrupt, wasteful and contemptuous of Afghan lives. Once he even thr...

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William Bradley: Sealed Up, But Not Sealed Over: The Osama bin Laden Raid at 1

2012-05-01T18:26:30Z

The daring raid that took down Osama bin Laden was a triumph of American arms, satisfying retribution for al Qaeda's attacks on New York and Washington. But it points up the many mistakes we've made and continue to make in the wake of 9/11.

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Malou Innocent: Security Pact Ensures America's Presence in Afghanistan

2012-05-01T18:27:22Z

President Obama's arrival in Afghanistan and signing of the strategic partnership agreement with President Karzai supposedly represents yet another corner turned in our nearly eleven year (and counting) war.

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Michael Brenner: The Eternal "War on Terror"

2012-05-01T10:03:15Z

We are into the second decade of the "war on terror." It now ranges from the mountains of Afghanistan to the jungles of Colombia. It has dominated our lives since 9/11. Yet there is no measure of success to gauge progress or to say when it may end.

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Deadly Attack On Afghan Capital Hours After Obama Visit

2012-05-01T08:41:30Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least six people have been killed in an early morning suicide attack in the Afghan capital, the Afghan government said.
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Bin Laden Files Show Al-Qaida And Taliban Leaders In Close Contact

2012-04-30T08:12:38Z

Documents found in the house where Osama bin Laden was killed a year ago show a close working relationship between top al-Qaida leaders and Mullah Oma...

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