US Afghanistan Policy

Is the Koran Burning Afghanistan's Dum Dum Moment?

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 04.28.2012

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Sarwar Kashmeri

The question in Afghanistan now is how far will the protesters go? And will significant numbers of the Afghan National Army and Police join in. If this were to happen the choices facing the United States would be bleak.

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Smoke Screen: How The U.S. Military Disposes Of Garbage In Afghanistan

Guernica | J. Malcom Garcia | Posted 10.17.2011

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In Afghanistan, the U.S. military disposes of garbage—computers, motorbikes, TVs, shoes, even human feces—in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from...

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Key Dates: U.S. Policy in Afghanistan

Bill Lucey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Lucey

Here is a timeline of key events in United States/Afghanistan relations, dating back to the Soviet Union's invasion in 1979, along with dates on the rise, fall, and rise again of the Taliban.

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Taliban Beefs Up As U.S. Debates Afghanistan Policy

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay and Hal Bernton | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A recent U.S. intelligence assessment has raised the estimated number of full-time Taliban-led insurgents fighting in Afghanistan to at ...

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