| Taliban arrests halt UN contacts | | BBC - 4 Hours ago | | By Lyse Doucet BBC News, Oslo Pakistan has recently stepped up its campaign against the Taliban The UN's former envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has strongly criticised Pakistan's recent arrest of high-ranking | | | | Add Comment |
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| Expert: Tackle Pakistan poverty | | CNN - 3 Hours ago | | Poverty and development likely among issues at U.S.-Pakistan talks next week Clinton, Qureshi to meet in Washington Pakistan officials: U.S. launches frequent drone attacks on Afghan-Pakistan border (CNN) | | | | Add Comment |
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| Kai Eide lashes out | | Guardian.co.uk - 4 Hours ago | | In a BBC interview, the former UN mission chief, says Pakistan's recent arrests of Taliban leaders have damaged peace prospects This a transcript of Lyse Doucet's BBC World Service interview tonight | | | | Add Comment |
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| What should India expect in Afghanistan? | | Observer India - 111 Minutes ago | | Afghanistan has been at the cross roads of great empires and thus a scene for frequent/brutal conflict but never under the control of any outside power for long. In the last 30 years Afghanistan has seen | | | | Add Comment |
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| Leading article: The virtues of our armed forces | | The Independent - 111 Minutes ago | | The armed forces seem to have become fodder for public argument of late. The Opposition accuses the Prime Minister of under-funding the military. There are fierce rows about the manipulation of bereaved | | | | Add Comment |
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| A leaner, meaner NATO for Afghanistan | | Foreign Policy Magazine - 2 Hours ago | | NATO operations are notorious among the personnel assigned to them for their internal incoherence. Overhanging byzantine structures and layers are the Alliance's organizational hallmarks, compounded by | | | | Add Comment |
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| Movie: 'Afghan Star' | | Philadelphia Inquirer - 3 Hours ago | | 9 tonight HBO After decades of war and years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to Afghanistan, and nowhere is it more obvious than on "Afghan Star," an "Idol"-style TV series that is | | | | Add Comment |
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| 03/17/10 ISA/NATO News Briefing from Afghanistan | | GlobalSecurity.org - 3 Hours ago | | BRYAN WHITMAN (deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs): Can you hear me okay? It's Bryan Whitman. GEN. MCCHRYSTAL: Yes, Bryan, we've got you. I'm here with Ambassador Mark Sedwill. And | | | | Add Comment |
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| No reconciling with Taliban: India | | Times of India - 3 Hours ago | | NEW DELHI: It's coming down to two `R' words. And they are worlds apart. As India seeks to sensitise the world about its position on the future of Afghanistan, New Delhi will give full support to the | | | | Add Comment |
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| UPI NewsTrack Sports | | UPI - 2 Hours ago | | Texas Manager Ron Washington said Thursday he used marijuana and amphetamines during his Major League playing career in the 1980s. That admission came one day after he apologized for using cocaine while | | | | all 5 news articles >> Add Comment |
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| Forces of Facebook turn on Daily Mirror | | The Independent - 4 Hours ago | | The status of Wootton Bassett as a touchstone for the emotion generated by the war in Afghanistan was underlined yesterday when a Daily Mirror journalist was sent death threats after he posted a blog | | | | Add Comment |
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