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US's Pelosi calls Afghan Karzai "unworthy partner"
- 4 Hours ago
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WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an 'unworthy partner' who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy
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U.S. to tighten control of Afghan contracts: Gates
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By Phil Stewart HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - The United States must tighten control of Afghan development contracts as a first step toward stemming rampant corruption, Defense Secretary Robert Gates
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A town divided on Afghanistan
- 3 Hours ago
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Twenty months later, Jesse is loading military convoys in Afghanistan and Chris is teaching math at Cotter High School, staying in touch as best she can and counting the months until he comes home. When
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No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving
- 4 Hours ago
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said
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Pentagon: US to look at own role in Afghan graft
- 5 Hours ago
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The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert
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Lashkar-e-Taiba threat revived after Chicago arrest
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LONDON (Reuters) - The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the Pakistani militant group's global reach and its ability to plot attacks in
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MacKay, Gates talk about Afghan troop withdrawal
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HALIFAX -- The Harper government is waiting with 'anticipation' to learn how many more troops U.S. President Barack Obama will send to Afghanistan, in part to replace the withdrawal of Canadian soldiers
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U.S. warming ties with Karzai
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But instead of revisiting old disputes, Karzai brought in several cabinet ministers to talk about development and security. He explained details of a new effort to address graft. And halfway through a
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Afghan governor sent 3,000 men over to Taliban
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Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, the former governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province, has revealed he turned thousands of his followers over to the Taliban after he was sacked from the job under pressure from
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Colvin's job safe despite Afghan torture testimony
- 5 Hours ago
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Defence Minister Peter MacKay said the Conservatives will not try to remove Richard Colvin from his post in Washington, even though they question the credibility of his testimony on Afghan prisoners.
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Mullah Omar moved by ISI: US
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WASHINGTON: The United States has come perilously close to calling Pakistan a terrorist state by alleging that the countrys spy agency ISI recently spirited Taliban leader Mullah Omar to Karachi to save
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Still Assessing Afghanistan
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Gibbs: Obama won't announce new Afghan strategy before Thanksgiving. Plus: House Republicans urge quick decision in letter to the president Thursday.
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Afghanistan troop surge could be a slow rollout
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Washington - When it comes to deploying additional forces to Afghanistan, the Pentagon confronts an infrastructural problem summed up by one senior military official: 'Iraq is stuck in 1950, Afghanistan
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Clinton pleased with Karzai
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Charles Peters on Afghanistan, Taxes, and Jobs
- 4 Hours ago
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I will be 83 next month, and I find myself wanting to get across a few things I've learned during these years. Most people seem not to know them; many of my contemporaries appear to have forgotten them.
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Minister: Taliban can be defeated
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The war in Afghanistan is winnable, and corruption will be fought, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, as President Hamid Karzai was being sworn in for a second five-year
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Karzai 'would fall in weeks' if Nato pulls out
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David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents
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How cartoonists see Afghan torture
- 5 Hours ago
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A grim case of hand-washing; beavers gone blind, deaf and mute; a bear trap for Stephen Harper; and our national conscious lost in the fog
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NHL Live Chat: Friday at 2 p.m. ET
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On Friday at 2 p.m. ET, a few of the Post Sports hockey writers will be on hand to discuss the new and improved â?? but still sagging â?? Toronto Maple Leafs, the NHL at the quarter pole and the front-runners
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Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan
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GMT +07:00 Search Local Bombers kill 18 in Afghanistan Published: 20/11/2009 at 09:03 PM Online : tweetmeme_url tweetmeme_service tweetmeme_source Bombers on Friday killed 18 people in Afghanistan, a
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Errors & Omissions: The Cost of War in Afghanistan
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In last Sunday's article, 'Vast Majority of Britons back IoS call for UK forces to leave', we referred to Oxfam's report, The Cost of War in Afghanistan. We would like to make it clear that this report
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Finding decent cabinet is Karzai's big challenge
- 8 Hours ago
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The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, is sworn in for a second term as the world watches to see if he can deliver on his pledges to clean up his government. Karzai won plaudits for his inauguration
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