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Baghdad Bureau (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
John Burns answers readers' questions on some possible force options available to President Obama as he considers bolstering the 68,000 American troops already in Afghanistan.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The U.S. is underwriting a program that not only seeks to disarm Taliban but also enlist tribal leaders’ support by having them involved in the choice of development projects for where the jobs are offered.
David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Afghanistan torture claims, animal cruelty in Toronto and are the Green Riders Canada's team': Listen to my three-minute audio roundup of what's on the front pages of the country's newspapers plus highlights from Friday's Parliamentary daybook by clicking on the link below. You can also get these audio summaries via podcast from iTunes or via an RSS feed by subscribing to my AudioBoo stream. Both the...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Daniel Schwammenthal: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed "great regret" in August that the U.S. is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This has fueled speculation that the Obama administration may reverse another Bush policy and sign up for what could lead to the trial of Americans for war crimes in The Hague. The ICC's chief prosecutor, though, has no intention...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
German Labor Minister and former Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung resigned after revelations about his handling of information about an airstrike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed.
Time (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Germany sees a wave of resignations over leaked reports that German officials knew about civilian casualties soon after a German-ordered attack on two tanker trucks in Afghanistan in September -- but then lied about it
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A helicopter chartered by an international military contractor has disappeared in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Local official says Kandahar governor survives assassination attempt in southern Afghanistan.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
The pot roast is frozen and the live turkeys are not fat enough. But the company's seven-month deployment is ending soon. For the Marines of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, this Thanksgiving in Afghanistan brought one overriding thing to be thankful for: They're about to go home.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
(New York) - The Canadian government should carry out a full and public inquiry into the alleged torture of detainees whom Canadian forces transferred to Afghan government custody in 2006-07, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the last two years, militant forces have had a resurgence in Kunduz Province, where they threaten a NATO supply route.
Sify (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
. 27, 2009, at least 849 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington - With President Barack Obama days from unveiling his revised strategy for Afghanistan, the White House is making it clear that he wants a plan for the eventual withdraw of US forces even as many...
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eprnetwork | 11/02/2009
The numbers of individuals entering inpatient drug rehab for heroin and opiate addiction continues to increase. In Afghanistan and Pakistan the opium (heroin) trade is tightly controlled by al Qaeda and the Taliban, and despite the war the efforts, the production of heroin and opium has dramatically increased - heroin is still dirt-cheap and readily purchased on the streets of Kabul and sold in short
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patrickguillard | 10/14/2009
The European Commission allocated €2 million in humanitarian aid to help flood-hit people in northern Afghanistan where many people face an increasingly tough situation as winter approaches and food supplies become increasingly scarce.
rtomas80 | 09/04/2009
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan – A U.S. jet dropped 500-pound bombs on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban before dawn Friday, triggering a huge explosion that Afghan officials said killed more than 70 people, including insurgents and some civilians who had swarmed around the vehicles to siphon off fuel. Germany, whose troops called in the strike, said it feared the hijackers would use the trucks to carry
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