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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for protection and the manpower to carry out deadly attacks, according to U.S. military and...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Brave New Foundation posts a petition and YouTube video with young veterans asking Obama not to send more troops to Afghanistan.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
New York - Japan has informed the United Nations of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to a total of 5 billion dollars over the next five years, the UN said Wednesday. Japan decided to add 2 billion dollars to the current 3 billion d...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
WOOTTON BASSETT, England - Grieving over the death of her son in Afghanistan, the woman tore into British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "Mr. Brown, listen to me,"...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
American troops in Afghanistan have been commemorating Veterans Day with ceremonies for those killed in conflict.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - NATO's secretary-general said on Wednesday he expected the alliance to provide more resources for training Afghan troops and police, but would not comment on exact troop numbers.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
London - Commemorations to honour the war dead were given special poignancy in Britain Wednesday by the rising death toll of troops deployed in Afghanistan and the absence for the first time of World War I veterans. Queen Elizabeth II attended a serv...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Berlin - The German defence minister has called for an international conference on Afghanistan to set what he called clear goals for the NATO-led alliance's deployment there. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who took over the ministry last month, told A...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearl
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
KABUL - Military divers have found the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who disappeared last week as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that fell into a river in western...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The four options being considered would retain elements of a counterinsurgency strategy, officials say. The White House reiterates that the president has not reached a decision. President Obama and his war council today plan to review four basic strategy options for Afghanistan that could increase the number of U.S. troops there by as many as 40,000 or fewer than 10,000.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
KABUL -- As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for protection and the manpower to carry out deadly attacks, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Vaccinations against H1N1 are being offered to members of the Canadian Forces and Canadian civilian personnel deployed in Afghanistan. The Canadian Forces are providing appropriate medical care to those in their custody. Offering vaccinations to detainees for H1N1 would be based on medical need and, at this point, there is no plan to vaccinate detainees. No vaccine has...
France24 (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
As Americans marked Veterans Day, President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet Wednesday to mull whether to send more troops to fight in Afghanistan having whittled his options down to four. But Americans, still reeling from last week's shooting at a Texas military base, will have to wait a few weeks yet before the commander-in-chief unveils one of the most important decisions of his presidency....
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
KABUL -- American troops in Afghanistan have been commemorating Veterans Day with ceremonies for those killed in conflict.
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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
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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