Afghanistan: A Taliban Message
New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 12:04 am ETThe reclusive leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban has ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans to break off relations with his “stooge” administration.
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Taliban Reopen Northern Front in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune - 2 hours 5 minutes agoOver two years, militant forces have had a resurgence in Kunduz Province, where they threaten a NATO supply route.
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Taliban leader says U.S. faces defeat in Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times - Thu Nov 26, 3:11 am ETMullah Mohammed Omar scoffs at an expected U.S. troop increase and urges Afghans to reject Hamid Karzai's government. President Obama is to announce his war strategy in a televised speech. As President Obama prepares to unveil his long-deliberated war strategy, the Taliban's supreme commander declared Wednesday that U.S.-led forces would find only defeat, dishonor and "a bed of thorns" in ...
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Taliban's Omar rejects Karzai call for peace talks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:31 pm ETMullah Mohammad Omar, leader of Afghanistan's Taliban militia, on Wednesday rejected a call from President Hamid Karzai for peace talks, in a statement issued ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.
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Pakistan pays $120,000 for Taliban henchman: military
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 4:26 pm ETPakistan has paid out the equivalent of nearly 120,000 dollars over the arrest of a lieutenant of the country's Taliban warlord ahead of a major Muslim festival, the military said Thursday.
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U.S. Is Seeking 10,000 Troops From Allies in Afghanistan
New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 5:08 am ETNATO allies appear willing to send fewer than half that number of additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region, officials said.
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NATO chief hopes allies 'step up to the plate' in Afghanistan
CNN - Thu Nov 26, 2:43 pm ETNATO's secretary-general is confident that "all allies will step up to the plate" and provide more soldiers to the fight in Afghanistan after President Barack Obama announces his decision next week on an extra U.S. troop deployment.
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Taliban chief rejects talks with Karzai government
The Washington Times - Thu Nov 26, 6:45 am ETKABUL, Afghanistan | The Taliban's reclusive leader ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans on Wednesday to break off relations with his "stooge" administration. Mullah Mohammed Omar's message, issued ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday this weekend, comes less than a week before President Obama is expected to announce an increase of thousands of troops for ...
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U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2017: White House
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 8:58 am ETThe United States will not be in Afghanistan eight years from now, the White House said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to explain to Americans next week why he is expanding the war effort.
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On Afghanistan, Obama finds friend in India
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 1:36 am ETUS President Barack Obama, faced with a wary Western public days before he unveils a new strategy on Afghanistan, is embracing the role of India, one of the countries most worried about a Taliban resurgence.
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Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 12:19 pm ETAs daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.
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U.S. allies must send more troops to Afghanistan: NATO
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 12:13 pm ETAllies of the United States must follow its lead and boost their troop levels in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.
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Taliban leader rules out talks with Karzai
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 1:41 pm ETThe Taliban's reclusive leader ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans on Wednesday to break off relations with his "stooge" administration.
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Contractor's helicopter missing in Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 9:02 am ETA helicopter chartered by an international military contractor has disappeared in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
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Analysts: Taliban set up new strongholds
UPI - Thu Nov 26, 8:05 pm ETISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Taliban militants have set up new strongholds despite Pakistan's offensive and will likely remain a potent threat to the U.S.-backed government, analysts say.
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German officials quit over Kunduz airstrike
Stars and Stripes - Thu Nov 26, 3:25 pm ETThe head of the German armed forces and a high-ranking civilian in the defense ministry resigned Thursday after it was revealed that information was suppressed regarding the German air force bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in which as many as 142 civilians were killed.
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Suspects in Canadian soldiers' deaths handed to Afghans
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German general quits in Afghan row
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Top German general removed over Afghan air strike video
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