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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 1:41 pm ET
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.
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CNN - 24 minutes ago
The United States and its allies are facing "an absolute defeat" against the Taliban in Afghanistan even if additional troops are sent, according to a message purportedly from the Taliban's elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.
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UPI - 36 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar says in a message delivered on the eve of a Muslim holiday that the United States will be defeated in Afghanistan.
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Foreign Relations - Wed Nov 25, 9:22 am ET
President Barack Obama's proposed deployment of 21,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is necessary to tip the balance of power against the Taliban. But it will not be enough.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 24 minutes ago
The 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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Fox News - Tue Nov 24, 10:56 pm ET
Commanders in Afghanistan will devote most of the troops expected from Obama to securing the Taliban's main base • Obama to Reveal Troop Decision From West Point • U.K.: NATO to Offer 5,000 Troops for Afghanistan • Taliban Leader: Cut Relations With 'Stooge' Kabul Gov't • YOU DECIDE: Which Troop Plan Do You Favor?
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The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 4:00 am ET
In one of the worst chapters of their casualty-marred deployment in Afghanistan, Canadian forces earlier this year lost 10 soldiers in 90 days to improvised bombs on one stretch of highway in Kandahar province.
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CNN - 2 hours 45 minutes ago
President Obama will announce the U.S. troop strategy for Afghanistan in a speech at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.
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Los Angeles Times - Wed Nov 25, 3:41 am ET
Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn encounters military resistance in his task of overhauling U.S. intelligence-gathering in Afghanistan to boost efforts to defeat the Taliban. The peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains create a stunning backdrop for the U.S. military's Kabul headquarters, but Maj. Gen. Michael T. Flynn rarely notices. Sheltering Taliban fighters and American combat outposts, the mountains ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 9:26 pm ET
President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 8:19 am ET
The Taliban's reclusive leader issued a Muslim holiday message on Wednesday calling on Afghans to break off relations with the government, which he described as a 'stooge' administration.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 37 minutes ago
President Barack Obama will announce his plan to bolster the war in Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, his spokesman said, a surge that military officials say could top 30,000 troops.
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Washington Post - 2 hours 11 minutes ago
President Obama will outline his new Afghanistan strategy Tuesday in a national address from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the White House said.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 10:56 am ET
Kabul - The Taliban's fugitive leader, Mullah Omar, on Wednesday rejected the Afghan government's call for talks with Taliban-led insurgents. His statement came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and days after President Hamid Karzai renewed ...
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McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 4:59 pm ET
KABUL, Afghanistan — The television set crackles with breaking news: Terrorists have smuggled a nuclear bomb into Kabul and are preparing to take out the Afghan capital.