Brown in Afghanistan vows action to defeat Taliban
AFP - Sun Dec 13, 10:26 pm ETPrime Minister Gordon Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan as he made an unannounced visit to troops in the field Sunday.
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Brown in Afghanistan vows new push to defeat Taliban
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 13, 3:45 pm ETBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan as he made an unannounced visit to troops in the field Sunday.
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Pakistan Rebuffs U.S. on Taliban Crackdown
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 5:38 pm ETThe Pakistani military has refused to turn on Siraj Haqqani, the strongest Taliban warrior in Afghanistan and a long time asset of the Pakistani spy agency.
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Afghanistan troops timeline gets its first revision
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 4:22 pm ETThe full complement of American forces deploying to Afghanistan under President Obama’s new strategy will not arrive until November, a top commander here said.
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U.S. forces chief warns of Afghanistan fight
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 9:32 am ETThe top U.S. military officer warned on Monday the first U.S. troops headed to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's surge can expect more fighting and casualties, hours after 15 Afghan police were killed.
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Top US officer: Taliban harder to defeat
AP via Yahoo! News - 22 minutes agoThe top U.S. military officer said the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan is harder to defeat now than it was a year ago, and said he will take up concerns about strengthening ties to al-Qaida with government leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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16 policemen killed in 2 attacks in Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 6:59 am ETTaliban fighters attacked checkpoints in northern and southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 16 members of the Afghan National police.
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Afghan conference seeks 'confession' on corruption
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 12:14 pm ETPresident Hamid Karzai convenes a three-day conference on corruption Tuesday — a gathering that organizers hope will at least produce public acknowledgment that Afghanistan's government runs on bribery, graft and favoritism that fuels the Taliban insurgency.
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NATO: Top US defense official visits Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 5:45 am ETThe Pentagon's top military officer visited Afghanistan on Monday as the first of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements prepared to deploy to the 8-year-old war.
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Top U.S. Military Officer Lands in Afghanistan
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 4:48 am ETAdm. Mike Mullen arrived on an unannounced visit to confer with officials as the first reinforcements bound for southern Afghanistan arrive this week.
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NATO: Top U.S. defense official visits Afghanistan
USA Today - Mon Dec 14, 3:45 am ETThe Pentagon's top military officer visited Afghanistan on Monday just as the first of the 30,000 U.S. reinforcements are starting to deploy to the 8-year-old war.
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War on Al-Qaeda inflames Afghanistan, Pakistan
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 13, 11:49 pm ETAfter a year of soaring violence and weakening government control in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a flagship US strategy aimed at ending the war against Al-Qaeda ushers in a 2010 fraught with peril.
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Military bishop regrets Taliban remarks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 9:13 am ETThe new bishop for Britain's armed forces voiced regret on Monday if he caused offence by saying the Taliban could be admired for their religious conviction and sense of loyalty.
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Taliban 'reintegration' big part of plan
UPI - Mon Dec 14, 8:03 am ETKABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A big part of the intensified U.S. war effort in Afghanistan is beefed-up investments in jobs programs to lure away Taliban fighters, officials say.
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U.K. Pledges $244 Million to Tackle Taliban Devices (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 1:36 pm ETDec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged 150 million pounds ($244 million) to tackle the threat of explosive devices in Afghanistan as he seeks to blunt criticism that he has starved the war effort of support and funding.
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Top Pentagon officer visits Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 2:27 am ETThe Pentagon's top military officer is visiting Afghanistan just as the first of the 30,000 U.S. reinforcements are starting to deploy to the 8-year-old war.
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