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Fox News - Fri Dec 4, 5:53 am ET
A Taliban detainee in Pakistan claims Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden was seen in Afghanistan in January or February of this year, the BBC reports.
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Detroit News - Fri Dec 4, 1:03 am ET
Kabul, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country if the move has the backing of the United States and other international partners.
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CNN - 19 minutes ago
Non-U.S. nations operating under the NATO command in Afghanistan have promised about 7,000 more troops to battle Taliban and al Qaeda extremists and train Afghan forces, NATO's secretary-general said Friday.
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Time Magazine - Thu Dec 3, 5:54 pm ET
Tehran quietly helped the U.S. overthrow the Taliban in 2001. But as tensions with the West mount, Iran's interests in cooperating in Afghanistan may be trumped by more hostile priorities
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USA Today - 18 minutes ago
Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.
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Bloomberg - 30 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and Afghan forces began an operation in southern Afghanistan to disrupt Taliban militants, the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced plans to send 30,000 more troops to the South Asian country.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 6:27 am ET
NATO said on Friday 25 countries had pledged a total of around 7,000 more troops to support the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama's commitment of 30,000 extra U.S. troops.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 20 minutes ago
U.S. Marines and Afghan troops Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.
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USA Today - Thu Dec 3, 11:23 am ET
Afghanistan's president says he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country.
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Boston Herald - Fri Dec 4, 7:19 am ET
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country if the move has the backing of the...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 5:19 am ET
President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 new U.S. troops to Afghanistan will only lead to more American casualties, the Taliban vowed.
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Time.com via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 8:55 am ET
The President offered a reasoned case for expansion in Afghanistan. But Americans need inspiration as well
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 9:13 am ET
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling Congress that a U.S. failure in Afghanistan would mean "a Taliban takeover" of the wartorn South Asian nation.
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 4, 12:00 am ET
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out."
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New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 12:54 am ET
If we lose in Afghanistan, it will be because Hamid Karzai’s regime cannot deliver.