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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.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 10:52 am ET
President Barack Obama will announce his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan in days, concluding a 3-month review punctuated by differences in his administration and concerns about corruption in Kabul.
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McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 3:55 pm ET
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — 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 - Tue Nov 24, 9:47 pm ET
The Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of President Obama's decision on the future of the eight-year-old war, a defense official said Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 55 minutes ago
A wedding was called off because international troops killed the groom. A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a police patrol. An old woman was beaten by the Taliban after she tried to stop them from taking her son.
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NPR - Mon Nov 23, 3:21 pm ET
The Afghan government and the U.S. military are pursuing an effort to lure low-level insurgents with job offers and other incentives, and split them from their Taliban leaders. In his second inaugural last week, President Hamid Karzai called on militants to lay down their arms and return to their homes.
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Time Magazine - Tue Nov 24, 4:55 pm ET
There are those who say it's the fastest way out of Afghanistan. But it's easier said than done
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Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ET
One of President Obama's problems, as he wrestles with choosing a new strategy for Afghanistan, is which Hamid Karzai he is dealing with: the leader who set out specific, promising goals in his inaugural address last week, or the apparently bitter and defensive politician seen in a PBS interview ...
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CNN - Tue Nov 24, 9:52 pm ET
Pakistanis now believe the war against the Taliban is their war, whereas in the past they considered it to be the United States' war, a former Pakistani general with close ties to his country's military told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 7 minutes ago
President Barack Obama expects Americans to support more U.S. troops in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, and he is preparing to make his case to the nation next week.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 pm ET
War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more U.S. troops.
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USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 8:27 pm ET
The collapse of a deal granting Pakistan's president and thousands of other officials freedom from prosecution on graft charges has triggered fresh political turmoil just as the army wages a major battle against Taliban militants near the Afghan border.
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McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 7:50 pm ET
WASHINGTON — In a preview of his speech next week announcing his plan to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama Tuesday vowed that he'll "finish the job" of stabilizing the country and destroying the al Qaida terror network.
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McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 6:41 pm ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Most of the Taliban fighters and all of their leaders apparently have escaped Pakistan's widely publicized six-week-old offensive in South Waziristan, forcing the army to begin pounding other parts of the country's lawless tribal area.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 6:38 pm ET
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.