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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Contractor helicopter missing in Afghanistan
CNN - Thu Nov 26, 2:11 am ETA search was under way Thursday for a helicopter belonging to a military contractor, NATO officials said.
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Life, Death And The Taliban
The Huffington Post - Wed Nov 25, 10:40 pm ETWhat's Your Reaction? Life, death and the Taliban seeks to enhance America's understanding of Taliban history in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Obama to announce Afghanistan decision within days
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 10:52 am ETPresident 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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Taliban leader rules out talks with Karzai
Deseret News - Wed Nov 25, 12:03 pm ETThe Taliban's reclusive leader has ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans to break off relations...
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Taliban leader issues Muslim holiday message
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 7:34 am ETThe Taliban's reclusive leader has issued a Muslim holiday message calling on Afghans to break off relations with the government, which he calls a "stooge" administration.
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Six Experts on Negotiating with the Taliban
Foreign Relations - Wed Nov 25, 9:22 am ETEarlier this month, President Obama proposed ( NYT ) the controversial notion of reaching out to moderate elements of the Afghan Taliban. The idea, favored by some experts and encouraged by Saudi Arabia's facilitation , has been pursued for months by the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Vigil honors soldier killed in Afghanistan
Chicago Tribune - Wed Nov 25, 11:36 pm ETA candlelight vigil tonight honored a soldier from Crystal Lake who was killed in a mortar attack in Afghanistan this week less than a month before he was scheduled for a leave to see his wife and young daughter. Speaking to those at the vigil outside her parents' home in Cary , Aimee McLeod called her husband "the most wonderful man I ever met in my life." Spc. Jason A. McLeod, 22, who was ...
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UK: NATO to offer 5,000 troops for Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:30 pm ETBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden.
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Afghanistan steps up effort to keep tabs on police
Stars and Stripes - Wed Nov 25, 2:25 pm ETWARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In a step toward more accountability, the Afghan government is starting to collect vital information on the 95,000 members of the national police, a force that has become synonymous with unprofessionalism and corruption.
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German military's inspector general fired
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 10 minutes agoThe inspector general of Germany's military was fired Thursday for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed, the defense minister said.
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Pakistan determined to fight Taliban, retired general says
CNN - Wed Nov 25, 6:30 am ETThe Pakistani people 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 on Tuesday.
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NATO to offer 5,000 troops for Afghanistan
USA Today - Wed Nov 25, 11:23 am ETBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that NATO nations are ready to offer about 5,000 more troops for the war in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan hikes police salaries
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 5:44 am ETAfghanistan is hiking police salaries by between 33 and 67 percent, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, to curb rampant corruption and boost recruitment in a force that suffers much higher casualty rates than the insurgency-wracked country's army.
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Obama to address nation on Afghanistan Tuesday
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 11:03 am ETPresident Barack Obama will address the nation on his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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Obama to give primetime speech on Afghanistan
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 10:50 am ETPresident Barack Obama will unveil his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan in an address to Americans on December 1, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday.
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Suspects in Canadian soldiers' deaths handed to Afghans
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Afghan detainee handling concerned Red Cross
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An end game in Afghanistan?
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Tackling the Taliban
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Afghanistan Decision Looms For Obama
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Afghanistan: US opens new prison
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Afghanistan: Counting the cost of war
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Afghanistan: Corruption, corruption
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