Afghanistan: A Taliban Message
New York Times - 1 hour 12 minutes agoThe 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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Taliban leader issues Muslim holiday message
FOX 11 Tucson - Wed Nov 25, 10:33 am ETKABUL (AP) — The Taliban's reclusive leader is calling on Afghans to continue what he calls their "legitimate jihad" or holy war. Mullah Omar has issued a Muslim holiday message urging them to break off relations with an Afghan government that he refers to as "this stooge Kabul administration."
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Fine Print: The two sides of Hamid Karzai
Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ETOne 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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A tearful tribute to Crystal Lake soldier killed in Afghanistan
Daily Herald - 56 minutes agoMourners gathered along Lloyd Street in Cary Wednesday evening to remember the life of Spc. Jason McLeod, who died Monday in Afghanistan after his unit was attacked with mortar fire.
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President Obama won't be cornered into using Oval Office; Drafts West Point for Afghanistan address
New York Daily News - Wed Nov 25, 6:48 pm ETPresident Obama won't use the Oval Office to unveil plans to send more troops to Afghanistan - and it's very possible he won't ever make a major address from his storied West Wing workspace.
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Obama to unveil plan to add troops in Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 pm ETWar-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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Obama, lawmakers to meet about Afghanistan
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 1:45 pm ETWASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President Obama will meet with U.S. congressional leaders of both parties next week before he announces his Afghanistan policy, lawmakers' aides confirmed.
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MILITARY: Marine awarded Silver Star for gallantry in Afghanistan ambush
North County Times - Wed Nov 25, 9:02 pm ETOn paper, the mission for Camp Pendleton's newest recipient ofthe Silver Star seemed straightforward enough: Travel overnight toan isolated mountainside cave where a suspected Taliban leader washiding, kill or detain him, and destroy a reportedly large weaponscache.
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Political crisis roils Pakistan as Taliban loom
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 8:27 pm ETThe 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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Italy Will Mull Obama’s Request for More Troops in Afghanistan
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 12:47 pm ETNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Italy will consider U.S. President Barack Obama’s request to “reinforce” the presence of international troops in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s office said today in an e-mail.
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Alvin soldier killed in explosion in Afghanistan
Houston Chronicle - Wed Nov 25, 5:08 pm ETSgt. James Michael Nolen, a 25-year-old husband and father, was killed when his military vehicle hit an explosive device Sunday in Afghanistan.
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Obama vows that he'll 'finish the job' in Afghanistan
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 7:50 pm ETWASHINGTON — 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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Should U.S. taxes rise to pay for Afghanistan war?
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 5:50 pm ETWASHINGTON — Abraham Lincoln levied the country's first income tax to help pay soldiers and buy rifles for the Civil War.
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For Afghan poor, Eid charity starts at home
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:01 pm ETAt the Kampany market on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul, the rain is turning to snow as the livestock traders decide to call it a day and heave their animals back into their trucks.
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US skeptics fear Afghan mission turning into a quagmire
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 12:00 pm ETSkeptics reject President Barack Obama's expected decision to ramp up the Afghanistan war as a misguided bid to fix a muddled mission, arguing it will draw America deeper into a quagmire.
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Military sees increase in wounded in Afghanistan
Park Hills Daily Journal - 20 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.
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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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Md. National Guardsman Killed In Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: US opens new prison
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Afghanistan: Counting the cost of war
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Afghanistan: UK tends to quit
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Afghanistan: Corruption, corruption
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