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Cyclone Phyan forces Rudd to cancel Mumbai trip, undertakes surprise visit to troops in Afghanistan
New Delhi/Kabul, Nov.11 : Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has cancelled his trip to Mumbai because of Cyclone Phyan,an ABC News report said.
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Afghanistan Will Be the Challenge When Singh Meets Obama
AFGHANISTAN WILL BE THE CHALLENGE WHEN SINGH MEETS OBAMA Diplomacy K.P. Nayar http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091111/jsp/opinion/story_11726313.jsp At one of the scores of meetings being called in Washington every week in the run-up to the visit of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to the White House in less than a fortnight, one participant posed ...
Taliban prisoners in Kandahar begin hunger strike
About 350 Taliban prisoners are believed to be on a hunger strike in Kandahar's city's notorious Sarpoza prison.
Bad Axe chiropractor sets up practice in Afghanistan
"A guy called and wanted to see me," Brent Musolf says. "I told him to come right over.
Afghanistan Closes Schools Due to Increasing H1N1 Cases
An Afghan motorcyclist adjusts a newly purchased surgical mask at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 Nov 2009 The Afghan government has closed the country's schools and universities for most of November in response to an increased number of H1N1 flu cases.
War Journal: Sergeant hits the road on a mission in Afghanistan
Staff Sgt. Luis Agostini of Haverstraw, a combat correspondent for the Marines, recently was deployed to Afghanistan and will be writing about his experiences for The Journal News and lohud.com. He was deployed in August 2004 to Al Anbar province in Iraq, where he covered the battle of Fallujah.
Governor Gulab Mangal of Afghanistan's Helmand Province
In Afghanistan's Helmand province, in the face of fierce Taliban opposition, British forces and the government's agencies increasingly rely on one man's help.
Karzai's Victory And The Opportunities Lost In Afghanistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai with his vice presidents, Karim Khalili and Mohammad Qasim Fahim at a press conference in Kabul on November 3. November 03, 2009 By Tanya Goudsouzian , Helena Malikyar Scarcely an hour after the Afghan Independent Election Commission announced that President Hamid Karzai had won a second term in office by default, the ...
Diplomatic blunders behind vote chaos
THE 10 weeks of chaos that dogged Afghanistan's tumultuous election were accompanied by a string of diplomatic blunders that ended with the scrapping of a run-off imposed on President Hamid Karzai.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Kabul
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Afghan capital Kabul Monday morning, spokesman of Foreign Ministry Ahmad Zahir Faqiri said.
Controversial Karzai brother 'contact' for Canadian diplomats
PARIS a ' Canada's diplomats in Afghanistan have regular contact with Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's brother who has been accused of being deeply involved in both the country's drug economy and ballot-stuffing during the August presidential elections, according to Canada's diplomatic representative in Kandahar.
Canada's Afghan mission preparing for increased Taliban activity over winter
Canadian military officials in Afghanistan say they don't expect to benefit from what was once a traditional lull in Taliban activity over the winter period.
White House: corruption must end in Afghanistan
The White House says specific steps are needed to crack down on corruption in Afghanistan.
Lawyers fighting for Afghan justice
The Taliban insurgency is spilling more blood and Hamid Karzai's government reeks of corruption, but Afghan lawyers are determined to prove that, if life isn't fair, at least justice can be.
Analysis: Karzai is wild card for U.S. strategy
Afghanistan's election commission has declared incumbent Hamid Karzai the winner of the country's presidential election, after his opponent pulled out.
5 Good Things Going On In Afghanistan
Let's face it, the news from Afghanistan can be a real downer. So let's focus on the good news.
Why all the president's Afghan options are bad ones. - By Tom Engelhardt Sun November 1, 2009 8:01 PM PST This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
EDITORIAL: A regional approach to Afghanistan
Foreign ministers of China, Russia and India, holding their 9th meeting in Bangalore in India, have jointly urged the international community not to let the focus slip from their mission in Afghanistan.
Galbraith vs. Galbraith, Afghanistan vs. Iraq -- By: Michael Rubin
Peter Galbraith has an op-ed in today's New York Times in which he rightly points out that the Afghan elections were tainted by fraud, something which several election monitors have also reported.
White House: Afghan troop decision within weeks
President Barack Obama is still weeks away from deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said Sunday amid pressure from lawmakers to settle on a war strategy despite muddled politics and concerns of corruption in Kabul.
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