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Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates , Adm. Mike Mullen , the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to Afghanistan , but President Obama remains unsatisfied with answers he has gotten about how vigorously the governments ...
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Nato Sec-Gen expects more resources for Afghanistan
NATO's secretary-general said on Wednesday he expected the alliance to provide more resources for training Afghan troops and police, but would not comment on exact troop numbers.
Norway official says Afghan gov't must be improved
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War poverty and pestilence blight Afghanistan
Already suffering an insurgency and crushing poverty, Afghanistan faces a new burden - swine flu - with fear palpable across the country after 11 deaths in less than two weeks.
COMMENTARY: John Kerry shines image with stand on Afghan war
WASHINGTON --In his first year a chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry is emerging out of his diminished shadow as a defeated 2004 presidential nominee into a voice of reason as well as a man of action.
Editor's Choice: World waits for decision on Afghanistan from Barack Obama
Just over a year since his election made history, Barack Obama is on the verge o f making the decision that will dictate how history will judge him.
Alabama Voices: Building institutions
By Brian C. Keeter The surprise decision by Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah to pull out of Afghanistan's presidential runoff muddles an already murky political situation for U.S. foreign policy decision makers.
"This is a doctor," she said, pointing to one picture. "This is a teacher." It was impossible to tell one woman from another under the burqas enforced by their Taliban rulers.
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With attack on UN, Afghanistan aid presence shrinks further
Mohammad Rafi Hamdard, a food importer in Kabul, puts the following prices on the United Nations decision to withdraw staff from Afghanistan: $15 more for a ton of flour, $5 more for 50 kilograms of sugar and $3 more for a carton of cooking oil.
That it became almost immediately harder for Afghans to put food on the table is just one of many consequences of a staff drawdown that the UN says is temporary.
Food prices have been rising since the beginning of the fraud-marred presidential election as political uncertainty led to hoarding and disrupted distribution.
Sources: Obama near decision on Afghanistan troops
President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though likely not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to ready bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources.
Syria: Resistance to Israel our Duty
Leaders from 48 Islamic states met Monday in Turkey to begin an economic summit which may see its stated purpose overshadowed by some controversial guests, and the decades-old quest for peace in the Middle East.
US, Germany increase pressure on Afghan's Karzai
The United States and Germany are stepping up pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to implement major reforms and crack down on rampant corruption.
Defence chiefs voice anger at 'mixed messages' on Afghanistan
Senior commanders say public not convinced British troops can succeed as MoD announces deaths of two more soldiers British troops in Helmand province, Afghanistan.Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Growing frustration among Britain's most senior military commanders over the government's handling of the war in Afghanistan burst into the open today as they ...
Afghanistan's "re-elected" president: Karzai's tattered victory
BRINGING Afghanistan's disastrous presidential election to a close, ten weeks after the voting, the chairman of the country's Independent Election Commission said he would only accept three questions.
Turkey to admit Sudan leader despite Darfur charge
In this Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir seen during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not pictured, in Ankara, Turkey.Turkey should arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said ...
NATO, Afghanistan probe deadly 'friendly' strike
KABUL: Investigations were under way Sunday into the deaths of seven soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted NATO air strike, one of the worst "friendly fire" incidents of an eight-year war.
Support 'crucial' to Afghan success
Maintaining public support is "crucially important" to the success of the international military mission in Afghanistan, the senior British commander in the country has warned.
Karzai Must Kick Out 'Cronies' To Succeed, Kerry Says
When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes.
BTL:Karzai Government Corruption Hobbles Obama Afghan War Strategy
Karzai Government Corruption Hobbles Obama Afghan War Strategy Interview with Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris In a blow to Washington's efforts to restore credibility to a tainted election process, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main challenger dropped out of the presidential run off election scheduled for Nov.
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