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Saudi Arabia has long been a strategic supporter of Pakistan. To cite a few examples: Saudi Arabia supported Pakistan against its arch-rival India; extended political and financial support to help Pakistan fund the mujahedeen against the Soviet army in...
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The president spent nearly six months last year resisting those spending reductions, until he finally listened to the people. Another almost $1 trillion in ‘savings’ comes from what we call the ‘war gimmick’ – money that was never requested and will...
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An Afghan man wrapped in a blanket is seen during a snowstorm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. View Photo »
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In World War II we had no people taking pictures of what was happening like we do in Afghanistan. I think these reporters that are doing this against the U.S. just to make a name for themselves are just sick. They are sick. Here we are making all these people that are fighting to save the country look b...
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26, that consisted of cardio, strength and a lot of sweat to help raise funds for breast cancer detection. Sloan of Mustang, Okla. is an Intelligence Officer with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 700 Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade...
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Deaths Updated: 2012-02-18T15:56:43Z More News The U.S. Defense Department’s latest identifications of fatalities: • Army Sgt. Jerry D. Reed II, 30, of Russellville, Ark. , died Feb. 16 in Paktika province, Afghanistan. Cesar Cortez , 24, of...
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An Afghan beggar woman clad in a burqa sleeps on the ground, as she waits for alms in Mazar-i-Sharif , Balkh province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. The beggar woman has displayed a prescription and medicines to show that she is... View Photo »
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The U.S. should slow down the Afghan withdrawal process to allow U.S. and NATO commanders on the ground more time to consolidate gains ... and to ensure that Afghan forces are sufficiently ready to take control of the nation's security ... A precipitous U.S. withdrawal could lead to civil war or the Tal...
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Women's boxing makes its debut as at the 2012 Olympics, and 17-year-old Sadaf Rahimi will be there to represent Afghanistan. Despite a lack of proper training facilities, proper sparring partners, or even a boxing ring, Rahimi won a silver medal at a...
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What we are doing now will reduce their dependency on outside help." Bailey's training partner, Bruckshaw, said he could understand that "average Canadians might wonder why we have been here for 10 years. That is why it would be devastating if...
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Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان), is a landlocked country located at the heart of Asia. Generally considered part of Southern Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either Central Asia or the Middle East, as it has religious,... Full Article
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ARLINGTON, VA - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (L) and German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere (R) speak to the media during a news briefing at the Pentagon February 16, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. De Maiziere is on a five-day visit to the U.S. and Canada and...
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Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Andrey Avetisyan speaks during an interview in Kabul February 16, 2012. Russia hopes to embark on a series of ambitious construction projects in Afghanistan aimed at reinforcing fragile stability in the country where Soviet troops fought a disastrous,...
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(From L) Afghanistan's Minister of Counter Narcotics Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, the executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) Yury Fedotov...
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Afghanistan's Minister of Counter Narcotics Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani is pictured on February 16, 2012 during a UN meeting on drugs in Afghanistan, with some 55 countries participating, at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. The UN chief urged Afghanistan to make fighting drug trafficking a...
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Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan's former intelligence chief, speaks during an interview in Kabul February 15, 2012. Afghanistan's government must not retreat from hard-won freedoms or return to strict religious curbs to reach a peace deal with the Taliban, the country's former spy chief...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) shows Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai the way to a photo opportunity before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (2nd L) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) take part in a meeting with their delegations at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012.
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Pictured in the background is a picture of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) chat at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts...
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (front) is escorted by Afghan officials as he walks down from his plane at a military base in Rawalpindi February 16, 2012.
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Former Conservative Prime Ministers John Major (L) and Baroness Margaret Thatcher arrive at Westminster Abbey in London, for a service to mark the Passing of The World War One Generation, on November 11, 2009. Queen Elizabeth II led Britain in marking Armistice Day on Wednesday --...
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Belarusian veterans of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan drink vodka on the 23rd anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, in downtown Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
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An Afghan policeman (C) walks past statues placed around a Soviet-era T-62 battle tank in Herat on February 15, 2012. Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan on February 15, 1989, after ten years of fighting against Mujahiddin millitamen.
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