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As of Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at least 849 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. Full Article at KTUU
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WASHINGTON After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public tonight, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. Full Article at Wausau Daily Herald
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REUTERS/Bruno DomingosSgt. Salei Sale of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel fires his M4 during a training session at Forward Operating Base Tillman. Full Article at MinnPost.com
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The country sits in a rough neighborhood, sharing long borders with Afghanistan, Iran and Uzbekistan. As one western diplomat put it: "They're stuck between snakes, scorpions and the Taliban." Full Article at MinnPost.com
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...with Democrats in charge of the entire U.S. government and George Bush nowhere to be found, Pelosi and others in her party are suddenly very, very worried about U.S. escalation in Afghanistan. Full Article at Newsbusters
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Don’t forget that the moronic repiggies want to spend, spend, spend for more soldiers in Afghanistan, their own “stimulus” bill for their buddies in the military and defense corporations. Full Article at Think Progress
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The officer detected movement behind him and exited his car, Pugel said. He then recognized a man approaching him as matching the description of Clemmons. Full Article at Hit and Run
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg *** : Ever since his national introduction in 2004 and then his presidential win last year, Barack Obama has delivered PLENTY of big speeches. Full Article at MSNBC
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“President Obama will outline Tuesday his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan,” the Washington Post writes. Full Article at MSNBC
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St. Paul, Minn. — A Lakeville native serving in Afghanistan was among the 10 troops President Barack Obama called last week to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service. Full Article at MPR | Minnesota Public Radio
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DENMARK'S Crown Princess Mary, the Australian-born wife of Crown Prince Frederik, visited Danish troops in Afghanistan this week, the defence ministry announced today. Full Article at NEWS.com.au
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President Obama gave the orders to begin his new strategy for victory in Afghanistan and spent Monday preparing to sell that plan to the American people in a prime-time address, even as members of his own party emerged as the most persistent skeptics... Full Article at NewsMax
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Gordon M. Goldstein is the author of 'Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and The Path to War in Vietnam.' Editor's note: Gordon M. Goldstein is the author of "Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and The Path to War in Vietnam," a book read by White... Full Article at CNN
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KABUL, 1 December 2009 (IRIN) - Eight years after the formal end of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women are facing growing challenges in public life and have limited access to justice, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Full Article at IRINnews.org
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THE US is seeking to extend its control over the day-to-day running of Afghanistan with the appointment of an international ''high representative'' in Kabul who will bypass Hamid Karzai's much-criticised Government. Full Article at The Age
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WASHINGTON - President Obama will outline his reasons for sending more troops to Afghanistan in an address to the nation tonight while stressing that the U.S. commitment is not infinite, his spokesman said Monday. Full Article at The Courier-Journal
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We've sent an email to containing a URL you'll need to follow to verify your account. You should receive the email within the next few minutes. Full Article at Globe and Mail
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ROME Two former Guantanamo detainees who will be tried in Italy on terrorism charges have been linked to an Islamic center in Milan described by U.S. authorities as al-Qaida's main station house in Europe before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, officials... Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune
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8:55 A.M. — Fort Myers High School graduate Army Staff Sgt. Mario Vega IV spent the last year serving in Afghanistan. He's seen the 8-year-old war up close. Vega IV, 29, saw a soldier almost die after his outfit's truck was attacked. Full Article at The News-Press
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The videoconference came ahead of Obama's planned speech Tuesday night at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he will outline a new U.S. war plan and dispatch between 30,000 and 35,000 more American troops to Afghanistan. Full Article at N.J. Courier-Post Online
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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. Full Article
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An Afghan man reads the Koran at a mosque in Kabul on October 27, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential rivals are reigniting their campaigns for a second vote, but analysts question whether a new election can be credible as calls for a government of national unity persist.
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An Afghan man reads the Koran at a mosque in Kabul on October 27, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential rivals are reigniting their campaigns for a second vote, but analysts question whether a new election can be credible as calls for a government of national unity persist.
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An internally displaced Afghan family sits inside their tent in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. According to UNHCR some 2.7 million registered Afghans refugees still remain in Pakistan and Iran.
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HAZI MADAD, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 26: Afghan Pashtun tribal elders leave after a traditional meeting to discuss American and Canadian military actions on their lands October 26, 2009 in the village of Hazi Madad in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
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HAZI MADAD, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 26: Afghan Pashtun tribal elders sit in a traditional meeting to discuss American and Canadian military actions on their lands October 26, 2009 in the village of Hazi Madad in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
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HAZI MADAD, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 26: Afghan Pashtun tribal elders sit in a traditional meeting to discuss American and Canadian military actions on their lands October 26, 2009 in the village of Hazi Madad in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, Afghan women clad in burqas listen to a fortune teller in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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This Oct. 23, 2009 photo shows an Afghan girl sitting on a cement statute of a lion at the entrance of the Kabul Zoo in Afghanistan.
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An Afghan man reads holy Quran as he sits next to the grave of his relative in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Insurgent violence has increased across Afghanistan this year, coinciding with a boost in U.S. military numbers.
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An Afghan boy reads the holy Quran as he sits next to the grave of his relative in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009.
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An Afghan soldier mans the machine gun on a Russian Mi-17 transport helicopter as the helicopter ferries Afghan National Army troops from Camp Bastion in Helmand province to Kandahar military base in southern Afghanistan on October 12, 2009.
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An Afghan soldier mans the machine gun on a Russian Mi-17 transport helicopter as the helicopter ferries Afghan National Army troops from Camp Bastion in Helmand province to Kandahar military base in southern Afghanistan on October 12, 2009.
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Smoke of a bombing is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. A powerful car bomb exploded in the busy center of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said.
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Map of Afghanistan locates Kabul where a large blast struck the center of the capital.
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Afghanistan's Chief of the General Staff Gen. Bismullah Mohammadi, right,walks with Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Walt Natynczyk, as they arrive to inspect the honor guard at National Defence headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday Oct. 8, 2009.
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On the eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stand guard in front of an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, after workers discovered the building was vandalized earlier in the morning.
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Afghan boys cross a stream in Surabhi, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009.
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French policemen arrest sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan after an action against a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight years of destruction' a...
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French policemen arrest sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan as they were leaving after an action against a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight ye...
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Sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan demonstrate in a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009,and threw paint and stickers in the lobby, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight years of destr...
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Sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan demonstrate in front of a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight years of destruction' and calling for the withd...
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Sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan demonstrate in front of a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight years of destruction' and calling for the withd...
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On the eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, an Air Force recruiter, second from left, talks with recruits in front of an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009.
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On the eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion. an unidentified woman walks past an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, after workers discovered red paint used to simulate blood, splattered on the front of the recruiting center building.
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On the eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, red paint, used to simulate blood, is shown on an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, after workers discovered the building was vandalized.
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An Afghan man reads the Koran at a mosque in Kabul on October 27, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential rivals are reigniting their campaigns for a second vote, but analysts question whether a new election can be credible as calls for a government of national unity persist.
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