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Obama could lock in Afghanistan decision Monday; military expects 32,000-35,000 more troops
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That rough figure has stood as the most likely option since before Obama's last large war council meeting this month, when he tasked military planners to rearrange the timing and makeup of some of the deployments. Full Article at Macleans.ca
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He was a civilian again, four months back from Iraq. Yet he still wore his dog tags. The metal clinked against his chest, announcing that the Army remained part of him. “I’m not a writer,” he said. He sounded almost apologetic. Full Article at The New York Times
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An Afghan man reads the Koran at a mosque in Kabul on October 27, 2009. View Photo »
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The road to peace in Afghanistan will be long and hard. But given the high stakes involved, the commitment of the international community must be sustained by firm resolve and unity of purpose
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"This is a very important relationship with a very important country," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. "That's why India was chosen to be the first visit." Full Article at Bradenton Herald
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(AP) The White House said President Barack Obama could use an unusual evening war council session Monday to lock in his long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan. Full Article at CBS News
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U.S. Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province on Monday. Full Article at CNN
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An Afghan man reads the Koran at a mosque in Kabul on October 27, 2009. View Photo »
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We have succeeded ... We have actually accomplished our mission. There are fewer than 100 Al-Qaida members in the entire country of Afghanistan.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The bullet hit mother and son as they walked through Somalia 's capital. She felt a sharp pain in her palm. Then she saw her 8-year-old: The bullet tore through his cheekbones, nose and mouth. Full Article at Newsday
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SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. Full Article at Scoop - New Zealand News
About Afghanistan
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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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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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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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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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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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Afghan boys cross a stream in Surabhi, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The road to peace in Afghanistan will be long and hard. But given the high stakes involved, the commitment of the international community must be sustained by firm resolve and unity of purpose
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We have succeeded ... We have actually accomplished our mission. There are fewer than 100 Al-Qaida members in the entire country of Afghanistan.
– Michael Capuano SOURCE: NECN -
There is no doubt in my mind that if the Taliban and the al-Qaida group of people succeed in Afghanistan, that will have a catastrophic result
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Is Paris prepared not only to overlook but to reward aggression, ignore the shredding of a cease-fire crafted and signed by its president, accept the help of Georgia soldiers in Afghanistan but enforce an unacknowledged arms embargo against Georgia and meanwhile sell advanced arms to Russia?
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Bonus. There's a bonus that's available to traditional National Guard Soldiers who are in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait
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Eventually, if you follow this [a strike on Iran] all the way down, eventually I’m putting boots on the ground somewhere. And like I tell my friends, if you like Iraq and Afghanistan, you’ll love Iran.
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I assumed that because we elected Obama to end the war in Iraq that it went without saying that the war in Afghanistan would be ended as well.
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It is vitally important that all major regional and international players put their weight behind the government of Afghanistan
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There's a lot of negative energy in the news right now — Darfur, Fort Hood, Afghanistan — we need stories that give us hope. The world is an island now ... we're up against limited resources, and there's nowhere to hide. More than ever we have to learn to live sustainably, and that means addressing thin...
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Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama convened his war council again Monday to fine-tune a strategy to respond to the intransigent violence.
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The situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan is likely to be the single most urgent priority after the next General Election
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There’s no place to get concrete in Afghanistan, you have to get it from Pakistan
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The United States paved the way for freedom around the world and it can help the people of Kashmir achieve peace, freedom and self-determination. Indeed, the appointment of a special envoy on Kashmir would hasten the progress of peace and reconciliation in the region, particularly India, Pakistan, Kashm...
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The only institutional force that remains hostile to India in Pakistan is its army; it is a pity, then, that the Obama team is ready to buy into its new story about the link between Kashmir and Afghanistan. The sources of the troubles of the United States, Afghanistan and India stem from the unwavering ...
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The only institutional force that remains hostile to India in Pakistan is its army; it is a pity, then, that the Obama team is ready to buy into its new story about the link between Kashmir and Afghanistan. The sources of the troubles of the United States, Afghanistan and India stem from the unwavering ...
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The last thing you want to do is scatter thousand of weapons across the entirety of Afghanistan because there is already enough here, thank you very much
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additional $500 billion a year in interest expense would total more than the combined federal budgets this year for education, energy, homeland security, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Even if all of America and all of Nato come to Afghanistan, they will not stop the fighting with the Taliban. They will bring a lot of bloodshed and kill a lot of people. The one way is for them to talk to the Taliban
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From Afghanistan to Iraq and a thousand places in between, you help ensure peace and stability in places that have historically known neither
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Pakistanis sometimes feel that the Americans are short time maximisers that if the pressure continue, they would not have the courage to stay there, they would walk away, that Afghanistan would become a backyard to Pakistan to influence its policies and programmes
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