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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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An Afghan man reads the Koran at a mosque in Kabul on October 27, 2009. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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Map of Afghanistan locates Kabul where a large blast struck the center of the capital. View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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 v... View Photo »
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Afghan boys cross a stream in Surabhi, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. View Photo »
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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 denou... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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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,... View Photo »
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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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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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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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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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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, 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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I expected to face fire in Iraq or Afghanistan after we deployed ... I never expected to face fire at home.
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Here we are in Afghanistan remembering those of our comrades who have died in this conflict. We've been at war now for nearly eight years, both in Iraq and Afghanistan and it's a particularly poignant week at the end of which seven of our friends are dead.
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Young men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are as much veterans as is a World War II volunteer
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Fighting the insurgents makes it crazy. It is so crazy, because of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has readjusted the way they train for war. It’s a lot more shooting and clearing buildings and clearing out blocks. It’s dealing with the way of war today.
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We will hold the men and women of our military in our prayers tomorrow as we think about all those who have been killed in Afghanistan this year - heroes who have lost their lives on Afghan streets so that we might be safer on Britain’s streets.
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We are very worried about the rise of terrorism in our neighbourhood, particularly what is going on in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. We have a vital stake in peace, progress and stability of these countries and other countries of South Asia
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We need a neighbourhood where peace, progress and stability are ensured. We are worried at the rising terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Overall there is the sense that Afghanistan is becoming for (British Prime Minister) Gordon Brown what Iraq became for (his predecessor) Tony Blair
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all those who have been killed in Afghanistan this year -- heroes who have lost their lives on Afghan streets so that we might be safer on Britain's streets
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It wasn't a good election night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia and New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either.
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Al-Qaida can operate anyplace. The planning for what happened on 9/11 didn't come from Afghanistan. It came from a hotel room in the United States or Germany. It came from the country they were in
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Overall there is the sense that Afghanistan is becoming for Gordon Brown what Iraq became for Tony Blair: more than four in ten don't understand Britain's mission, support for the British presence there is ebbing away, and a majority have responded to the (Afghan) presidential election very negatively i...
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Because India is your friend, and the longtime policies of America and India converge. Between you and the Indians, you will fuck us in every way. The truth is that our weapons are less of a problem for the Obama Administration than finding a respectable way out of Afghanistan.
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My uncle Wilson Funderburk died in World War II and I have a nephew, Terry Johnson, who is in the Marines in North Carolina and is supposed to go to Afghanistan in January ... I also had a brother (Jim Ramsey) who retired from the Army after 17 years and served in Vietnam. He flew and was shot down five...
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Afghanistan is more like Vietnam than any war we have been in since 1975 ... It was Pennsylvania Avenue that lost that war. ... We lived and sacrificed while the fat cats in Washington sat up there, ate steaks every night, slept on a warm bed, and nobody had to sleep out there in the boonies.
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We need to be out of Afghanistan, and we need to be out of Iraq
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There is a conflict of interests between the US and China, two of the world's most powerful countries. In Afghanistan, India and Pakistan's involvement is conflicting and creating problems for the US. That is why India and Pakistan need to resolve their differences on Kashmir themselves rather than the ...
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He is a tool of our imperialist enemies and we demand our freedom. And we demand that Obama withdraw all the troops from Afghanistan right now.
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I am not sure any more. The US's national security adviser said there are fewer than 100 al-Qa'ida operatives in Afghanistan, MI5 has suggested that there are 2,000 people of 'special interest' in the UK
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It's difficult to quantify whether Britain's streets are safer. If we pull out and Afghanistan went completely pear-shaped, you would increase the pressure on Pakistan with its terrorist problem
SOURCE: The Independent
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