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Clinton in Pakistan Encounters Widespread Distrust of U.S.
World (tags: world, war, violence, american, terrorism, politics, middle-east, pakistan, afghanistan, drones, missile, strikes, death, killing, questions )

Tom
- 6 days ago - latimes.com

Not only radicals, but college students and respected journalists question Washington's intentions in Pakistan. The U.S. government is seen as arrogant, domineering and insensitive to their plight, and drone missile strikes are likened to to terrorism.

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16 Americans Dead as Helicopters Crash in Afghan Raids
World (tags: US, military deaths, American soldiers, military helicopters, Afghanistan, raids, insurgents )

Thankful
- 12 days ago - timesonline.co.uk

16 Americans died in a series of helicopter crashes and Taleban attacks across Afghanistan in one of the bloodiest days since the 2001 invasion. Ten people were killed and at least 26 wounded when a Chinook helicopter crashed....more.

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14 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Collision, Seperate Crash in Afghanistan
World (tags: 14 dies, helicopters, crash, afghanistan )

Lone
- 13 days ago - nydailynews.com

KABUL - A helicopter crash and separate collision involving two other choppers killed 14 Americans on Monday in one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl

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Afghan Women Still Struggle, 8 Years on
World (tags: world, women, women's rights, afghanistan )

Katie
- 23 days ago - edition.cnn.com

Afghan women have seen their status rise and fall repeatedly over the past three decades, attaining a measure of equality in the early 1990s before the strictly Islamic Taliban muscled their way to power and forced women to again wear the burqa.

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Myths of Our Afghanistan Debate
World (tags: Afghanistan, afghanistan.conflict, world, government, usa, conflict, blog, interesting )

Cal
- 23 days ago - nypost.com

Eight years ago this week, the Taliban emptied the coffers of the Central Bank and ran away from Kabul. Yet a number of myths still haunt the debate on Afghanistan -- and the Obama administration's policy.

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Obama, Aides Debate Options for Afghanistan
World (tags: US, Afghanistan, President Obama, presidential advisers, strategy for Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Taliban, Army General Stanley McChrystal, 40, 000 military surge, VP Joe Biden, no reduction in troops )

Thankful
- 24 days ago - reuters.com

Obama held three hours of talks with top advisers on a new strategy for Afghanistan on Wednesday, with some aides emphasizing that the main threat to U.S. interests is al Qaeda, not the Taliban.

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Code Pink Founder: 'Afghanistan More Complex Than We Thought'
World (tags: US, Afghanistan, Code Pink, 2-wk tour of Afghanistan, Code Pink Founder )

Thankful
- 24 days ago - theadmonition.com

Ms. Benjamin sharply disputed the notion that her views of the war had changed. But she acknowledged that the nearly two-week trip had given the group "a lot more depth of understanding" about the complexity of the war and the depth of Afghanistan's needs

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Obama and Afghanistan: You Can't Handle the Truth?
World (tags: government, politics, obama, Afghanistan, usa, conflict )

Cal
- 31 days ago - motherjones.com

The Obama White House keeps running smack into fundamental and inconvenient contradictions concerning its tough slog in Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan's "Black Hawk Down" II: It Just Happened Again!
World (tags: Afghanistan, Americans, military, war, Taliban, Al Queda, terrorism, violence, middle-east, government, militants, insurgents death, investigation )

Tom
- 32 days ago - latimes.com

Eight Americans and six Afghan troops died Saturday after being outnumbered in an attack strikingly similar to an insurgent assault 15 months ago in which nine U.S. soldiers died in an outpost in the same northeastern province, Nuristan.

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Clinton, Gates: U.S. in Afghanistan for Long Haul
World (tags: world, Afghanistan, politics, conflict, humans )

Cal
- 32 days ago - cnn.com

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in a rare joint interview, said Monday that the United States is committed to a regional strategy to build long-standing relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Inside Afghanistan's "Black Hawk Down"
World (tags: Afghanistan, Americans, military, war, Taliban, Al Queda, terrorism, violence, middle-east, government, militants, insurgents death, investigation )

Tom
- 35 days ago - huffingtonpost.com

The battle of Wanat is the "Black Hawk Down" of Afghanistan, with 48 American soldiers and 24 Afghan soldiers outnumbered three to one in a four-hour firefight that left nine Americans dead and 27 wounded in one of the bloodiest days of the eight-year war

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It's Up to Obama to Decide on Afghanistan
World (tags: government, obama, politics, Afghanistan, conflict, world, usa )

Cal
- 39 days ago - reuters.com

Obama's national security team launches a series of closed-door meetings on Tuesday to reassess U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Obama first wants to determine the proper way forward for U.S. forces in Afghanistan ...

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Afghanistan: A Failure in Every Way?
World (tags: Afghanistan, War, Corruption )

Ben
- 47 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

This leaked report offers a blunt and bleak assessment of the challenges facing Afghanistan - and a timetable for possible failure. General Stanley McChrystal acknowledges that the US could lose this war in the next 12 months...

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Bin Laden Reportedly Calls Obama 'Powerless'
World (tags: afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, war, violence, terrorism )

Lone
- 55 days ago - news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - In a tape released Sunday by al-Qaida's media wing, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden said President Barack Obama is "powerless" to stop the war in Afghanistan

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NY Soldiers Far From Home: 9/11 Close to Home Reminder for Service in Afghanistan
World (tags: afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, violence, middle-east, war )

Lone
- 57 days ago - nydailynews.com

Forward Operating Base Altimur, Afghanistan - Some of the New Yorkers on the front line here were so young on 9/11 that they didn't fully understand what happened on that dark day.

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