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UK slams US 'delay' in Afghan troop surge

Source: Press TV

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 04:18:30 -0800 2009 | travel-news

Two recent surveys have been conducted by respected international pollsters looking at the level of public support in the UK for the Afghan war. Canadian-based Angus Reid Research Center found that 53 percent of Britons oppose their country's military involvement...

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Crystal Lake soldier killed in Afghanistan

Source: Chicago Tribune

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 15:42:55 -0800 2009 | political-news

The two first met when they were both 9 years old and in day camp together. They reconnected when she was 18 and he was 19, Julie Ghannam said. Jocelyn was lucky enough to see her dad on webcam from Afghanistan sometimes,...

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Obama to announce Afghan troop increase within days,

Source: Open Democracy

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 08:44:40 -0800 2009 | travel-news

Philippines declare state of emergency after political massacre...All this and much more, in today’s security update. On Monday night, Barack Obama held his ninth and possibly last “war council”, discussing strategy changes in the Afghan war and a US troop...

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Like it or not, the truth will come out

Source: Embassy

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 03:05:06 -0800 2009 | political-news

I genuinely like and respect Peter MacKay, who, in my opinion, has given an excellent account of himself as minister of national defence. Normally very urbane and well-expressed, Mr. MacKay was unaccustomedly virulent last Thursday in his riposte to Richard...

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Two NATO commanders wore Nazi regalia in Afghanistan

Source: Press TV

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 20:11:20 -0800 2009 | travel-news

Nazi symbols on their helmets during their deployment in Afghanistan. The story was made public after Czech police serving in Afghanistan reported the case, the Russia Today website reported on Tuesday. According to the daily Mlada fronta Dnes , the...

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Seale, Ala., man indicted in Waffle House killing

Source: Ledger-Enquirer

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 21:52:30 -0800 2009 | allnews

Horton, 22, is accused of hitting Scott Jeremy Drago, 36, around 3 a.m. June 28 in the restaurant’s parking lot on 6751 Veterans Parkway...Police reports said Drago had a fractured skull where he landed on the back of his head...June...

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Afghanistan: An unholy madness?

Source: BBC

Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 06:40:01 -0800 2009 | political-news

There is this force of Islamic fundamentalist fighters called the Taliban...The Pakistan Army is trying to defeat the local Taliban, who have been killing hundreds of people in Pakistani cities with suicide bombers and assaults by armed insurgents. The Americans...

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After a Rough Spell, Kerry Returns to Form

Source: The New York Times

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 12:12:13 -0800 2009 | political-news

Committee, he has been a diplomatic point man in Central Asia, recently persuading President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to agree to a runoff election. He will lead the Senate delegation to Copenhagen next month for the United Nations conference on...

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Police chief let drug smugglers pass, lawyer tells 'new era' trial

Source: Times Online

Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated Tue Nov 24 13:45:46 -0800 2009 | political-news

Diplomats hope that it marks the beginning of a new era in the fight against government corruption. Hidden behind blast walls, watchtowers and miles of razor wire, the 45-year-old police commander appeared in front of a panel of three judges,...

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Market forces breaking news: QinetiQ warns on profits as defence ...

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Wed Nov 25 04:30:15 -0800 2009 | business-news

QinetiQ warns on profits as defence orders stall • Confusion over America's future strategy in Afghanistan hits UK defence firm • In UK, "political and economic factors" are also making it harder to agree contracts Qinetic has warned that the...

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