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US to GIVE TALIBANS JOBS in AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan has launched an initiative to convert Taliban foot soldiers with the promise of jobs and protection. Backed by the US military, the plan is modeled on its “Sons of Iraq” program; Stanley McChrystal even lured a key architect...
Tags: Sons of Iraq, afghans, recruit, talibans, al qaeda, terrorist, terror, war on terror, afghanistan, kabul, US, us marines, us corps, us army, homeland, stanley mcchrystal, US military, retirement, prolonged occupation, acknowledge, assuage fears, militants, Hamid Karzai, western diplomat, international terrorism, karzai, allnews, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, taliban
Afghanistan to get millions to reduce poppy cultivation
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 4 hours ago
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The American Government has made a commitment to give financial aid to Afghan provinces that have reduced or eliminated the production of opium. The United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday by which it promises to give $38.7 million...
Tags: Afghanistan, poppy cultivation, Kabul, Opioids, Opium, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan, Medicinal plants, Economy of Afghanistan
Brown faces challenge over Afghan plans
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Gordon Brown is facing a backbench rebellion by Labour MPs who are demanding that an exit strategy for British troops in Afghanistan is announced by January. Seventeen MPs, including nine Labour members, have taken the unusual step of tabling an amendment...
Tags: Afghanistan, Labour, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan, Politics, War Conflict
Tories to pull U.K. troops out of Germany
Berlin :: Germany | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Liam Fox, the opposition defense spokesman, said Britain's 25,000-strong troop presence in Germany, a leftover from the Cold War, was "no longer necessary."...He noted that some countries in Europe, unlike Britain and France, for example, are unable or...
Tags: Fox Britain, NATO, Germany, Afghanistan, Europe, France, fox told, Berlin, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan, Liam Fox, Taliban insurgency, Cold War, War in Afghanistan, Anti-communism, War Conflict, Politics
Turning to a new chapter in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The current Afghan problems are tribal imbalance and the interference of Afghanistan's regional neighbors...President Obama has asked the newly elected Hamid Karzai government to take concrete action against corruption and build up Afghan security forces.
Tags: Afghanistan, Khalil Nouri, U.S, Terry Green Special, style democracy, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Afghan presidential election, War in Afghanistan, Politics, War Conflict
Show of solidarity with lawyers
Lahore :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Monday visited the suicide blast site at the Judicial Complex, followed by a condolence reference to pay homage to those, who fell prey to the suicide attack on Thursday last. At least 22 persons, including two lawyers, were killed in the blast while...
Tags: Supreme Court Bar Association, Judicial Complex, LHCBA, Pakistan, Lahore, Nasira, Suicide attack, Peshawar, Politics, Al-Qaeda, War in Afghanistan, War on Terrorism, War Conflict
Obama Calls for Security Meeting on Afghanistan
U.S. President Barack Obama has called another meeting of his national security team as he moves closer toward a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. U.S. President Barack Obama has called another meeting of his national security...
Tags: International reaction to the United States presidential election, Afghanistan, Presidency of Barack Obama, national security, Politics, security team, War Conflict, security meeting, Hillary Rodham Clinton, allnews, Stanley McChrystal, Washington, Joe Biden, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Punahou School alumni, Hillary Rodham Clinton, War in Afghanistan, U.S, Political positions of Barack Obama
Singh in Washington and Pakistans options
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 8 hours ago
Credibility But our right-wing anchors and columnists and �get-Zardari� editors are far more focused on the domestic power struggles to realize that the nightmare of Pakistan�s strategic encirclement may already be on the brink of becoming reality...India already...
Tags: Pakistan, USA, India, Karāchi, Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, Nuclear proliferation, Military history of Pakistan, Foreign relations of Pakistan, India ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Arms control, Politics, Richard Holbrooke, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zardari, American International Group, Council on Foreign Relations, Quebecor Inc., India￢ﾀﾓPakistan relations, Kashmir conflict, Inter-Services Intelligence, Indo-Pakistani relations, Military of Pakistan, Kashmir, Politics of Pakistan, Islamic terrorism
National › No. of immigrants applying for repatriation aid hit 16,000 by mid-Nov
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 8 hours ago
Credibility The number of immigrants of Japanese descent who had applied for government repatriation aid since the program began in April had reached roughly 16,000 by mid-November, welfare ministry officials said Monday. The bulk of the applicants were Japanese-Brazilian...
Tags: Japan, Tōkyō, Repatriation, Yukio Hatoyama, Yukio, Prime Ministers of Japan, Forced migration, Human migration, Business Finance, Tadashi Inuzuka, Taliban, War Conflict, Pashtun people, War in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Politics
My Notebook, My Life
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Director Ian Olds and journalist Christian Parenti attend the HBO Documentary Screening Of Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi on Aug. 12 in New York City. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for HBO) On the road of being a journalist, there is one important...
Tags: Christian Parenti, Afghanistan, Etgar Keret, Tim Hetherington, Israeli, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Hetherington, Entertainment Culture
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