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Guantanamo Detainee Released to Afghanistan
The administration reportedly has released Mohammed Jawad to his home in Afghanistan.
2009-08-24 19:57:34 by bartlettd93
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U.S. sends Guantanamo detainee to Afghanistan: lawyer
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Obama administration on Monday released a detainee from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent him home to Afghanistan, the latest departure from the controversial prison that is set to close in five months.
2009-08-24 17:45:56 by SvigerM29
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Tensions Rise in Afghanistan's Post-E... - TIME
Telegraph.co.uk. Tensions Rise in Afghanistan's Post-Election Standoff. TIME. An Afghan woman arrives to cast her ballot at a polling station in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the days since millions of Afghans braved Taliban threats at the polls,
2009-08-24 06:21:20 by vincez
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Fixing Afghanistan
Robert Dreyfuss It's time to give up on a centralized state, and let Afghanistan be Afghanistan--namely, a diverse, decentralized collection of fiefdoms.
2009-08-24 04:08:19 by rlyons
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26 killed in election day attacks in Afghanistan
(AP)
AP - Taliban threats scared voters and dampened turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans voted for president for the second time ever. Insurgents killed 26 Afghans in scattered attacks, but officials said militants failed to disrupt the vote.
2009-08-20 16:35:46 by HujjerJ1314
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Turnout Seen as Uneven in Afghanistan as Polls Close - New York Times
ABC News. Turnout Seen as Uneven in Afghanistan as Polls Close. New York Times. Men lined up to vote in Kabul. The polls for Afghanistan's presidential election opened on Thursday in a race that is proving tighter than expected. More Photos > By CARLOTTA
2009-08-20 13:04:26 by WoodrowC2420
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Polls Close in Afghanistan as Millions Vote for President
Taliban threats appeared to dampen voter turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans chose the next president for their deeply troubled country. Insurgents launched scattered rocket, suicide and bomb attacks, violence that closed some polling sites.
2009-08-20 11:13:36 by SheriB2071
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Afghanistan fears bloodshed on election eve
(AFP)
AFP - Afghanistan's 17 million voters were set to choose a president for only the second time in history with security forces on high alert Wednesday against a threatened Taliban onslaught.
2009-08-18 23:53:21 by ricardoh1286
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Obama shifts focus to Iraq
President Obama will take a brief hiatus from his health care push on Monday and turn his focus to the wars in Iraq in Afghanistan.
2009-08-17 20:21:48 by CKubek1656
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Afghanistan Faces Many Challenges in Run-Up to Election - Voice of America
Telegraph.co.uk. Afghanistan Faces Many Challenges in Run-Up to Election. Voice of America. For the first time in four decades, Afghanistan will run its own election. But there will be outside assistance - the most important being the tens of thousands of
2009-08-17 12:51:50 by Bo123456
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UK deaths in Afghanistan hit 200
The 200th British soldier to be killed as a result of fighting in Afghanistan died last night in Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham of wounds sustained in an explosion in Musa Qala on Thursday.
2009-08-17 02:59:55 by MStevens1778
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Afghanistan's Women Yearn for More
Afghan women are at a crossroads, for some there is hope of a better future, for others there is still suffering and despair. (Photo: Carolyn Cole, The Los Angeles Times) read more.
2009-08-15 23:41:45 by CSugrue1703
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Gates: No Troop Request In Afghanistan Review - Washington Post
guardian.co.uk. Gates: No Troop Request In Afghanistan Review. Washington Post. The US commander in Afghanistan will not make a specific request for more troops when he submits a review of the situation there in the coming weeks, Defense Secretary Robert
2009-08-13 23:45:50 by renaldo09
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Steve Bell on helicopter shortage for troops in Afghanistan
PM denies he has failed to prepare the country for the recent spate of British military casualties. Steve Bell.
2009-08-13 21:36:23 by setdeep1234567
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Three Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Clashes with insurgents killed three American troops in southern Afghanistan, while roadside bombs killed nine civilians in the area.
2009-08-11 16:23:10 by BWeinhard124
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American 3 British Troops Killed in Afghanistan World news, business, politics, science, financial, technology, ,economy, sports, and entertainment news worldnews365online.com
2009-08-08 09:15:35 by vasilijep2504
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2 plead guilty to offering bribe in Afghanistan
(AP)
AP - Two men have pleaded guilty to offering a $1 million bribe to a U.S. army officer in Afghanistan for a contract there.
2009-08-07 14:47:47 by PatrickK1328
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Bomb Kills at Least 5 in Afghanistan
In another sign of growing violence in the last two weeks before national elections, a group of civilians were killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday.
2009-08-06 16:00:30 by BrandonW1142
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Tell us why we're in Afghanistan
There is a “serious risk” of the Government losing public support for the mission in Afghanistan unless it better explains why British soldiers are fighting and dying there, the chairman of an influential panel of MPs said last night.
2009-08-03 05:37:17 by AceS2879
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History
There were very high hopes when the Taliban organisation was overthrown, and there was a window of opportunity for a happier Afghanistan to be built. That window has proved to be a false dawn, and the society of Afghanistan has descended away into
2009-08-02 23:45:43 by marysgate
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