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Monday Nov 2 | BBC

Afghan voices: 'Not what we wanted'

Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan by poll officials, after they scrapped the planned second round of the vote.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Asia Times

Helicopter rumors refuse to die

Helicopter rumors refuse to die By Ahmad Kawoosh MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Persistent accounts of Western forces in Afghanistan using their helicopters to ferry Taliban fighters, strongly denied by the military, is feeding mistrust of the forces that are supposed to be bringing order to the country.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Karzai rival demands poll chief be sacked

The former foreign minister also called for the suspension of three key government ministers during the election period, and the closing down of around 500 polling stations in areas that are too insecure to be monitored properly by election observers.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan,

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Militants deepen their foothold in Afghanistan's north

Reporting from Kunduz, Afghanistan - The hulks of burned-out fuel tankers on the doorstep of this provincial capital stand as scorched testament to the growing reach of the Taliban and other insurgents across Afghanistan's once-stable north.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Army, US Navy

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Wilson's Almanac

Official: Military aircraft crashes in Afghanistan

Friday, October 23, 2009 A senior Afghan intelligence official has reported that a military aircraft crashed in the country's northern region on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Afghanistan, World News

Thu Oct 22, 2009

People's Daily Online

NATO aircraft crashes in N Afghanistan

"An aircraft of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force crashed on a mountain in Bajgah valley of Khinjan district Thursday afternoon," police chief of Khinjan district Mohammad Asif Qazizada told Xinhua.

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Related Topix: Afghanistan, World News

USA Today

Afghan official: Military aircraft crashes in mountains

A senior Afghan intelligence official says a military aircraft has crashed into the country's northern mountains.

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Related Topix: Afghanistan, World News

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Courier News

'Salute' to returning soldiers in Sycamore

A "Freedom Salute" ceremony on Sunday morning at Sycamore High School honored Illinois Army National Guard soldiers who served a one-year deployment in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Sycamore, IL, US National Guard, US Military, Illinois, World News, Afghanistan

Mon Oct 19, 2009

538dotcom

Afghanistan Audit Doesn't Look Good For Karzai

Well, the results are in . The Electoral Complaints Commission has published three important decisions, which confirm that major fraud occurred during Afghanistan's August Presidential election.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News

Sun Oct 18, 2009

People's Daily

Past week proves deadly for Taliban as over 70 militants killed in Afghanistan

The past week has proved deadly for Taliban militants in Afghanistan as over 70 of the outfit's fighters including some commanders have been killed.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News

Xinhuanet

Afghan police bust kidnappers' gang, kill ring leader

Police in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province busted a gang of kidnappers after killing the leader, a statement of Interior Ministry said here Sunday.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

Xinhuanet

Afghan Taliban stretch to northern provinces

While NATO has been endeavoring to sweep Taliban insurgents out from their hotbed in southern Afghanistan, the militants by influencing the northern provinces have opened a new front against the western military alliance.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan,

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Afghan conspiracy theories

The reaction to a video of police handing guns to Taliban fighters illustrates the fear of ethnic conspiracy gripping Afghanistan They parted ways but not without a smile, and a friendly squeeze of the arm.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

People's Daily Online

MoD: Efforts under way to secure N Afghanistan

The anti-government militants have been tried to expand their activities in relatively peaceful north provinces, but efforts are under way to overcome these problems, said spokesman of Defense Ministry on Wednesday.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

EurasiaNet

Afghanistan: Taliban Planning Surge of Their Own

The Afghan Ministry of Defense says it has "credible information" that the Taliban is preparing for a surge of its own in northern and western portions of Afghanistan.

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Wed Sep 30, 2009

People's Daily Online

Foreign fighters penetrate into N. Afghanistan

Hundreds of foreign fighters loyal to the Taliban outfit have penetrated into Afghanistan's peaceful northern provinces, a local newspaper reported Thursday.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan,

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Earth Times

Militants kill six truck drivers in eastern Afghanistan

Militants killed six truck drivers in eastern Afghanistan after burning their vehicles, while police in the western region killed two would-be suicide bombers, officials said Monday.

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Sun Sep 27, 2009

EurasiaNet

Afghanistan: Balkh Governor Trumpets Security Warning for Northern Afghanistan

When Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed General Atta Mohammad Noor as governor of the northern province of Balkh in 2004, the move seemed motivated by a presidential desire to curb the influence of Abdul Rashid Dostum, then the most powerful warlord in Northern Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

Sat Sep 26, 2009

EurasiaNet

Afghanistan: Islamic Militants in North Threaten Uzbek, Tajik Security - General

Northern Afghanistan is swarming with hundreds of foreign fighters bent on disrupting the Northern Distribution Network, a recently developed US re-supply line, an Afghan general says.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Boston.com

Northern Afghan violence undercuts US supply route

Growing Taliban influence in northern Afghanistan is threatening a new military supply line painstakingly negotiated by the U.S., as rising violence takes hold on the one-time Silk Road route.

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