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2 hrs ago | Canada.com

Afghanistan's only known porker leaves quarantine

Afghanistan's only known pig trotted out of quarantine on Saturday, two months after he was locked away because of swine flu fears, to bask again in the mud at the Kabul Zoo.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

6 hrs ago | Windsock

Americaa s Battalion becomes face of war in Afghanistan

They're known as America's Battalion. Now they are the face of America's military in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, World News, Afghanistan,

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Marines aim to retake province

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The massive Marine assault launched Thursday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province is intended to recapture an area that has been under Taliban control for the past five years -- a step officials say is critical to showing Afghan civilians that coalition forces can protect them from Islamist militants.

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India eNews

Recruiter of child suicide bombers nabbed in Afghanistan

A terrorist who allegedly recruited Afghan children to serve as suicide bombers has been taken into custody, US officials said Sunday.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism,

Military-World

Soldiers complete first Afghanistan mission

Some of the soldiers with the 48th Infantry Brigade "Bravo Company" Second Battalion have completed their first "mission" in Afghanistan -- and it was successful and uneventful.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Afghanistan Travel,

Boston Globe

Presidential pardons nullify victories against Afghan drug trade

When five drug traffickers in military uniforms were caught transporting heroin in a police truck in 2007, it was a victory for a dogged team of Afghan investigators and their US mentors who are waging a Quixotic battle against narcotics, the nation's largest industry.

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

UPI

War-weary Afghans seek exit

The number of Afghans seeking asylum in Europe doubled last year to nearly 18,000 -- the highest increase for any major country, sources said.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Pan-African News Wire

Attack on US Base in Eastern Afghanistan, Two Soldiers Reported Killed

It's the same area where an American soldier disappeared on Tuesday. By M. Karim Faiez and Laura King 10:00 AM PDT, July 4, 2009 Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey -- Insurgents armed with rockets, mortars and a truck bomb staged an unusual frontal attack on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan today, killing two American ...

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National Post

Soldiers told to wait for clean shot

A U. S. Marine takes up a fighting position after arriving by helicopter yesterday in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan, for the start of Operation Khanjar.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Army,

WCSH-TV Portland

Two Soldiers Dead After Attack In Kabul

A truck bombing outside a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan has triggered a two-hour gunbattle that was ended with airstrikes.

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Guardian Unlimited

Afghanistan's discredited elections

Tired of outside interference and corrupt politicians, Afghans want a credible plan for their country's future The Afghan election campaign officially opened last week and the people of Kabul woke up to a city covered in images of presidential hopefuls.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Journalism

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Fox Philadelphia

'Incorruptible' Commandos Sign of Hope f

At a former Soviet training base in the town of Rish Khvor, a few miles out of Kabul, American Green Berets are working to mentor and support Afghan Special Force soldiers code-named Commandos.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Army

Canada.com

U.S., Pakistan talk anti-terror policy as 26 killed in Kabul attacks

Taliban militants killed at least 26 people in a daring suicide attack on three Afghan government buildings in Kabul Wednesday, as U.S. President Barack Obama and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari agreed to embark on a policy of "active engagement" to turn the tide in the war on extremism in South Asia.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan,

The Herald

Taliban may have captured soldier

A U.S. soldier discovered missing Thursday from a small outpost in eastern Afghanistan is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants when he walked away from his base, military officials said.

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The Ledger

U.S. Soldier's Capture Complicates Strategy

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 10:26 p.m. KABUL, Afghanistan The apparent capture of an American soldier by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, thought to be the first such case in nearly eight years of warfare, presents U.S. military officials with potentially agonizing choices just as a ...

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Army, Camp Lejeune, US Marine Corps, US News

Thu Jul 02, 2009

ETaiwanNews.com

Today is Friday, July 10, the 191st day of 2009. There are 174 days...

Today is Friday, July 10, the 191st day of 2009. There are 174 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cape Canaveral, FL, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, George Bush, Georgia

News Observer

Ask AP: Debt and interest rates, Afghan poppies

The U.S. government has been plunging deeper and deeper into debt, and the White House expects the budget deficit to get close to $2 trillion by the end of the year.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Journalism, Drugs,

Daily Times

Three dead, 8 missing after Afghan raft sinks

JALALABAD: At least three people were killed and about 18 others reported missing when a raft sank on Wednesday in a river in eastern Afghanistan, an official said.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News,

Telegraph.co.uk

US marines start major surge against Taliban in Afghanistan

American marines in Afghanistan have launched President Barack Obama's long-awaited surge against Taliban militants in Helmand province the largest deployment of US troops since the Iraq war.

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

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Daily Times

Warlords comeback kings of Afghan polls

Afghan warlords are making a comeback from accusations of abuse to emerge kingmakers of August elections as voters lose hope their war-scarred nation can embrace democracy, critics say.

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

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