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8 hrs ago | Canada.com

Afghan Taliban may wait out Washington's 'endgame'

Washington's hint of an Afghanistan endgame in saying U.S. troops won't still be there in 2017 might help win over a war-weary public, but there is no guarantee a notoriously patient Taliban won't just wait the Americans out.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Pakistan Travel

12 hrs ago | Reuters

Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar survives bomb

The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said.

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

Thu Nov 26, 2009

CKNW News Talk 980

Former top Afghan official contradicts diplomat, denies ordering torture hush up

Canada's former top official on Afghanistan is challenging claims that the military handed over Afghan prisoners to face torture despite warnings.

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Sheboygan Press

A soldiers Thanksgiving

In early October, Army Spc. Brian Meindl was lying beside a dirt road in the Afghanistan desert wondering whether he was still alive or getting his first glimpse of the afterlife.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Travel, US Military, US Army, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Lewis, Sheboygan Metro, Sheboygan, WI

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Globe and Mail

General before MPs today maintained 'nothing bad' happened to detainees

Top general dismisses diplomat's testimony on Afghan detainee abuse Former chief of defence staff General Rick Hillier is followed by retired lieutenant-general Michel Gauthier and Major-General David Fraser as he arrives to testify before the House special committee on Afghanistan on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, North America, Canada

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Chronicle-Journal

Informal classrooms more popular as attacks on Afghan schools increase

Students at the Teacher Training Centre in Kandahar city write exams on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

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The Age

Washington stands by for decision on extra troops

THE top US general and the US ambassador in Afghanistan have been told to prepare to testify before Congress as early as next week, in an indication of how and when President Barack Obama plans to announce his war strategy.

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

Calgary Herald

Diplomat alleges torture in Afghan prisons

A senior Canadian diplomat said he was on orders from his Ottawa superiors to leave no paper trail about his allegations that Canada was handing detainees over to Afghan custody where they were allegedly tortured and abused.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, North America, Canada, Travel, Stephen Harper

Mon Nov 23, 2009

MSNBC

U.S. gives millions as Afghans target poppies

The U.S. on Monday agreed to hand out millions of dollars in development aid to provinces in Afghanistan that have eliminated or reduced the production of opium poppies, the raw ingredient in making heroin.

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Related Topix: Drugs, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Agriculture, Science,

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Military-World

US pours millions into anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan

A former Taliban fighter hands over his arms to join government troops in Herat.

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

Sat Nov 21, 2009

War on Terrorism

U.S. Forces Warm Hearts, Minds in Afghanistan

By Air Force Capt. John T. Stamm Special to American Forces Press Service Nov. 19, 2009 - I felt like a bean-bag being tossed about in the cab of our pickup truck as our convoy traveled several bumpy miles off the main road, deep into the Hindu Kush Mountains of the Panjshir Valley, Nov.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Seattle Times

Guest columnist | A way to get around Karzai in Afghanistan

Is there any way to get around Afghan President Hamid Karzai? This question dominates the U.S. debate as President Obama prepares to announce his long-delayed Afghan strategy.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Hamid Karzai, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Opinion

The Washington Post

Suicide bomber kills 13 in western Afghanistan

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai greets the guards of honor as he arrives at the presidential palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov.

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

TownHall.com

U.S. civilian experts train for the...

They arrive at the meeting by U.S. military helicopter, politely accept a cup of tea and haggle over a U.S.-funded water project gone awry.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Agriculture, Science, Hamid Karzai

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Star Phoenix

Tories fire back at diplomat over torture

Richard Colvin says he first warned Canadian officials of Afghanistan prisoner abuse almost a year before the government admitted it knew.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Peter Mackay, Canada Travel

24 Hours Vancouer

24 Hours Vancouver

The NDP is calling for a public inquiry to probe allegations Canadian officials were complicit in the torture of innocent prisoners in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Travel, Canada Travel

Conservative News Service

Exit Plan Likely to be Key Feature of Upcoming Afghanistan Announcement

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accompanies visiting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Hamid Karzai, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Asia Times

Afghanistan runs on well-oiled wheels

Page 1 of 2 Afghanistan runs on well-oiled wheels By Pratap Chatterjee KABUL - Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

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CBC News

All Afghan detainees likely tortured: diplomat

All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured by Afghan officials, says a former senior diplomat with Canada's mission in Afghanistan.

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Las Vegs Sun

Clinton urges Afghan leader to institute reform

Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides an opportunity for him to improve government accountability and make a difference in the lives of Afghans.

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

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