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UK & World News: Brown to hold Afghan discussions

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for discussions on plans to pave the way for transferring security responsibilities in Afghanistan to home-grown military forces.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Times-Herald

Tories heard Afghan prison concerns soon after taking office in '06: MacKay

The Conservative government now says it was aware of "concerns about the state of prisons" in Afghanistan almost from the day it took office and eventually rewrote a prisoner transfer agreement as those concerns mounted.

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Telegraph.co.uk

First female Royal Navy medic awarded Military Cross

The medical assistant braved Taliban fire to tend to a comrade shot in the neck during a gun battle in Afghanistan in March.

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Penticton Herald

Key anti-Taliban figure assassinated, military kills 15 in new operation in northwest Pakistan

A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan.

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Newsday.com

Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised

"They become your family and being able to eat together like this, to break bread together is a highlight," said 1st Sgt.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Karzai renews call on Taliban to lay down weapons

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

NowPublic

Obama wants Nato allies to send 10,000 more troops to Afghanistan

"WASHINGTON a ' The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama a TMs strategy for the region.

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

BBC

Pakistan warns US on Afghan plan

Pakistan has warned the US that sending more soldiers to Afghanistan could endanger its southwest border region.

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Slam Sports

Canadian military doctors saving Afghan children

Five-year-old Kamila Gul should not have survived the landmine blast that slammed shrapnel into her tiny body, most of it to her skull.

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CBC News

Colvin testimony on torture 'ludicrous': Hillier

Former chief of defence staff Rick Hillier testifies at a House of Commons committee on Wednesday about the Afghan detainee controversy.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Afghanistan: German general fired over air strike that killed civilians

The German defence minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, tol the Berlin parliament that Gen Schneiderhan had been relieved of his duties for not explaining to his superiors the circumstances of exactly what happened in the Sept 4 incident.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

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Taliban leader issues Muslim holiday message

The Taliban's reclusive leader issued a Muslim holiday message on Wednesday calling on Afghans to break off relations with the government, which he described as a 'stooge' administration, AP reported.

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The State

Army identifies paratroopers killed in Afghan bomb attacks

Two U.S. paratroopers were killed and five others wounded, all from the same company, in a pair of unrelated bomb blasts Sunday.

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Andover Advertiser

Treasury 'squeezed defence budget'

A former head of MI6 has launched an attack on the Government for its financing and handling of the military campaign in Afghanistan.

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Reuters

Pakistan court charges Mumbai attack suspects

A Pakistani court indicted seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges on Wednesday in connection with last year's attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, a defense lawyer said.

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MyFoxPhilly

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As President Obama gets ready to unveil a new strategy to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, the United States military in the eastern province of Khost is already trying a different approach that relies on local anti-Taliban sentiment, Fox News reported Wednesday.

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Coast Reporter

Harper says he'll turn over documents on Afghan detainees; opposition skeptical

Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved Tuesday to calm the political storm surrounding the handover of Afghan prisoners.

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2.5 tons explosive device seized in E. Afghanistan

Security forces seized 2.5 tons of explosive device from a vehicle in Laghman province in the east of Afghanistan and thus foiled a deadly terrorist attack, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

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Pentagon preparing to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, official says

The Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of President Obama's decision on the future of the eight-year-old war, a defense official said Tuesday, CNN reported.

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Afghan decision to be announced shortly, says Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama said here on Tuesday that he will announce his administration's decision on a buildup of U.S. forces in Afghanistan "shortly", Xinhua reported.

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