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Obama's ME tour: Afghan policy is more troops

2008-07-25T12:49:48Z

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Phyllis Bennis: You cannot win hearts and minds with ground troops and bombers

Wesley Clark on the Chaos in Afghanistan

2008-07-25T12:50:35Z

Here's another excerpt from one of our interviews at Netroots Nation. Here retired Gen. Wesley Clark discusses the darkening situation in Afghanistan.

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Carnage in Kabul

2008-07-25T12:49:52Z

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Graeme Smith: Taliban forces 'franchised' and mostly Afghan based

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Deadly Kabul bombing kills dozens - 7 Jul 08

2008-07-13T04:40:31Z

At least 40 people, including Indian diplomats, have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, after an attack on the Indian embassy.

The Taliban denies it was behind the attack, while the Afghan government claims this was the work of what they deem 'regional influences'.

Hamid Karzai, president, said it was an abominable act of terrorism.

James Bays, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Kabul, reports.

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John McCain: Meet and Greet 12/10/07

2008-07-02T18:45:32Z

John McCain
Meet and Greet
Leesville, SC 12/10/07

TRANSCRIPT:
MCCAIN: "This is going to be a long conflict. And we're going to fight for a long time in Afghanistan. Because the Taliban is not going away. And we're going to be in Iraq for a long time and I don't want to deceive you, we are winning in Iraq and Ill talk about it in a min. But it's going to be a long conflict"

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Pakistan launches offensive

2008-07-24T08:51:23Z

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Khan: If it lasts longer than a week, Pak govt's offensive risks bringing Taliban's war to the cities

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Is Pakistan to blame for spike in Afghan violence?

2008-07-24T08:51:24Z

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Graeme Smith: The Taliban are mostly based in Afghanistan, Pakistan bases not the issue

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MIR: The Year of the Taliban

2008-07-25T12:37:54Z

Six years after the invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban have been getting stronger. The Afghan government blames Pakistan for failing to prevent the insurgents from entering its territories. But most Afghans blame their own government. Who's to blame? And are the Taliban really making a comeback?

Answers to the questions and more on Link TV's Mosaic Intelligence Report.

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The Post-9/11 Afghan Heroin Explosion

2008-07-25T12:26:13Z

Prior to 9/11, the poppy production levels in Afghanistan were at a low and many of the Taliban were against heroin and the poppies. However, since U.S. forces entered after 9/11, the poppy crop has skyrocketed. The UN released a report saying that the six-year boom has led to the Afghan crop being responsible for 92% of the world's heroin trade. With Homeland Security and the War on Terror, it's amazing that the drug still gets into the USA, one of it's strongest marketplaces.

http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com

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Afghan support for raid in Pakistan - 20 Jun 08

2008-06-26T08:42:01Z

Afghan and Nato troops say they've driven Taliban fighters from villages within striking distance of Kandahar City after a 24-hour raid in Arghandab.

The Nato-led operation was launched after the Taliban blasted open Kandahar's main jail, freeing more than a thousand prisoners.

It was an attack which embarrassed the Afghan government, and prompted Hamid Karzai to threaten to send his troops into Pakistan to take out Taliban leaders.

His comments caused outrage across the border, but as Dan Nolan found, many inside Afghanistan are welcoming the plan.

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Taliban forces alter strategy

2008-07-19T08:38:37Z

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NATO forces push Taliban out of Arghandab district but for how long?

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Will Pakistan Fight a US War?

2008-07-16T08:42:48Z

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Aijaz Ahmad: US bombing has disrupted negotiations between Pakistan gov and tribal leaders

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Does the Afghan war matter to the US?

2008-07-15T08:43:05Z

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Ahmad: Permanent bases and strategy towards China long term US objectives in Afghanistan (1/4)

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Kandahar braces for Taliban offensive

2008-07-11T10:47:53Z

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Taliban and NATO forces both assert that they are in control

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Mosaic News - 6/16/08: World News from the Middle East

2008-07-25T12:37:55Z

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"Disarming Iraqi Province of Missan," Al Arabiya TV, UAE
"Karzai warns Pakistan," Al Jazeera TV, Qatar
"Taliban Fighters Infiltrate Area Near Southern Afghan City," Al Jazeera English, Qatar
"Syrian-French Relations Witness Progress," Dubai TV, UAE
"Rice Criticizes Israeli Settlements," Abu Dhabi TV, UAE
"Israel Prisoners "May Be Swapped'" IBA TV, Israel
"Secularism Vs. Sectarianism in Lebanon," New TV, Lebanon
"Special Mahdi Army Units to Fight Americans," Al-Alam TV, Iran
"Returning Iraqi Artifacts from Italy," Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq
Produced for Link TV by Jamal Dajani.

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Pakistan's tribal fighters threaten retaliation - 16 June 08

2008-06-22T00:37:03Z

Tribal leaders in Pakistan's north-west have vowed to fight back as violence escalates on the border with Afghanistan.

Recent attacks by US-led forces and Pakistan's army have jeopardised hopes of a peace deal in the region.

Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports from the border region of Mohmand - the target last week, of a deadly US airstrike.

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Ahmed Rashid: Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan

2008-07-25T12:26:26Z

"Almost every single important extremist leader is living on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan," says Ahmed Rashid. Compared to this threat, Iraq is a sideshow.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on June 3, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.carnegiecouncil.org

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Ahmed Rashid: Terrorist Sanctuaries in Pakistan

2008-07-25T12:26:26Z

Ahmed Rashid describes the Taliban terrorist sanctuaries in the border areas of Pakistan. These were made possible by the Musharraf government, with the aquiescence of the Bush administration.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on June 3, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.carnegiecouncil.org

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Ahmed Rashid: Possible Al-Qaeda Attack

2008-07-25T12:26:26Z

"I think it's terribly important for the American public to understand about a possible Al-Qaeda attack before the elections," says Ahmed Rashid.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on June 3, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.carnegiecouncil.org

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Mehsud vows to continue fight in Afghanistan - 26 May 08

2008-06-11T15:34:56Z

Baitullah Mehsud, the self-professed leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has vowed to to send more suicide bombers to kill US troops in Afghanistan.

The US homeland security chief is calling on Pakistan to strike back against Taliban fighters on its border with Afghanistan.

The US and NATO say a truce between the Taliban and Pakistan in the North-West Frontier province has already led to more fighting.

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Upsurge in Afghan suicide attacks blamed on Pakistan-26May08

2008-06-11T09:34:55Z

Afghan authorities and people of southern Afghanistan say they are witnessing an upsurge in suicide attacks.

They blame Pakistan for failing to stop an influx of Taliban fighters.

But there are vast tracts of land between Pakistan and Afghanistan where border control barely exists.

Nato is speaking out against a peace deal between the Taliban and the Pakistani government.

The organisation says the truce in the the North-West Frontier, has already led to a rise in violence across the border in Afghanistan.

In a rare news conference, the Taliban's leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, vowed to keep sending suicide bombers to kill US troops in Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from the Afghan town of Spin Boldak, on the historic issues that make border policing difficult.

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Misguided Aid in Afghanistan - Washington Post Panel

2008-06-16T09:32:11Z

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Washington Post reporter Pamela Constable discusses problems with American aid distribution in post-war Afghanistan. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion entitled, "Washington Post Panel: America and the World in 2008," recorded in collaboration with the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C.

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The Council's Annual Washington Post Panel continues with the Foreign News Editors and Correspondents from the Washington Post discussing major world issues facing the country and the new president - World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C.

Pamela Constable has covered South Asia for The Washington Post since April 1999, with extensive coverage of Afghanistan as well as both India and Pakistan.

Before arriving in New Delhi in 1999, Constable worked for The Post from 1994 to 1998 covering immigration and Hispanic affairs in the Washington area, and reported from Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti and Cuba.

Prior to joining The Post, Constable worked for The Boston Globe as deputy Washington bureau chief and foreign policy reporter from June to September 1994. Previously, from 1983 until 1992, she was The Globe's roving foreign correspondent, Latin America correspondent and diplomatic correspondent. During this time she reported from Haiti, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, South Korea, the Philippines, the Soviet Union and Brazil, as well as in Washington.

From 1978 to 1982, she was a staff writer at The Baltimore Sun. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter for the Evening Capital in Annapolis.

She is the co-author with Arturo Valenzuela of A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet, and has written articles for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Current History and other publications. She was awarded an Alicia Patterson Fellowship in 1990 and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for coverage of Latin America in 1993.

Constable is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She received a B.A. from Brown University.

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Afghan officers investigated in attack over Karzai-02 May 08

2008-06-11T03:29:35Z

The presidential guard in Afghanistan is being investigated after the attempted assassination of Hamid Karzai.

As Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Kabul, Taliban attackers are thought to have had inside help for the attempted coup.

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UN envoy urges Afghans to take security lead 30-04-2008

2008-06-08T09:35:18Z

Kai Eide, the UN envoy for Afghanistan, speaks to Al Jazeera's Seb Walker about security, the Taliban and opium production.

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Mosaic News - 4/28/08: World News from the Middle East

2008-06-09T10:39:12Z

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"Massacre in Beit Hanoun," Al Jazeera English, Qatar
"Turkey to Mediate Between Syria & Israel," Abu Dhabi TV, UAE
"10 N. Koreans Killed in Israeli Strike of Syrian Facility," Al Arabiya TV, UAE
"Israel Launches New Satellite," IBA TV, Israel
"Taliban Calls For Peace Talks With the Pakistani Government," Al Jazeera TV, Qatar
"Clashes Renew Between Al Mahdi & Iraqi Forces," Dubai TV, UAE
"Four Million Iraqi Orphans," Russia Today, Russia
"Syria Returns Stolen Iraqi Artifacts," Al Sharqiya TV, Iraq
"Iraqis in England Speak on Reform," Abu Dhabi TV, UAE
Produced for Link TV by Jamal Dajani.

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