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Review of the Year 2009: Afghanistan
8 hours ago ago from Daily Best Articles
Author: By Kim Sengupta That, of course, is not the case now. As the passions raised by the Iraq invasion, the bitterness and recriminations, fade away it is Afghanistan which is the focal point of international attention with the West struggling to cope with a rejuvenated and Islamist insurgency. More British troops have already died in this conflict than in the entire Iraq campaign and that grim benchmark is likely to be passed by the ...
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23 hours ago ago from Scaramouche!
NATO tries to woo 'em, not wound 'em, in Afghanistan, an "ingenious" strategy that works like this ( from Yahoo! News ): UZBEEN, Afghanistan — In the Uzbeen valley, scene of the deadliest ambush on NATO troops in Afghanistan, Western commanders struggle with a new mindset that diplomacy, not massive firepower can beat the Taliban. Just 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the Afghan capital, Uzbeen is an insurgent stronghold and shows the extent ...
Related contentAfghan forces capture dangerous Taliban commander in Nimroz
17 hours ago ago from Muslims Against Sharia
By Bill Roggio The Afghan military claimed to have captured a dangerous Taliban commander who orders suicide and roadside bomb attacks in the southwestern province of Nimroz. Mullah Sher Malang was captured in a raid in the Khashrod district in Nimroz after a major clash with Taliban forces in the region. The initial clash took place after Taliban forces under the command of Mullah Ewaz ambushed an Afghan and Coalition convoy in ...
Related contentNews in Brief: 23 December 2009
15 hours ago ago from Nima Maleki: Politics and Critical Thought
A brief list of news clippings for the day: The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistantan . During an interview with Riz Khan on December 21st Jeremy Scahill reported that the Obama administration has surpassed the Bush era’s privatization of war, having nearly doubled the number of security contractors in Afghanistan over the past several months. Amongst the contracting firms who remain in Afghanistan ...
Related contentTorturing Citizens
20 hours ago ago from Yappa Ding Ding
First he said he didn't do it. Now he says it's not his responsibility. Why are we in Afghanistan? This was supposed to be a humanitarian mission. We're not supposed to be conducting a military occupation. We are treading a fine line here, and our government's lack of concern for the civil and human rights of Afghan citizens is making our presence there intolerable. Other NATO countries came to the very pragmatic decision that (1) to win, ...
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