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Q&A: How Are the Taliban Linked to the Ancient Tribe the World Never Quite Conquers?

Just when NATO forces in Afghanistan thought the Taliban were finally less of a threat, they staged an astonishing comeback Monday when they broke about 488 of their colleagues, mostly fighters and commanders, out of a maximum-security prison. Five days before the mass escape from Kandahar's Sarpoza prison, Defense...

Obama Sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

WASHINGTON -- In a major national security reshuffle, President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director Leon Panetta to the Pentagon to replace Robert Gates, a widely praised Bush holdover, and replacing Panetta at the spy agency with Gen. David Petraeus, the high-profile commander of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Obama's...

Obama Reportedly to Make Major National Security Leadership Changes

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the nation's top national security leadership, administration and other sources...

Afghan Forces Recapture at Least 65 From Taliban Jailbreak

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the prisoners who escaped from the south's largest prison, the government said Tuesday as it scrambled to recover from the massive security breach that allowed 480 inmates to be spirited out in a stunning jailbreak. Prison officials discovered early...

NATO: Key al-Qaida Figure Killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - A NATO airstrike earlier this month killed a key al-Qaida operative in Afghanistan - a regional commander in charge of suicide bombings and cash flow, the international military coalition said Tuesday. NATO identified the man killed in the April 13 airstrike in Dangam district of eastern Kunar...

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Afghanistan Cold: Kabul Has Coldest Weather In 15 Years

The Afghan capital has been experiencing its worst cold-snap and heaviest snows in at least 15 years, the National Weather Center said Wednesday.

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Matthew Hoh: Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan

God help this country when someone sits in this chair who doesn't know the military as well as I do.

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Afghanistan Civilian Deaths: 2011 Was Deadliest Year For Civilians In Afghan War

Last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide attacks and roadside bombs, the United Nations said Saturday.

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Katherine Marshall: Women At Risk In An Unequal World

Two horrific news stories this week shine a spotlight on how far we are from the ideals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the "golden rule" that we treat others as we would have them treat us.

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Jon Soltz: Romney Comes Out for Endless War in Afghanistan

Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated that the United States would begin transitioning to an ATA (advise, train, assist) mission in Afghanistan, from our current operations that consist of using US forces to provide security for the population.

afghanistan News From the Web

02/08/12 Afghanistan's future? Same as it ever was: Bloody Source: Opinion L.A. Who thinks Afghanistan is headed for a peaceful future?
02/08/12 Dayen's Not-Santorum News Roundup from February 7, 2012 Source: Firedoglake There was supposed to be a press call from New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at 6pm ET, but ten minutes prior, his office abruptly announced it was "postponed indefinitely."
02/08/12 'Border talks alone will not ease tensions:' Pakistan... Source: Deutsche Welle Islamabad blocked the NATO supply line to Afghanistan in retaliation after a NATO border strike on November 26 last year that killed 24 of its soldiers.
02/08/12 Afghanistan's Cultural Riches Threatened By Mineral... Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Flanked by waves of mountains and gray desert, the road leading from the Afghan capital to the ancient ruins of Mes Aynak ends abruptly at the foot of a dusty hilltop.
02/08/12 Closing the Chapter in Afghanistan Source: BlackFive "The consensus from you ladies and gentlemen is... let it go."

Background on afghanistan

Afghanistan (Persian/Pashto: , Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked sovereign state located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.

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