Brown ups pressure on Karzai for Afghan exit plan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has upped the pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisting he draw up in the next two months an action plan to enable foreign forces to start withdrawing.
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Sun Nov 29 00:22:25 PST 2009
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Afghan police say 27 Taliban killed in clash
Afghan border police said Sunday they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hou...
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Sat Nov 28 23:57:21 PST 2009
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Europe lacks means, will for Afghan war: experts
The United States' partners could deploy some 5,000 extra troops under a new strategy to combat the Afghan insurgency but lack the means or the will to do much more, according to analysts.
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Sat Nov 28 19:40:19 PST 2009
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Afghan meeting to map path to security handovers
A major international conference on Afghanistan, to be held in London in January, will aim to set the conditions for a gradual transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan control, Brita...
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Sat Nov 28 07:36:17 PST 2009
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Training Afghan police is a whole other battle
When the improvised bomb exploded in a mud-walled compound about 300 yards from a new traffic checkpoint, the six Afghan police officers at the post just looked at one another.
The News & Observer,
Sun Nov 29 03:15:57 PST 2009
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West aims to build Afghan forces with pay hike
Afghanistan announced a pay rise of nearly 40 percent for police and military recruits on Saturday, as Western countries aim to increase the size and quality of Afghan security forces so th...
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Sat Nov 28 05:25:20 PST 2009
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Afghan border police kill 27 militants
Afghan police backed by NATO air support has killed at least 27 Taliban-linked militants in clashes near the border with Pakistan.
Press TV,
Sun Nov 29 03:22:19 PST 2009
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U.S. military putting higher priority on training Afghan police
KOLK, Afghanistan
McClatchy Washington Bureau,
Sat Nov 28 21:07:10 PST 2009
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U.S. military putting higher priority on training Afghan police
KOLK, Afghanistan -- With the Taliban on the offensive and gaining ground, the U.S. military has taken major steps to boost the training of the Afghan police forces, particularly since Amer...
MalaysiaNews.net,
Sun Nov 29 01:21:35 PST 2009
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Afghan police say 27 Taliban killed in clash
Afghan border police said today they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hour...
Hindustan Times,
Sun Nov 29 00:45:01 PST 2009
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Afghan teenagers claim abuse at US military prison
Two Afghan teenagers held in US detention north of Kabul this year said they were beaten by American guards, photographed naked, deprived of sleep and held in solitary confinement in concre...
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Fri Nov 27 21:21:47 PST 2009
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Britain, UN back Afghan president, propose conferences
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinida...
People's Daily,
Sat Nov 28 20:43:36 PST 2009
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Afghan police say 27 Taliban killed in Khost clash
Afghan police often operate as a paramilitary force, fighting Taliban-led insurgents under the leadership of international troops.
Dawn,
Sun Nov 29 00:54:03 PST 2009
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Afghan security forces get 40% pay hike
AFGHANISTAN yesterday increased the pay of police and soldiers by nearly 40 per cent as Western countries aimed to increase the size and quality of Afghan security forces so t
Scotland on Sunday,
Sat Nov 28 16:22:33 PST 2009
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Afghan teens allege abuse at U.S.
Two Afghan teenagers held in U.S. detention this year say they were beaten by American guards, photographed naked and deprived of sleep while undergoing interrogation.
MSNBC,
Sat Nov 28 04:53:45 PST 2009
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Afghan gov't: 26 militants killed along border
Officials say 26 militants were killed in a gun battle with border security guards in eastern Afghanistan along the Pakistan frontier.
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Sun Nov 29 01:45:45 PST 2009
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Obama prepares to announce Afghan surge
Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency on Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
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Sun Nov 29 00:00:20 PST 2009
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Brown announces Afghan targets
Hamid Karzai to be asked to train another 50,000 Afghan troops and tackle corruption in police and provincial government Afghanistan is to be set targets to tackle corruption and train more...
Guardian Unlimited,
Sat Nov 28 07:59:46 PST 2009
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Afghan private sector desperate for change
Afghanistan's tiny business community is hardly brimming with optimism as the government struggles to deal with levels of graft that make the country one of the most corrupt in the world.
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Sat Nov 28 23:03:40 PST 2009
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