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The Fox NFL pregame show will be broadcast from a military installation in Afghanistan on Sunday.
The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.
Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan leadership: Clean up your act — for real this time — or risk a cutoff of support.
President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.
The deaths of five British soldiers gunned down by an Afghan policeman as they made tea after a patrol has shaken public support for the war in Afghanistan, intensifying debate about the human cost of the conflict and increasing calls for a pullout.
Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.
A Foreign Service officer who resigned in protest over U.S. policy in Afghanistan says America shouldn't be bogged down in "a civil war" in South Asia.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of acting too slowly to decide what U.S. policy is needed in Afghanistan.
Seen from a tiny village on a recent moonless night, the sprawling U.S. base three miles to the north looks more like a medium-size city than a military facility in a war zone.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it's up to Afghan officials to decide the way ahead after the top challenger to President Hamid Karzai pulled out of next weekend's runoff election.
The U.S. military says insurgents have killed two members of the international force in Afghanistan in bomb attacks.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff.
Kabul remains on edge, with suicide bombings shattering any peace and the growing strength of the Taliban-led insurgency on everyone's mind.
At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.
Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said Friday.
A top Army general said Friday that training Afghanistan's struggling military and police forces is critical if the U.S. wants to succeed after eight years of war and he's confident President Barack Obama will OK sending more troops there to do that.
The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. presence in wartorn Afghanistan "is not an open-ended, never-ending commitment."
The White House says specific steps are needed to crack down on corruption in Afghanistan.
For two hours, a civilian contractor held off Taliban commandos with an AK-47, saving the lives of 24 people in a Kabul, Afghanistan, guest house. But while others are praising Chris Turner’s courage, the 62-year-old former hippie refuses to be called a hero.
The use of homemade bombs extends well beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, making the weapons a global problem that requires an international solution, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday.
A top German general said Thursday that a NATO investigation of an airstrike against a pair of hijacked Afghan tanker trucks showed the attack was appropriate and that it could not be confirmed that "uninvolved persons" were killed.
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan's Taliban dilemma, Despite being relatively few in number, the Afghan Taliban are thriving in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they take advantage of Islamabad's apparent ambivalence towards them, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports from Kabul.
Obama nearing decision to send more troops to Afghanistan - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com- President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S.
Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle says -- latimes.comIt appears now that there were signs of stress that family and colleagues noticed in the Fort Hood shooter. How frustrating that no effective steps were taken to remove this man from the military. He just got passed along.
Afghan officials hit back at foreign criticismPushing back against international criticism, Afghan officials say the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption.
Officials: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiersAfghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in a western province mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
The Future of the War on Terror, is the War on IslamBut virtually every Muslim country or country with a sizable Muslim population has a group like the Taliban waiting in the wings, to bring "true Islamic reforms" to the corrupt political culture. It is why Al Queda has a global foothold.
Mark Steyn: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategySame ideological pathologies that drive al-Qaida overpowered Hasan's American identity.
How Does Army Explain Letting Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Treat Patients? - The Two-Way - Breaking News, Analysis Blog : NPRHow Does Army Explain Letting Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Treat Patients?
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Taliban claims to have bodies of 2 U.S. soldiersTwo U.S. soldiers transporting supplies in Afghanistan were swept away by a river in Badghis province, a local official said Friday, and the Taliban said they were holding their bodies.
Jihad at Fort HoodMajor Malik Nadal Hasan, who opened fire on American troops at Fort Hood, was an Army psychiatrist who decried the U.S. invasion of Muslim lands, condemned the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and voiced his support of the global jihad. Why was he serving in the U.S. Army?
Fort Hood Massacre: The Largest 'Terror Act' Since 9/11The most important matter now is not to fail in our analysis of the motives. This is not an issue of sheer frustration because of foreign policy or revenge for racist slurs, nor is this an issue of simply being a Muslim American or a member of any faith.
The Media Will Downplay His Religion, But God Help Us if His Car Had a Talk Radio Station OnWhat we know so far is that the soldier was a muslim and began yelling at his fellow soldiers statements in Arabic. The soldier was upset about having to deploy to Iraq. The military is saying this could have been a criminal incident as opposed to a terrorist incident.
Reviews Raise Doubt on Training of Afghan ForcesWASHINGTON — A series of internal government reviews have presented the Obama administration with a dire portrait of Afghanistan's military and police force, bringing into serious question an ambitious goal at the heart of the evolving American war strategy — to speed up th …
In our fragmented society where there are political points to be scored on anything -- even a senseless tragedy like the shooting at Fort Hood -- there is bound to be some massive spinning coming over the next few days.
Brown tells Karzai: Reform or lose U.K. backingPrime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.
Troops On Tv: Is Fox News Working For Israel Against America? Fox News is using retired military officers surrounded by uniformed active duty troops in an attempt to derail debate on disengagement in Afghanistan. After 8 years, the US is heading the same way Russia did, the more troops we send, the more die.
Destabilizing Baluchistan, Fracturing Pakistan -- Part I "Managed Chaos" is the proper term to describe the tensions in NATO-garrisoned Afghanistan and the border zones of Pakistan.
Destabilizing Baluchistan, Fracturing Pakistan --Part IISo what is Jundallah? ABC News ("The Secret War Against Iran," April 3, 2007), based on reports from Pakistani intelligence sources in 2007, identified Jundallah as clearly being Pakistani in origin and American-supported.
Relax, Mr President. There's no need to rushPhilip Stephens is a Financial Times observer-at-large. He has a talent for stepping back from the mad rush of daily news. And he says his piece with style and clarity.
Afghan insurgents make wreckage of U.S. armored vehiclesTaliban -led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S.
Perhaps the western presence via Bagram and other regional bases is an effort to forestall the further territorial expansion of a radicalized Islam. India does not want it and especially China fears it.
Scott Ritter on Afghanistan: Don't Believe the Hypethe war in Afghanistan worth the sacrifice of even one American life? Former U.N.
Obama's last chance for exit from Afghanistan - Salt Lake TribuneWith less troops and support from Afghanistan, it is the last time for US to withdraw from Afghanistan. Their startegy is not work in Afghanistan.
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