NATO Drive on Kandahar Begins, With Mixed Results
New York Times - Wed Sep 8, 10:02 pm ETA long-delayed push by NATO forces has finally begun, but there has been no significant let-up in the Taliban’s campaign of terrorism and assassination.
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US losing war in Afghanistan: Taliban leader
AFP via Yahoo! News - 21 minutes agoTaliban leader Mullah Omar said the NATO-led coalition is losing the war in Afghanistan, calling on Afghans to redouble their struggle and pressing the United States to withdraw.
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Amid Kabul Bank meltdown, Afghans question U.S.-style capitalism
Washington Post - Wed Sep 8, 10:49 pm ETKABUL - Kabul Bank became the pride of Afghanistan's financial system by offering the conveniences and thrills of 21st-century capitalism: branches in far-flung provinces, plentiful ATMs, and lottery prizes of cash and houses. Demography of Afghanistan - Kabul Bank - Asia - Afghanistan - Kabul
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Obama must not let Taliban rule over Afghan women again
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Wed Sep 8, 4:12 pm ETIn mid-August in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, the Taliban carried out a horrific sentence against two young Afghan lovers who had eloped against their families’ wishes. The punishment was death by stoning. Deemed by Islamic extremists to be justified under sharia law, the process involves partially burying the accused, after which a male crowd hurls stones at the victims’ exposed ...
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Mahmood Karzai profited on deal tied to Kabul Bank
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 13 minutes agoThe brother of Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he made at least $800,000 by buying and then quickly reselling a high-end Dubai villa using a loan provided by the chairman of the troubled Kabul Bank.
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Mullah Omar Says in Statement Afghan Taliban Near Victory Over U.S. Forces
Bloomberg - 30 minutes agoMullah Omar , the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban guerrillas, said in a statement that his movement is close to victory against U.S.-led forces, according to a monitoring group and an Afghan news agency.
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Mullah Omar tells Afghans Taliban are winning
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Sep 8, 1:58 pm ETThe Taliban's shadowy leader told Afghans on Wednesday that the insurgents are winning the war and warned Americans that they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars by continuing in the conflict.
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Afghan police beat back mob of government workers at Kabul Bank branch
Washington Post - Wed Sep 8, 9:34 am ETKABUL - Fears over the future of ailing Kabul Bank grew violent Wednesday as state police beat back crowds of frustrated Afghan government workers attempting to withdraw their salaries on the final day before a four-day national holiday. Kabul Bank - Afghanistan - Asia - Kabul - Central bank
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Rethinking Afghanistan
The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News - Wed Sep 8, 6:26 am ETNine years, 1,200 U.S. military casualties, 800 coalition military casualties, and tens of thousands of civilian deaths after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. pundits are coming together for an increasingly common exercise: rethinking our war in Afghanistan. The conflict that began with the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion shows little sign of abatement, with recent military initiatives like ...
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Mahmood Karzai Profited on Deal Tied to Kabul Bank
ABC News - Wed Sep 8, 3:59 pm ETAfghan president's brother made $800K in Dubai house deal using loan tied to Kabul Bank Dubai - Afghanistan - Kabul Bank - President of Afghanistan - Kabul
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Taliban: U.S. wasting money, lives in war
Boston Herald - 2 hours 45 minutes agoKABUL - The Taliban's shadowy leader told Afghans yesterday that the insurgents are winning the war and warned...
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Taliban chief says victory close
BBC News - Wed Sep 8, 6:25 pm ETTaliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".
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Mullah Omar tells Afghans Taliban are winning
MSNBC - Wed Sep 8, 2:26 pm ETThe Taliban's shadowy leader told Afghans on Wednesday that the insurgents are winning the war and warned Americans that they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars by continuing in the conflict. Taliban - Mohammed Omar - Afghanistan - Demography of Afghanistan - United States
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U.S.-Afghan forces push into Kandahar
Austin American-Statesman - Wed Sep 8, 11:01 pm ETU.S.-Afghan forces push into Kandahar
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Afghanistan: Unchecked Violence Threatens Election
AlertNet - 1 hour 32 minutes agoSource: Human Rights Watch (New York) - Insurgent attacks on candidates and poor government security protection risk severely compromising Afghanistan's September 18, 2010 parliamentary election, Human Rights Watch said today ...
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Video: Quran Burning Protests in Afghanistan
CBS News - Wed Sep 8, 5:52 pm ETProtesters rallied in Kabul condemning Pastor Terry Jones's plan to burn copies of the Quran. The U.S. commander in Afghanistan warns that the plans could pose a danger to U.S. Troops. Mandy Clark reports.
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Angry Afghan depositors assail bank
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Friends Remember Marine Killed In Afghanistan
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Afghans protest Koran burning
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US forces clash with Taliban over school
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Va. Beach family mourns loss of soldier killed in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Inside a school for suicide bombers
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Afghanistan: Insecurity in Badakhshan
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