Afghanistan

Afghanistan

A community portal about Afghanistan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Afganistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Asia and the Middle East. Generally... [more]

A community portal about Afghanistan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Afganistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Asia and the Middle East. Generally considered a part of Central Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either South Asia or the Middle East, as it has religious, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbours. It is largely bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. The name Afghanistan means the "Land of Afghans ".

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NATO takes command of Afghan army, police training

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. The existing U.S. training mission, CSTC-A, until now responsible for most of the training, is to merge with the new "NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan" (NTM-A), under a single NATO command, commanders said on Saturday at a ceremony in Kabul. Deputy Commander of the new NATO mission Major General Michael Ward said he believed the move would encourage more NATO training personnel to be sent to Afghanistan, helping to speed the ... Read Full Story

23 Taliban killed in Afghanistan clashes: police

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Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said Saturday. The militants were killed on Friday in clashes with Afghan and foreign forces in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the police said. Eleven Taliban died during an operation in Zahri district in southern Kandahar province, deputy provincial police chief Fazal Ahmad Shirzad told AFP, adding the Taliban bodies were left at the scene. In the Sanzari area of the same district, eight Taliban were killed, he said. In eastern Kunar province Taliban claimed casualties among ... Read Full Story

Separate clashes kill 23 Taliban in Afghanistan

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Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said Saturday. The militants were killed on Friday in clashes with Afghan and foreign forces in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the police said. Eleven Taliban died during an operation in Zahri district in southern Kandahar province, deputy provincial police chief Fazal Ahmad Shirzad told AFP, adding the Taliban bodies were left at the scene. In the Sanzari area of the same district, eight Taliban were killed, he said. In eastern Kunar province Taliban claimed casualties among ... Read Full Story

Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving

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President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said. Asked whether Obama would wait until after next week's annual holiday to make his announcement, Gibbs said yes. Obama had earlier indicated he would end months of deliberations over the possible deployment of thousands more troops to Afghanistan "in the coming weeks." Obama has held a series of closed-door meetings with top advisers -- including his war General Stanley McChrystal, overall commander of more than 100,000 US and NATO troops already in the country -- to ... Read Full Story

U.S. to tighten control of Afghan contracts: Gates

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - The United States must tighten control of Afghan development contracts as a first step toward stemming rampant corruption, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. A central question as President Barack Obama debates sending up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan is whether the Afghan government can become a more credible partner in the war by tackling corruption undermining its legitimacy. "The reality is that the international presence in Afghanistan has provided a significant influx of assistance dollars in contracts," Gates said. "I think the place to start is the place we have the greatest leverage and that's where ... Read Full Story
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British Official: Afghan Gov't Needs NATO Troops
FOXNews.com - Found 2 hours agoLONDON — Afghanistan's government would collapse within weeks if NATO troops left the country right away, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in an interview published Saturday. Miliband, who was in Afghanistan for the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai last week, said ... Afghan Government Would Fall If NATO Withdraws: UK Minister - ABC News...  
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ANGLICO Marines Ensure Estonian Success in NATO Effort
PATROL BASE MASOOD, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan –"It was well planned," said Estonian 1st Lt. Alar Karileet, following an insurgent attack near Patrol Base Masood in late October. "The Taliban were in three positions of four ...  
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Pelosi lowers the boom on Karzai, says no big troop buildup!
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today unloaded on Afghan "President" Hamid Karzai, and made clear that the House will not go along with a major troop buildup in Afghanistan. Reuters: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, also said in an...  
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Speaker Pelosi Terms Afghan President Hamid Karzai An Unworthy Partner
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) File Photo BY SUSAN CORNWELL Reuters WASHINGTON - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an “unworthy partner” who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, also said in an interview with National Public [...]  
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Separate clashes kill 23 Taliban in Afghanistan
Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said Saturday.The militants were killed on Friday in clashes with Afghan and foreign forces in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the police said.Eleven Taliban died during an operation in Zahri district in southern Kandahar province, deputy provincial police chief...  
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