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Afghanistan's future up to United States
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Al-Qaeda
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Column: Afghanistan's future up to United States
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel’s fellow Republicans grilled the defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Study: Afghans paid nearly $4 billion in bribes last year
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans paid bribes totaling about $3.9 billion last year -- twice the country’s domestic revenue -- and two-thirds of the population says it’s acceptable for civil servants to take kickbacks for providing basic services,...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Political Corruption, Politics, Corruption, Government
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McManus: What's the Afghanistan mission?
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the Defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Fred Kaplan's 'The Insurgents' takes on Petraeus and policy
-------------------- The Insurgents David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War Fred Kaplan Simon & Schuster: 400 pp, $28 -------------------- Everyone knows — or thinks they know — about the influence exerted by the...Tags: U.S. Army, Baghdad (Iraq), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Paula Broadwell
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Afghans to take over greater security role
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai’s...
Tags: Central African Republic, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, NATO, Defense
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US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, NATO
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British soldier in Afghanistan victim of apparent 'inside' attack
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A British soldier was shot and killed when a man believed to be a member of the Afghan National Army turned his weapon on foreign troops and his Afghan colleagues in a restive southern province, officials said Tuesday. Monday&...
Tags: Science and Technology, Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NATO, Armed Conflicts
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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term...
Tags: Police Investigations, David Petraeus, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S., Afghan officials discuss troops' post-2014 legal jurisdiction
KABUL, Afghanistan — In a second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Afghanistan here on the presence of U.S. forces beyond 2014, the two sides have held preliminary talks on legal jurisdiction over American troops, the lead American...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Embassy, Afghanistan, White House, Armed Forces
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Afghan leader heading to Washington for talks
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Monday for Washington for meetings with President Obama and other top officials that will help shape relations after most U.S. and international troops leave the strife-torn country. The talks...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, NATO, Defense, Barack Obama
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Don't rush out of Afghanistan
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his top advisers visiting Washington this week, huge questions about the future of the NATO mission there consume Afghan and American minds. How fast can we draw down our current total of 68,000 U.S. troops (and...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Brookings Institution, Pakistan, Elections
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Jan 18, 2013
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