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Iran attacks US over Afghanistan

BBC : International: 3 hours ago
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan. ...read article

Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban

NPR : International: 4 hours ago
Taliban rule was a dark period for women in Afghanistan, and they want to make sure their fears are not forgotten as the new government in Kabul tries to find ways to make peace with the fighters. ...read article

Secretary Gates visits Afghan town recently seized from Taliban

Los Angeles Times : International: 4 hours ago
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with Marines and shopkeepers in Now Zad, scene of fierce fighting only months ago. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, aiming to show progress in the expanded war against insurgents in southern ... ...read article

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early

USA TODAY: International: 4 hours ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge ... ...read article

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early

The Boston Globe : International: 4 hours ago
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. ...read article

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early

Jerusalem Post : International: 4 hours ago
US defense secretary 'very impressed' by Afghan troops' training. ...read article

Gates: Some Troops Could Leave Afghanistan Early

FOX News : Politics: 4 hours ago
Without giving specifics, the defense secretary said the withdrawal, "would have to be conditions-based." ...read article

Bomb kills five; Gates, Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan

BangkokPost : News: 5 hours ago
A car bomb killed five people in Afghanistan Wednesday, as the Iranian president and the defence secretary of Iran's arch-foe, the United States, paid duelling visits to the war-torn country. ...read article

Britain's David Miliband urges push for Afghan peace deal

TVNZ : International: 5 hours ago
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbours must support such an agreement ...read article

Gates Tours Market in Former Taliban Town

IHT: Asia: 5 hours ago
Robert M. Gates’s visit to the village of Now Zad — and his first walk through a market during wartime in Iraq or Afghanistan — would have been unimaginable even three months ago. ...read article

Iranian president arrives in Afghanistan for talks

The Earth Times: 5 hours ago
Kabul - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday morning for talks with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, a presidential spokesman said. The Iranian leader was officially welcomed upon his arrival at Kabul international ... ...read article

Afghanistan war: Fight for Kandahar won't be like fight for Marjah

Christian Science Monitor: 5 hours ago
In the next stage in the Afghanistan war, coalition forces are expected to build up gradually on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, perhaps for months. That strategy departs from the one executed in the Marjah offensive, in which ... ...read article

Gates praises troops in southern Afghanistan

Army Times: 5 hours ago
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan , U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. Gates visited a small, ... ...read article

Army seeks answers for Afghan civilian deaths

Army Times: 5 hours ago
A helicopter attack that killed at least 15 civilians in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province was called in by a Special Forces A-team that did not have “eyes on” their target and resulted in a 48-hour standdown for U.S. special operations ... ...read article

Internal report issues black eye for U.S. Embassy in Kabul

USA TODAY: Washington: 5 hours ago
The State Department is failing to properly oversee nearly $2 billion in contracts to battle the drug trade, build infrastructure ... ...read article

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