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Pakistan intelligence calls for Afghan border to be closed

Telegraph : International: < 1 hour
Pakistan's intelligence agency has demanded tighter control of the Afghan border by Nato troops to stop Taliban fighters escaping its operations in the North West Frontier. ...read article

Barack Obama must pull US troops out of Afghanistan, says Indonesian cousin

Telegraph : International: < 1 hour
Barack Obama must pull American troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq if he wants to fulfil his dream of reconciling the Muslim world and the West, according to his Indonesian cousin. ...read article

Ban Ki-Moon on achievements in Afghanistan

RIA Novosti: < 1 hour
Russia has an important role to play in assisting the Afghan government in its fight against drug trafficking and corruption, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told RIA Novosti. ...read article

Military unveils plaque for reporter slain in Afghanistan

National Post: < 1 hour
Michelle Lang was fondly remembered Saturday by some of the troops, diplomats and journalists whose lives she touched before she was killed ...read article

Taliban suicide attacks an attempted prison break

National Post: < 1 hour
Taliban militants launched a series of bloody bombings in Kandahar City, killing 35 people in what was believed to have been a co-ordinated attempt to break out inmates from a prison housing convicted and suspected terrorists ...read article

U.S. struggles to track arms in Afghanistan

USA TODAY: International: < 1 hour
Task force that was sent to account for weapons makes headway in a land where "there was no control." ...read article

U.S. regains huge weapons cache lost by Afghans

USA TODAY: International: < 1 hour
U.S. forces have recovered a huge cache of weapons that was given to Afghan security forces but wound up in the hands of the ... ...read article

Taliban: Kandahar Bombings 'Warning' To NATO

NPR : International: < 1 hour
The deadly attacks on the southern city show NATO's top general that the insurgents are ready for the war's next major offensive in their heartland, the Taliban said Sunday. The series of bombings demolished buildings and killed dozens. Residents ... ...read article

Paper: Defense official ran private spy operation

The Boston Globe : USA: 1 hour ago
A Defense Department official is under investigation for hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The New York Times reported Sunday. ...read article

A Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Afghan Dilemma

TIME Magazine : International: 1 hour ago
Mullah Zaeef and Mullah Zakir are both former Gitmo inmates. While one is now leading the Taliban insurgency, the other is suing for peace -- but warning that this would require an American withdrawal ...read article

Suicide bombings in Kandahar kill 30

The Boston Globe : International: 1 hour ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan , A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters, and two other locations late yesterday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland. ...read article

US aims to instill trust in Afghan justice

The Boston Globe : International: 1 hour ago
KABUL, Afghanistan , Behind the combat troops and military trainers, alongside the aid workers and agriculture experts, come the lawyers. ...read article

Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants

New York Times : International: 2 hours ago
A Defense Department official set up a private network of spies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to gather intelligence on insurgents, according to officials. ...read article

Russia has vital role in fight against Afghan drug trade - UN head

RIA Novosti: 3 hours ago
Russia has an important role to play in assisting the Afghan government in its fight against drug trafficking and corruption, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told RIA Novosti. ...read article

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon gives interview to RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti: 3 hours ago
In an interview with the RIA Novosti New York Bureau Chief Dmitry Gornostaev Mr. Ban shares his views on peace process in the Middle East, possible sanctions against Iran, situation in North Korea, Afghanistan, UN-Russia cooperation, etc. ...read article

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