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July 2008
- Obama Stands By Plan for 16-Month Drawdown in Iraq
  
  New York Times | Jul 14, 08 7:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Calling Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a timetable for US withdrawal an "enormous opportunity," Barack Obama lays out his plan for ending the war in Iraq in a New York Times op-ed piece. The presumptive Democratic nominee reiterates his support for a careful withdrawal over 16 months, leaving behind a "residual force" which would perform limited missions. "The good news is that Iraq’s leaders want to take responsibility for their country by negotiating a timetable for the removal of American troops," he writes. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq • Iraq war • Afghanistan • Nouri al-Maliki • War on Terror • Iraq exit strategy
- 9 US Troops Die in Afghan Attack; Suicide Bomb Kills 24
  
  Associated Press | Jul 13, 08 12:31 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - A multi-pronged militant assault on a remote US base killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 today in the deadliest attack on US forces in Afghanistan in 3 years, officials said. The attack came the same day a suicide bomber targeting a police patrol killed 24 people, while US coalition and Afghan soldiers killed 40 militants elsewhere in the south. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • prostitution • suicide bombing • suicide bomber • Helmand province
- US Weighs Faster Iraq Withdrawal
  
  New York Times | Jul 13, 08 7:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - US officials in Washington and Baghdad may pull as many as three brigades from Iraq by the time George Bush leaves office, the New York Times reports. The move, driven in part by a need to bolster the American presence in Afghanistan, could remove far more troops than seemed likely just months ago, and would mark a major shift in policy from the past few years. More »
  
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  John McCain • Iraq • George W. Bush • Iraq war • Afghanistan • US military • troop withdrawal • Iraq pullout
- Kabul Bomb Kills 41 at Indian Embassy
  
  CNN | Jul 7, 08 4:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb outside the Indian embassy in Kabul today, killing 41 people and injuring 141. Several diplomats were among the dead, as well as children, security guards and visa seekers on the crowded street in the Afghan capital, reports CNN. The huge blast was the deadliest attack in Kabul this year. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • India • suicide bombing • car bomb • Kabul
- Karzai Orders Inquiry Into Fatal US Airstrike
  
  Reuters | Jul 6, 08 12:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai today ordered an investigation into a US-led airstrike on Friday that killed 15 people. At issue is whether the victims were armed Taliban, as the US military claims, or the innocent civilians that an Afghan governor believes died. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • military • investigation • Hamid Karzai • civilian casualties • airstrike
- Obama Restates Iraqi Plan After Charges of Flip-Flop
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 3, 08 10:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama today reaffirmed his commitment to withdraw American troops from Iraq in 16 months, hours after being accused of backtracking on that pledge. Obama triggered a flurry of speculation—and ridicule from the McCain camp—by saying earlier in the day he might "refine" his war policies after speaking with military leaders. After the brouhaha, he called a second press conference to insist that the 16-month time line remains his goal, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Iraq war • Afghanistan • troop withdrawal • Susan Rice
- Pentagon Backtracks, Extends Afghanistan Tours
  
  Associated Press | Jul 3, 08 2:57 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, a spokesman confirmed today. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Pentagon • War on Terror • Robert Gates • Afghanistan war • US Marine Corps • Defense Secretary
- Afghan War Hamstrung by Troop Shortage
  
  Washington Post | Jul 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US needs more troops in Afghanistan but lacks the available forces because of the Iraq war, the nation’s top military officer said yesterday. In his most pointed remarks to date, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen said that countering the country's resurgent Taliban and booming drug trade demands more than the 32,000 American troops stationed there, but that such a move necessitates "a reduced requirement in Iraq." More »
  
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  Iraq • George W. Bush • Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • American troops • Joint Chiefs of Staff • Michael Mullen
- US Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Record
  
  New York Times | Jul 2, 08 7:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - More troops from the United States and coalition countries died in Afghanistan last month than at any other time since the 2001 invasion. For the second month in a row, deaths among American-led forces were higher in Afghanistan, where 46 servicemen died, than in Iraq, where 31 were killed. The greater death toll in Afghanistan comes despite a significantly increased NATO military presence there, reports the New York Times . More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Afghanistan • US military • American troops • Afghanistan war • death toll • NATO troops
June 2008
- US and Pakistan Let al-Qaeda Regroup
  
  New York Times | Jun 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nearly seven years after 9/11, America has not only failed to capture Osama bin Laden; it has also allowed al-Qaeda to rebuild itself in lawless northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. The New York Times conducted more than four dozen interviews to discover how rivalries among American agencies, trouble with Pervez Musharraf, and the distraction of Iraq allowed al-Qaeda to foil Operation Cannonball, a highly classified CIA initiative. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • Bush administration • al-Qaeda • CIA • September 11 • tribal areas • US-Pakistan relations • South Waziristan
- Pakistan Routs Taliban Forces in Major Offensive
  
  CNN | Jun 28, 08 1:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Pakistan blasted suspected militant hideouts today, launching its biggest offensive against Taliban forces since electing a government last March. The military cleared three militant outposts and forced the insurgents west, CNN reports. For weeks, tensions have mounted between militants and Islamabad, which abandoned its diplomatic strategy as insurgent strikes increased. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • Taliban • Pentagon • insurgents • Robert Gates • Islamabad
- Afghan Taliban Resurgence Alarms Pentagon
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 28, 08 6:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taliban militants in Afghanistan have regrouped “into a resilient insurgency” that has US allies "losing ground and slipping backwards," a new Pentagon report concludes. Bombing attacks set a record in 2007, and are on track to top that in 2008. Security conditions in the war-torn country have declined sharply, and the Afghan government can’t control the narcotics trade or extend its reach nationwide, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • terrorism • Taliban • Pentagon • Afghanistan war
- Afghans Accuse Pakistan of Karzai Plot
  
  New York Times | Jun 25, 08 1:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Afghanistan publicly accused Pakistan of plotting the April assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, saying it has evidence linking Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence to the deed. A spokesman said phone records, documents, and confessions from suspects proved the ISI harbored "the real schemers and organizers" behind the attack. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • al-Qaeda • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • assassination attempt
- US Ambassador Implicated in China Arms Deal
  
  New York Times | Jun 24, 08 7:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The American ambassador to Albania personally endorsed a plan to disguise the origin of munitions bought by a Pentagon contractor, according to Congressional testimony. The New York Times traveled to Albania during an earlier investigation of a shady 22-year-old arms dealer operating out of Miami Beach. But the Albanian defense minister, with the ambassador's approval, had illegal Chinese ammunition removed from the site that the reporter was visiting. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • corruption • Albania • Afghan Army • arms trafficking • ammunition • procurement
- US Firm Calls for Islamic Law in Lawsuit
  
  News & Observer (Raleigh) | Jun 19, 08 7:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An American firm blamed for the death of three US soldiers in a plane crash has asked a federal court to apply Islamic law to a lawsuit brought by their widows, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Presidential Airways, Blackwater's sister company, argues that since its plane crashed in Afghanistan, the case should be heard under Sharia law—which would dismiss the claims. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Blackwater • court cases • Sharia law • Erik Prince • Islamic law
- Taliban Said Routed Near Kandahar
  
  Associated Press | Jun 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Yesterday's swift offensive by Afghan and NATO forces drove Taliban militants from a strategic group of villages outside southern Afghanistan's largest city and killed 56 insurgents, Afghan officials said today. The Afghan National Army has taken control of the villages, a defense ministry spokesman said, but militants had planted hundreds of land mines in the area before fleeing, the AP reports. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • Middle East • insurgents • NATO • Arghandab
- Afghans Launch Assault on Taliban
  
  Reuters | Jun 18, 08 8:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Afghan and NATO troops launched a huge offensive against the Taliban today, Reuters reports, starting with an air and ground assault on a valley in southern Afghanistan. Bolstered with hundreds of fighters freed in last week’s prison break, the Taliban has taken several villages in Arghandab, and has its sights on nearby Kandahar city—where NATO is bolstering security in response. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Taliban • NATO • Afghanistan war • Kandahar • Arghandab
- First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 18, 08 6:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An attack on a British military convoy in Afghanistan killed four troops, including the first British female soldier to die since the conflict began. The soldiers died in an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan's most volatile region, reports the Guardian . British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed his "deepest condolences" and admitted that the situation in Afghanistan has become "grim." More »
  
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  Afghanistan • David Miliband • British military • female troops
- Afghan Sex Trade Thrives Despite Taboos
  
  Associated Press | Jun 15, 08 5:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sex is selling in Afghanistan despite Islamic laws that make prostitution punishable by death, the AP reports. At least 900 women do it in Kabul, but residents admit only to brothels full of Chinese prostitutes; to be a native Afghan hooker is "very, very bad," one expert said. But 30 years of war and poverty inspire many to try, despite their ignorance of condoms and AIDS. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • prostitution • Kabul • child prostitution • sex trade
- Karzai Warns Pakistan He'll Send Troops Over Border
  
  BBC | Jun 15, 08 2:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Citing the right to self defense, Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned that his country may send troops across the border with Pakistan to fight militants who have killed Afghans, BBC reports. "When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same." More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Pakistan militants • self defense • Yusuf Raza Gillani

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