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(Newser) - Gen. Stanley McChrystal has ordered a major shift in US troop deployment in Afghanistan, telling his commanders to pull out of the sparsely populated, Taliban-controlled areas and focus instead on protecting population centers, the Washington Post reports. US officials say they’ve realized that they’re not going to... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Afghan Vote's True 
 Winner: The Taliban 

Chaos and corruption aid insurgents' propaganda campaign

Sep 21, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's still not evident whether Hamid Karzai will avoid a runoff in Afghanistan's presidential vote, but the winner of the election is clear: the Taliban. Delays in tallying and alleged systemic fraud have given the insurgency new material for a sophisticated propaganda campaign that portrays the Karzai administration as corrupt... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • propaganda • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Mullah Omar • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 CIA Sending 
 More Spies 
 to Afghanistan 

Covert effort aimed at stemming resurgence of Taliban

Sep 20, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA is upping its deployment of personnel in Afghanistan to combat a widespread resurgence of Taliban forces, reports the Los Angeles Times. The new spies, analysts, and paramilitary operatives will team up with special forces squads as part of an intelligence surge likely to rival the agency's numbers in... More »

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NYC Terror Suspect May Have al-Qaeda Ties After All

Zazi admits possible run-ins in Pakistan

Sep 18, 09 9:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man federal officials are questioning in Denver over a terror plot in New York might in fact have some ties to al-Qaeda, the Times reports. After first denying any connections, Najibullah Zazi has told officials he could have come into contact with extremists in his native Pakistan, and there... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • terror plots • terror suspects • al-Qaeda • Queens, New York • Islamic terrorism • Najibullah Zazi

 Suicide Attack 
 Hits Italian Convoy 
 in Kabul, Kills 16 

Taliban claims responsibility for bombing

Sep 17, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Afghanistan's capital today, killing six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians, the AP reports. The bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into two Italian military vehicles, Italy's defense minister said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying in a... More »

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Pakistan Army Likely Behind Widespread Swat Killings

Military says deaths due to locals settling scores

Sep 15, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan’s army took over the Swat Valley two months ago, ending Taliban control of the region—but lately, violence has swept the streets, with hundreds of bodies reportedly strewn about, the New York Times reports. The military says it’s a matter of revenge killings between locals, but human... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • revenge • Pakistan army • Swat Valley

 Kandahar Slips Back 
 Into Taliban Hands 

Generals give up on local officials and call for more troops

Sep 14, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban forces using massive car bombs and threatening letters have slowly retaken Kandahar, reports the Washington Post. The Taliban's resurgence in Kandahar, its spiritual home, presents a complex problem for US and UN forces, both scrambling to find enough troops to stabilize the city. In many ways, Kandahar stands for... More »

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 Taliban Surrenders in Swat 

Maulana Fazlullah either surrounded or arrested as Pakistani offensive continues

Sep 13, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Taliban-controlled pirate radio station announced the militant group's surrender in the Swat Valley, after yet another key leader was said to have been arrested by the Pakistani military, the Telegraph reports. Though some reports claim that Maulana Fazlullah is surrounded by Pakistani forces, sources tell the Telegraph that he... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • Maulana Fazlullah • Pakistan military • Pakistan army • Swat Valley

(AP) - Pakistani soldiers arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat Valley and four other commanders, striking the first direct blow against the leadership of the insurgency in the one-time tourist resort. The capture of spokesman Muslim Khan and the others could be a big blow to the Taliban's hopes... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pakistan army • Swat Valley • Muslim Khan

 Times Scribe 
 Recounts Ordeal 
 as 'Taliban Embed 
 at Gunpoint' 

Afghanis, negotiators angered by operation that killed Steven Farrell's interpreter

Sep 10, 09 3:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four days in the hands of the Taliban often felt more like a tour of insurgent territory than a hostage ordeal, writes rescued New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell. The militants struck his interpreter, Sultan Munadi, with a rifle when the two were seized, but did not mistreat them afterward—... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • New York Times • journalists killed • journalist • British military • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi

 Suicide Bomb Rocks 
 NATO Base at Kabul Airport 

At least two civilians dead; foreign troops may also be victims

Sep 8, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber blew up his car outside a NATO military base at Afghanistan's main airport today, killing at least two civilians and wounding six others, Reuters reports. Eyewitnesses saw huge flames rising from the airport, which has endured Taliban rocket attacks and suicide bombs in the past. An Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Kabul • car bomb • airport security • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

 NATO Probes 'Disastrous' 
 Air Strike; 90 Dead 

Horrific injuries reported after fireball engulfs villagers

Sep 4, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO will conduct a "thorough investigation" into the air strike on two Taliban-hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan that killed 90 people today, many of them believed to be civilians, the alliance's secretary general said. An investigation team has already been sent to the area as reports trickle in of... More »

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 Dozens of Afghan Civilians 
 Killed In NATO Tanker Strike 

Blast hit Taliban-hijacked fuel tankers, triggering explosion

Sep 4, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 90 people were killed in northern Afghanistan today when a NATO air strike hit two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban, setting off a massive explosion. At least 40 of the dead were civilians, said officials. Many more people are injured, and the local hospital in Kunduz province... More »

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(Newser) - The Rev. Steven Anderson—he's the Arizona preacher praying for the president's death—is positioning himself nicely to take up a new title, writes Jeffrey Weiss for Politics Daily: American Taliban. Anderson isn't a terrorist. But he is a "man with an absolute belief in a particular interpretation of... More »

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Taliban • politics • town hall meeting • religious violence • Steven Anderson • Faithful Word Baptist Church • religious extremism

Taliban Blast Kills Afghan
Spy Chief, 22 Others

Insurgents target intelligence official during mosque visit

Sep 2, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(AP) - A Taliban suicide bomber at a mosque near Kabul killed 23 people today, including Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence. The explosion ripped through a crowd in Laghman province just as officials were leaving the mosque. Two top provincial officials from Laghman were also among the dead, and the blast destroyed... More »

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(Newser) - George Will’s call today to pull US troops out of Afghanistan is tantamount to “urging retreat and accepting defeat,” fellow conservative William Kristol blogs in the Washington Post. Will’s idea to focus mostly on offshore operations and airstrikes "doesn't sound much more engaged than... More »

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White House Braces for Anti-War Push From Left

Administration fears liberal call for pullout

Sep 1, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Administration officials are concerned that pressure from the left could drive the Afghanistan war effort off the rails early, Politico reports. Rising casualties, along with doubts about strategy and the recent election, are raising fears the White House could be denied a chance to show concrete progress in the country.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • White House • troop withdrawal • pullout • liberal • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

OPINION

 Time to Quit Afghanistan 

Nation-building in one of the world's weakest states is a lost cause

Sep 1, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - America needs to abandon its idea of nation-building in Afghanistan before the lives of yet more troops are squandered trying to establish an effective central government in a country that has never had one, George F. Will warns in the Washington Post. Even with America's troop-intensive efforts, experts say Kabul... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy

(Newser) - Afghan women streamed to the ballot boxes five years ago, and in some districts female turnout was even higher than male. But the flood of women voters that delighted aid groups dried up this year, reports the Washington Post, and many of the segregated female polling stations had few if... More »

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 McChrystal: 
 US Is Failing 
 in Afghanistan 

General wants more Taliban engagement, warns of losing citizens' support

Aug 31, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military's strategy in Afghanistan is failing, Gen. Stanley McChrystal will tell commanders in Washington today. A copy of the US commander's remarks leaked to the BBC compares the military to a bull charging at a matador—losing strength with each individual cut. McChrystal's report says Afghans are suffering... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • International Security Assistance Force • troop levels • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

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