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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier looks at burning vehicles set on fire by mob outside the city court in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
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 Asia Times 
A long, hot winter for Pakistan
| By Syed Saleem Shahzad | The Taliban are escalating the conflict in Pakistan's cities, aiming to strike before the US and its partners can dig in for the all-out war that all quarters - the Western ... (photo: AP / Shakil Adil)
080518-A-4619A-711- A squad of Soldiers from Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), move out to support and assist the Afghan National Army soldiers in searching several suspicious structures for weapons caches during Operation Rock Penetrator May 18, in the Narang Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Spc. Gregory Argentieri, 173rd ABCT Public Affairs)
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   UK   US  
 Asia Times 
Afghan talks widen US-UK rift
| By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - The beginning of political talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, revealed by press accounts this week, is likely to deepen the rift that has just erupt... (photo: U.S. Army / Spc. Gregory Argentieri)
Meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission  International Herald Tribune 
NATO allies reach deal on attacking Taliban drug trade
| : NATO allies reached a deal Friday on a U.S. call for direct attacks on the Afghan drugs trade that the alliance's military commander said was crucial to bringing security to the country, the allia... (photo: NATO)
Afghanistan   Military   Nato   Photos   Taliban  
US Air Force (USAF) Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Crystal McDermott memorializes a hellfire missile mounted on a Predator to USAF Airman First Class (A1C) Antonie Holt. USAF A1C Holt, 603rd Air Control Squadron (ACS), Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy (ITA), died as a  Star Tribune 
Pakistan foreign ministry condemns alleged US strikes, says they 'help terrorists'
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants inside Pakistan are destabilizing the country and "helping the terrorists," Pakistan's foreign ministry said Friday. | Ame... (photo: US DoD)
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 Centre left to right: Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President Hamid Karzai, Head of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan. ula1 Philadelphia Daily News
NATO: Troops can target Afghan drug operations
| The Associated Press | BUDAPEST, Hungary - A spokesman says NATO defense ministers have agreed that their troops can target drug facilities that finance the Afghan insu... (photo: NATO)
Afghanistan   Drug   Photos   Security   Troops  
Mobile Phones on the Display in a shop in India The Times
Mobile phones to take on Taleban propaganda in Afghanistan
| A plan to use mobile phones to combat Taleban propaganda in Afghanistan is being considered by the UK government. | Mobile phones would be distributed by non-government... (photo: WN / Geeta)
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A Taliban militant is seen with an AK- 47 rifle gun, right, as farmers collect resin from poppies in an opium poppy field in Naway district of Helmand province, southwest Afghanistan in a Friday, April 25, 2008 file photo. Drought and anti-drug campaigns helped slash Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation by 19 percent this year compared to 2007, but the country is still far and away the world's leading source of the heroin-producing crop, the U.N. said Tuesday, Aug. 2 Houston Chronicle
NATO: Troops can target Afghan drug operations
| BUDAPEST, Hungary - A spokesman says NATO defense ministers have agreed their troops can target drugs facilities financing the Afghan insurgency. | James Appathurai tol... (photo: AP)
Afghanistan   Drugs   Military   NATO   Photos  
NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Canoe
NATO seeks agreement on Afghan drugs role
By Paul Ames, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | BUDAPEST, Hungary - NATO defence ministers worked Friday toward an agreement that would authorize their troops in Afghanistan to atta... (photo: NATO / NATO)
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Informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers Philadelphia Daily News
NATO seeks agreement on Afghan drugs role
| PAUL AMES | The Associated Press | BUDAPEST, Hungary - NATO defense ministers worked Friday toward an agreement that would authorize their troops in Afghanistan to atta... (photo: NATO )
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- Allies, unless it's the tough stuff and more troops are
- Rudd must decide on Afghan commitment
- A long, hot winter for Pakistan
- Afghan talks widen US-UK rift
- Steady now or lose all
- Wars without end
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier looks at burning vehicles set on fire by mob outside the city court in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
A long, hot winter for Pakistan
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- Uyghurs stuck in Guantanamo limbo
- U.S. military revises number of Afghan civilians killed
- Court Blocks Release Of Chinese Muslims
- U.S. inquiry shows Afghan raid killed 33 people
- Let sanity prevail
- By Mir Adnan Aziz 10/9/2008
In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard tower is visible behind a razor-wire fence, at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, July 23,
Uyghurs stuck in Guantanamo limbo
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- Wars without end
- Wars without end
- The Surge That Failed
- Iraq war fades from U.S. election
- Obama Goes Old School & Afghans Get New Media in the Propaga
- US incursions might well destabilize Pakistani society
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, on patrol conducting searches and village assessments in a region of Khowst, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Wars without end
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- Uyghurs stuck in Guantanamo limbo
- Officials See No Refugee Crisis Along Afghan-Pakistan Border
- Tropical storm hits Mexico's coast; Afghan refugees flee
- Pakistan deporting 50,000 Afghan refugees
- Afghan Refugees Fleeing Pakistan War Zone
- Pakistan Orders Afghan Refugees Out of Tribal Region
In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard tower is visible behind a razor-wire fence, at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, July 23,
Uyghurs stuck in Guantanamo limbo
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Women Peacekeepers
- The Surge That Failed
- Bus Packed With Amish Flips; 14 Hurt
- Gates calls for Afghan aid, anti-drug campaign
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- America is a secular nation
Torkham gate, Afghan, Pakistan border
Danger on Pakistan border
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- Allies, unless it's the tough stuff and more troops are
- Rudd must decide on Afghan commitment
- A long, hot winter for Pakistan
- Steady now or lose all
- NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
- Pakistan condemn US strikes in border regions
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier looks at burning vehicles set on fire by mob outside the city court in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
A long, hot winter for Pakistan
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- NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
- Nato troops can attack Afghan drug barons
- NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
- NATO ministers agree to fight drug trade in Afghanistan
- NATO allies reach deal on attacking Taliban drug trade
- NATO to act against Afghan drug trade
Meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission
NATO allies reach deal on attacking Taliban drug trade
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- Official: 10 die in suicide attack in NW Pakistan
- NATO: Troops can target Afghan drug operations
- Iraq and Afghanistan as painted by the invader
- Suspected US missile strike reported in Pakistan
- Intel report: Afghanistan facing `downward spiral'
- Nations balk at US anti-drug Afghan plan
 Iraqi fire fighters extinguish a fire following a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. A parked car bomb killed one Iraqi civilian and injured two others police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) hf1
Iraq and Afghanistan as painted by the invader
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