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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:02 AM

Afghanistan

Type: Country

Name: Afghanistan

population: 25,936,490

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 20 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

16 Afghans killed in suicide attack

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - Authorities on Friday were investigating whether a blast that hit a crowded marketplace in western Afghanistan was aimed at a provincial governor considered friendly to the United States.A suicide bomber rode a motorcycle ... [Los Angeles Times - 32 mins ago]

Entities: Farah (Afghanistan), Suicide Attack, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 43 Documents

US works around the Afghan leader

The Obama administration has a simple-sounding strategy for the problem that is Hamid Karzai: Work with the Afghan leader and work around him at the same time.As President Barack Obama nears an announcement about whether the United States will add US ... [The Saudi Gazette - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kabul, Corruption

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 47 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts (Reuters)

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed, officials said.The provincial governor ... [West Australian - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Kabul, Rohul Amin, Afghanistan, Taliban, Farah (Afghanistan)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 10 Documents

Al Qaeda

The Stakes in Afghanistan

Guest post by J.F. Murphy J.F. Murphy is a former Marine infantry officer and Iraq veteran who graduated from the U.S. Navy’s SERE program. He is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project. After nearly two months of deliberation, some have ... [The Moderate Voice - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Taliban, Pakistan, Al Qaeda

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 217 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

New Term For Karzai Brings Same Old Problems

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, passes an honor guard as he arrives for his swearing in ceremony as the country's president for another five years at the Presidential Palace in KabulShah Marai/AFP/Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, passes an honor ... [NPR - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Corruption, Hamid Karzai, United States, Kabul, Afghanistan

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 30 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Peter MacKay

MacKay, Gates talk about Afghan troop withdrawal

HALIFAX -- The Harper government is waiting with 'anticipation' to learn how many more troops U.S. President Barack Obama will send to Afghanistan, in part to replace the withdrawal of Canadian soldiers scheduled for 2011, Defence Minister Peter MacKay ... [National Post - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Peter MacKay, Mackay (United States), Robert Gates

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 9 Documents (in Politics)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)

Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up? Afghanistan

Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up? Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which ... [Guardian.co.uk - 9 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF), Afghanistan, Flickr, Bamiyan (Afghanistan), United Nations

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Afghanistan suicide attack kills 17

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 17 people, including a senior police official and his two bodyguards, in southwest Afghanistan today.At least 29 people were wounded in the attack in Farah City. Most of the dead and injured were civilians.The Taliban ... [Irish Times - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Suicide Attack, Farah (Afghanistan), Taliban

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 8 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

US Must Share New Afghan Strategy

ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the United States must fully share the contours of its road map towards Afghanistan and ensure incorporation of Pakistan’s input in it.He was talking to Leon Panetta, Director of the US Central ... [Khaleej Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 31 mins ago - 8 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Obama Weighs Troop Increase in Afghanistan

The debate over sending more troops to Afghanistan got more complex this month as another heavy hitter on President Obama's national security team questioned whether more soldiers can truly help the U.S. cause in the increasingly violent country. USN.load('Loomia'); ... [US News - 31 mins ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, David Petraeus, Iraq, Karl Eikenberry, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to review Afghan withdrawal

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – In a move that may increase international pressure on Ottawa to extend its combat mission in Kandahar beyond July 2011, NATO is likely to announce within days that Canada's Task Force Afghanistan will grow significantly ... [Canada.com - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Kandahar, NATO, Menard (United States)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 11 Documents

Problems refuse to go away for returning Obama

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama is returning from an Asia tour lacking the fanfare of past trip to a set of persistent problems, including Afghanistan, unemployment and health care reform.A year ago, just elected as America's first black ... [Yahoo! Canada - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Mackay (United States), Unemployment, Quinnipiac University

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Keeping Dogs Cool [Humane Society of the United States - 21 mins ago]

...in lives and limbs, and also in dollars, if we don't have a connection to a reliable partner?' said in an interview with National Public Radio. "So, you know, the whole thing is let's not just talk about troops. Let's talk about what is the strategy and what are the resources that are needed in that regard?" Her comments reflected the deep discomfort among Obama's Democrats over calls by US military commanders for a major buildup in troops to stem a growing...

Karzai an 'unworthy partner': top US Democrat [AFP via Yahoo! - 23 mins ago]

...Gilani that the US was fully conscious of Pakistan's pivotal role in the war against terrorism and in the restoration of stability in Afghanistan. "The US considers Pakistan a strategic partner with whom it wants to build a long-term and sustained relationship even beyond the cooperation in countering the militancy and extremism" the CIA director said

'Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders not in Pakistan' [The News International - 26 mins ago]

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Keeping Dogs Cool [Humane Society of the United States - 21 mins ago]
Karzai an 'unworthy partner': top US Democrat [AFP via Yahoo! - 23 mins ago]
Flu shows signs of peak in some regions [WHO - 23 mins ago]
Nov 20 WHO pandemic update [WHO - 24 mins ago]
'Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders not in Pakistan' [The News International - 26 mins ago]
Mulla Omar in Karachi, claims WT [The News International - 27 mins ago]
Qureshi wants result-oriented dialogue with India [The News International - 29 mins ago]
Obama Weighs Troop Increase in Afghanistan [US News - 31 mins ago]
Obama: US Troops in Korea Could Move to Afghani... [Donga.com - 32 mins ago]
16 Afghans killed in suicide attack [Los Angeles Times - 32 mins ago]
Mushahid asks Karzai not to allow use of Afghan... [The News International - 33 mins ago]
US Senate suspends hearing on military ban on gays [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 35 mins ago]
Undergraduate earns Marshall Scholarship [University of Texas in Austin - 37 mins ago]
The Prime Minister has stressed that new US pol... [Radio Pakistan - 37 mins ago]
Jim Sciutto: A Tiny Town Salutes Its Fallen [ABC News - 38 mins ago]
Fear and loathing in Dagenham [Guardian.co.uk - 39 mins ago]
'Bravest woman in Afghanistan' tours Canada [Canada.com - 39 mins ago]
Canadian soldiers to face 'California Taliban' ... [Canada.com - 39 mins ago]
Afghanistan-bound Canadians train in California [National Post - 41 mins ago]
In Afghanistan, twenty-three people have been k... [Radio Pakistan - 41 mins ago]
Is imam a terror recruiter or just an incendiar... [Yahoo! News - 43 mins ago]
Father of mysterious air crash victim to move SC [The News International - 44 mins ago]
President Obama: A little less conversation? [Guardian.co.uk - 47 mins ago]
You Have to Show Respect and Consideration to A... [National Review - 49 mins ago]
Panetta meets Gilani; 10 die in drone attack [Arab News - 52 mins ago]
America's Woes [Khaleej Times - 54 mins ago]
Afghanistan's bravest woman calls on US to leave [Global Research - 55 mins ago]
The Political Gabfest for Nov. 20, 2009. [Slate Magazine - 58 mins ago]

Blogs

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This week's internet reviews [News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - 56 mins ago] Jim CarreyThis month Jim Carrey has been spending his billions on his website, which is just about the daftest and most brilliant official actor's site imaginable. ...
President Obama: A little less conversation? [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 56 mins ago] Ineluctably, a worm is turning deep inside President Barack Obama's policy of constructive engagement. Mr Obama needs something, somewhere to go right. He has filled ...
MSNBC’s Matthews Finds Obama’s Weakness: He’s ‘... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 1 hour ago] At the top of Friday’s Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews discovered the reason for President Obama’s political difficulties in recent months: “President Obama ...
Report: Pakistani intel helped Mullah Omar flee... [Jihad Watch - 1 hour ago] Fiend, er, Friend and Ally Update. "EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan," by Eli Lake, Sara A. Carter, and Barbara Slavin for the Washington Times, November ...
Obama and Afghanistan: It’s Hard to Decide on a... [Firedoglake - 1 hour ago] (photo by Marco Vossen) White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told Reuters (via TPM) today that it will be at least another week — in other words, after Thanksgiving ...

Audio/Video

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Town Falls Silent Again For 100th Repatriation [Sky News - YouTube - 3 hours ago]
iReporters debate next move in Afghanistan [CNN.com - Video - 4 hours ago]
President Obama Meets with Japanese Prime Minis... [The White House - YouTube - 5 hours ago]
King questions al Qaeda experts on Muslim leade... [Homeland Security Committee - YouTube Channel - 7 hours ago]
Photos From the Field: Assistance Mission in Af... [ISAF MEDIA - YouTube Channel - 13 hours ago]

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