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07-16-2010, 09:15 AM
Afghanistan
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Clinton to seek signs of progress in Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0PB20100716)
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20100716&t=2&i=155703086&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2010-07-16T055120Z_01_BTRE66F0G9T00_RTROPTP_0_IRAN-NUCLEAR-SCIENTIST-CLINTON (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0PB20100716)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Afghanistan next week for a crucial conference that U.S. officials hope will clarify the long-term goals of an expensive, unpopular and increasingly uncertain war.
Continue Reading (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0PB20100716)
Factbox: A look at the costs of Afghan war to U.S. taxpayers (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F21Q20100716)
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's request for more money to pay for the war in Afghanistan is working its way through Congress slowly as lawmakers concentrate on other priorities and deal with scarce budget resources.
7:50am EDT
NATO launches Afghan intelligence-sharing drive (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E5YL20100716)
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - NATO said on Thursday it had begun implementing a project to improve intelligence-sharing among foreign forces in Afghanistan, with the aim of boosting operational efficiency and cutting casualties.
12:38am EDT
ISAF doesn't see Fallujah-like battles in Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0JG20100716)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The fight to remove the Taliban from Kandahar strongholds will not repeat the destruction of Iraq's Fallujah in 2004, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in south Afghanistan said in an interview.
12:38am EDT
Pakistan and India agree on talks (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E5OR20100715)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers agreed on Thursday on more talks but little else as they failed to achieve any tangible measures to build the trust fractured by the Mumbai attacks.
15 Jul 2010
NATO launches Afghan intelligence-sharing drive (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E5YL20100715)
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - NATO said on Thursday it had begun implementing a project to improve intelligence-sharing among foreign forces in Afghanistan, with the aim of boosting operational efficiency and cutting casualties.
15 Jul 2010
U.S. senators voice doubts on Afghanistan plan (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66D5A020100714)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has not done enough to explain its goals for the war in Afghanistan, including what its exit strategy will be, U.S. senators said on Wednesday.
14 Jul 2010
Failed Times Square bomber made video: TV (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66D39P20100714)
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Pakistan-born American who has admitted to trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square said in a video taped before the failed attack it was to avenge the U.S. war in Afghanistan, Al Arabiya television said on Wednesday.
14 Jul 2010
Four NATO soldiers killed in Afghan bomb attack (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66D1TG20100714)
KABUL (Reuters) - Four members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed on Wednesday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement.
14 Jul 2010
Afghan war unwinnable under Karzai, says rights group (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66C1XQ20100713)
KABUL (Reuters) - It would take "a miracle" to win the war and restore viable peace in Afghanistan under the inept government of President Hamid Karzai despite a massive surge in foreign troops, a rights group said on Monday.
Video (http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoChannel=10168)
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?d=20100714&i=118525850&w=300&r=RCDOVE66DAFH1&t=2 (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=118525850&videoChannel=-10168)
Spine chillingVideo of Times Square bomb plotter (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=118525850&videoChannel=-10168)
Firefights in Kandahar, Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=115568281&videoChannel=-10168)
On patrol in Kandahar (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=113405911&videoChannel=-10168)
Petraeus: war at critical stage (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=112875618&videoChannel=-10168)
» More Video (http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoChannel=10168)
Afghan Journal (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/)
Old spectre of partition sparks new jitters (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/16/old-spectre-of-partition-sparks-new-jitters/)
Pentagon “iron curtain” rules slow to reach Afghanistan (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/15/pentagon-iron-curtain-rules-slow-to-reach-afghanistan/)
Corruption’s tentacles reaching across Afghanistan (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/10/corruptions-tentacles-reaching-across-afghanistan/)
Kabul’s “ring of steel” tests patience (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/09/kabuls-ring-of-steel-tests-patience/)
Pakistan’s Zardari in China; nuclear deal in grasp (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/07/pakistans-zardari-in-china-nuclear-deal-in-grasp/)
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Afghan Journal (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/) | Al Qaeda (http://www.reuters.com/subjects/al-qaeda) | Pakistan (http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan) | World (http://www.reuters.com/news/world)
Clinton to seek signs of progress in Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0PB20100716)
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20100716&t=2&i=155703086&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2010-07-16T055120Z_01_BTRE66F0G9T00_RTROPTP_0_IRAN-NUCLEAR-SCIENTIST-CLINTON (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0PB20100716)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Afghanistan next week for a crucial conference that U.S. officials hope will clarify the long-term goals of an expensive, unpopular and increasingly uncertain war.
Continue Reading (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0PB20100716)
Factbox: A look at the costs of Afghan war to U.S. taxpayers (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F21Q20100716)
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's request for more money to pay for the war in Afghanistan is working its way through Congress slowly as lawmakers concentrate on other priorities and deal with scarce budget resources.
7:50am EDT
NATO launches Afghan intelligence-sharing drive (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E5YL20100716)
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - NATO said on Thursday it had begun implementing a project to improve intelligence-sharing among foreign forces in Afghanistan, with the aim of boosting operational efficiency and cutting casualties.
12:38am EDT
ISAF doesn't see Fallujah-like battles in Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F0JG20100716)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The fight to remove the Taliban from Kandahar strongholds will not repeat the destruction of Iraq's Fallujah in 2004, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in south Afghanistan said in an interview.
12:38am EDT
Pakistan and India agree on talks (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E5OR20100715)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers agreed on Thursday on more talks but little else as they failed to achieve any tangible measures to build the trust fractured by the Mumbai attacks.
15 Jul 2010
NATO launches Afghan intelligence-sharing drive (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E5YL20100715)
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - NATO said on Thursday it had begun implementing a project to improve intelligence-sharing among foreign forces in Afghanistan, with the aim of boosting operational efficiency and cutting casualties.
15 Jul 2010
U.S. senators voice doubts on Afghanistan plan (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66D5A020100714)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has not done enough to explain its goals for the war in Afghanistan, including what its exit strategy will be, U.S. senators said on Wednesday.
14 Jul 2010
Failed Times Square bomber made video: TV (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66D39P20100714)
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Pakistan-born American who has admitted to trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square said in a video taped before the failed attack it was to avenge the U.S. war in Afghanistan, Al Arabiya television said on Wednesday.
14 Jul 2010
Four NATO soldiers killed in Afghan bomb attack (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66D1TG20100714)
KABUL (Reuters) - Four members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed on Wednesday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement.
14 Jul 2010
Afghan war unwinnable under Karzai, says rights group (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66C1XQ20100713)
KABUL (Reuters) - It would take "a miracle" to win the war and restore viable peace in Afghanistan under the inept government of President Hamid Karzai despite a massive surge in foreign troops, a rights group said on Monday.
Video (http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoChannel=10168)
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?d=20100714&i=118525850&w=300&r=RCDOVE66DAFH1&t=2 (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=118525850&videoChannel=-10168)
Spine chillingVideo of Times Square bomb plotter (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=118525850&videoChannel=-10168)
Firefights in Kandahar, Afghanistan (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=115568281&videoChannel=-10168)
On patrol in Kandahar (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=113405911&videoChannel=-10168)
Petraeus: war at critical stage (http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=112875618&videoChannel=-10168)
» More Video (http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoChannel=10168)
Afghan Journal (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/)
Old spectre of partition sparks new jitters (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/16/old-spectre-of-partition-sparks-new-jitters/)
Pentagon “iron curtain” rules slow to reach Afghanistan (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/15/pentagon-iron-curtain-rules-slow-to-reach-afghanistan/)
Corruption’s tentacles reaching across Afghanistan (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/10/corruptions-tentacles-reaching-across-afghanistan/)
Kabul’s “ring of steel” tests patience (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/09/kabuls-ring-of-steel-tests-patience/)
Pakistan’s Zardari in China; nuclear deal in grasp (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2010/07/07/pakistans-zardari-in-china-nuclear-deal-in-grasp/)
» More Afghan (http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/)
A lot to read, so enjoy.
Have a good weekend
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