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NATO Slow To Deploy Trainers To Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates had no choice but to sign orders deploying hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan recently because NATO trainers had not arrived. The sooner Afghan security forces are trained, the sooner American and NATO troops can go home. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 12 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

Aid Director: Killings Impact Ability To Serve Afghans

Members of the International Assistance Mission charity organization went missing in Afghanistan on Thursday. The bodies of 10 people believed to be part of the team were found Friday on the route they were taking. The aid workers were coming back to their Kabul headquarters after delivering medical assistance to a remote Afghan province. Host Guy Raz speaks with Dirk Frans, the director of the mission. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 08 07 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

Pentagon Slams Leak Of Afghan War Reports

WikiLeaks’ publishing of secret intelligence reports has done severe damage, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, noting that his department would aggressively investigate how it happened. Adm. Mike Mullen said the group’s founder may already have the blood of a soldier or Afghan family on his hands. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 07 29 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

Iraq, Afghanistan News Examined

The Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says the U.S. government can’t account for $8.7 billion in reconstruction funds for Iraq. Also, Gen. James Mattis, in his confirmation hearing, told senators that if confirmed as chief of U.S. Central Command he will immediately focus on the Afghan fight. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 07 28 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

In Afghanistan, Little Anger At Leaked Documents

In Afghanistan, the release of the Wikileaks documents has elicited a much different response than the angry denunciations coming out of Washington and Islamabad. The Afghan government seems to have no objection at all about the leaking of so much classified information. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 07 27 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

In Leak, An Upstart Joins Forces With Old Media

Wikileaks, the organization that leaked documents related to the Afghan war, coordinated the release with The New York Times , Der Spiegel and the Guardian . Sree Sreenivasan, professor of digital media at Columbia Journalism School, offers his insight. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 07 27 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

Afghan says it’s ’shocked’ by leaked U.S. documents

The Afghan government said Monday it was “shocked” as it sifted through tens of thousands of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic reports on the war in Afghanistan that a whistleblower website posted a day earlier. Link: Afghan says it’s ’shocked’ by leaked U.S. documents Visit link: Afghan says it’s ’shocked’ by leaked U.S. documents

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2010 07 26 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

Leaked Documents Offer Window Into Afghan War

Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war. The documents include unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 07 26 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

Karzai Reaffirms 2014 date For Afghan-Led Security

President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by 2014 and urged his international partners to spend their money on Afghan priorities not “quick-impact” projects. � E-Mail This �� Add to Del.icio.us

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2010 07 20 Baxter & Baxter, LLP Uncategorized Comments Off

Biden: Afghan withdrawal may start with ‘a couple of thousand troops’

As few as “a couple of thousand” U.S. troops may leave Afghanistan in the first phase of withdrawing forces from there beginning a year from now, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Here is the original post: Biden: Afghan withdrawal may start with ‘a couple of thousand troops’ Read more: Biden: Afghan withdrawal may start with ‘a couple of thousand troops’

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2010 07 18 admin Uncategorized Comments Off

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