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newshoggers.com - 12/23/2008
Afghanistan: "The opposite of everything we consider to be democracy"
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By Cernig Sarah Chayes went to Afghanistan to report for National Public Radio just a few weeks after 9/11, then stayed to become one of the few Westerners running a business there. In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post she wrote that the big problem in Afghanistan isn't the resurgence ...

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washingtonpost.com - 12/26/2008
Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan
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longwarjournal.org - 12/28/2008
Taliban suicide bomber strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan
— longwarjournal.org — Taliban suicide bombers struck on both sides of the Durand Line, killing 51 and wounding score more in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The suicide attack in Pakistan took place in the settled district of Buner in the insurgency-infested Northwest ... (more) Taliban suicide bomber strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan

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apnews.myway.com - 12/21/2008
My Way News - Afghanistan could get 30,000 new US troops
— apnews.myway.com — My Way News - Afghanistan could get 30,000 new US troops (more) My Way News - Afghanistan could get 30,000 new US troops

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Obama, Gates Keep Bush Political Appointees At Defense
At-Largely — ... occupations and the actions of small bands of extremists don't constitute a war) and these officials haven't exactly being doing a stellar job. Given the way Gates and Bush's generals have been talking recently about ...

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The Failed State of Afghanistan — Newshoggers.com
By BJ A couple of weeks ago, Fester noted that one the cornerstones of the US's counterinsurgency doctrine is to build legitimacy for the host government, (never an easy thing when the host government is viewed as a puppet of the occupation forces). The most important public good is ...