huffingtonpost.com - 10/27/2008
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KABUL, Afghanistan - A NATO airstrike Thursday on a village near the embattled provincial capital of Lashkar Gah killed between 25 and 30 civilians, Afghan officials in the area said. While NATO confirmed that an air strike had taken place in the area, where Taliban fighters have been battling ...
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Bush vs. Obama on Pakistan
democracyarsenal.org —
... like the kind you see complicating our mission in Afghanistan, while leaving open the possibility of an ammenable agreement on a more effective strategy. To give an example, robust counterinsurgency operations, conducted jointly by U.S. and Pakistani forces might have been a real possibility in a context not poisoned by accusations of indiscrimate bombings. But because the Bush administration wanted to open things up a bit, we're faced with a more limited set of options going forward. ...
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