military.com - 2/3/2009
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Russia is ready to cooperate on defense matters with Afghanistan, the Afghan president said Monday. The announcement coincides with increasingly public tensions between Afghan and Western officials, as well as Russia's heightened efforts to assert itself on the international ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/5/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: ABC News has
learned that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to...
delay a decision to send additional troops into Afghanistan until after the Obama administration concludes its ongoing review of the strategy for ...
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Exclusive: Gates Delays Troop Decision
michaelyon-online.com - 2/3/2009
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michaelyon-online.com —
03 February 2009 Afghanistan is a gaunt, thorny
bush, growing amid rocks and dust on dry windswept...
plains, sweltering deserts, and man-crushing mountains. Its neighbors are treacherous. The Afghan people are mostly living relics, only more ...
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Afghanistan: A Dream That Will Not Come True
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Khyber Supply Route Closed - Again
Newshoggers.com —
... Interestingly, Afghan president Karzai was reported recently as considering a deal with Russia for military assistance. For Russia, Afgfhanistan is strategically placed between potential competitors and potential allies and Russia has always been interested in a military presence there if it could be accomplished without the kind of armed resistance that led to its withdrawal in the '80s. But there could be bigger prizes to seek too - like ...
Khyber Supply Route Closed - Again
Crooks and Liars —
... Interestingly, Afghan president Karzai was reported recently as considering a deal with Russia for military assistance. For Russia, Afgfhanistan is strategically placed between potential competitors and potential allies and Russia has always been interested in a military presence there if it could be accomplished without the kind of armed resistance that led to its withdrawal in the '80s. But there could be bigger prizes to seek too - ...
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