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abcnews.go.com - 12/8/2008

Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says

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KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban hold a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan, a think-tank said on Monday, but NATO and the Afghan government rejected the report, saying its figures were not credible. The findings by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) come in ...

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/8/2008

Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — While you were watching football this morning and afternoon President-elect Barack Obama had a busy day, though... part of it was pre-recorded on Saturday. We have three news videos below, plus the transcript of Obama's Sunday morning interview on ... (more) Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker

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tnr.com - 12/11/2008

Obama vs. Osama

— tnr.com — Around the time of the November election, John Nagl, a retired Army Colonel, took a helicopter ride... across Afghanistan. What he saw below worried him. Nagl, who is 42 with trim brown hair and academic eyeglasses, spent three years in Iraq, including ... (more) Obama vs. Osama

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longwarjournal.org - 12/2/2008

Pakistani Taliban hit NATO convoys for third consecutive day

— longwarjournal.org — Baitullah Mehsud's Taliban pose in front of a captured US Humvee after hijacking a supply column on... Nov. 10. Baitullah's Taliban flag is draped over the hood. Photo from AFP. The Taliban have hit NATO’s precarious supply line ... (more) Pakistani Taliban hit NATO convoys for third consecutive day

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ThinkFast: December 8, 2008
Think Progress — ... .” “It’s a stalemate that exists and we’re going to need additional troops,” McCain said while visiting the country yesterday. Meanwhile, a report by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS), a think tank, said the Taliban has a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan. ...

Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... and bombing campaign which analysts agree has grown in both scale and scope in the last year. But while the trends in the ICOS report reflected prevailing sentiment on Afghanistan, many of its findings appeared flawed and contained some glaring errors, security analysts said. "The Taliban now has a permanent presence in 72 percent of the country," ICOS, formerly known as the Senlis Council, said in the report, adding that the figure had risen from 54 percent last year. Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/Terrorism/wireStory...

Hullabaloo — ... That dissent is wholly justified given the realities on the ground. The Taliban, by one account, has a permanent presence in 72% of the country and is closing in on the capital, Kabul. Unlike Iraq, the militant groups here have a connection to the local tribal communities - they are not solely foreign fighters imposing their will - and they are determined ...