KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the government would guarantee deposits at stumbling Kabul Bank, which was rocked by a sudden government takeover. Afghanistan – Hamid Karzai – Kabul Bank – President of Afghanistan – Asia
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Afghanistan says it will back Kabul Bank
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PORTLAND — An Army chaplain killed in Afghanistan grew up in Hood River, where he graduated in 1986 from a Baptist Christian private school. Capt. Dale Allen Goetz, 43, is the 124th service member with ties to Oregon to die in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was one of five soldiers …
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Afghanistan casualty grew up in Oregon
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For British troops to be out of Afghanistan by 2015, local leaders need to be running the country themselves.
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Afghanistan: Local leaders take over from troops
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Ten Afghan civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday. The attack has caused outrage in Afghanistan and prompted a stern warning from President Hamid Karzai who has repeatedly condemned airstrikes that have mistakenly killed civilians.
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Afghanistan’s government sought to avert a run on the country’s top private bank by nervous investors after directors at Kabulbank resigned, ostensibly to meet new rules but also amid media allegations of graft.
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Afghanistan assures bank customers amid graft fears
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SYDNEY, Sept. 2 (UPI) — U.S. intelligence agencies are dysfunctional and are contributing to a “quagmire” in Afghanistan, a former CIA officer complained. Afghanistan – Central Intelligence Agency – Asia – Intelligence agency – United States
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Afghanistan a ‘quaqmire,’ CIA officer says
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With four months left in the year, 2010 is already the deadliest year yet for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 321 have been killed so far (out of 485 total coalition deaths), compared with 313 deaths in all of 2009. As coalition troop size has increased, and moves have been made into Taliban strongholds, attacks are on the rise, and, according to General David Petraeus, “the footprint of the Taliban …
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Afghanistan, August, 2010
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This past month, much of the attention focused on Afghanistan centered on the release of thousands of classified documents from the war effort by WikiLeaks. While the consensus appears to be that nothing significantly new was revealed by the release, the picture painted by the documents remains rather bleak. NATO and the United States now have 143,000 troops in Afghanistan, set to peak at 150 …
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Afghanistan, July, 2010
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CAMP EGGERS, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates touched down in Kabul Thursday, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan for a lightning round of strategy sessions with top commanders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Coalition troops in southeastern Afghanistan fought off insurgents after a failed assault on a combat outpost on Thursday, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said.
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Troops in Afghanistan thwart attack on combat outpost
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