News Search Results for "Afghanistan"

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All Sources  1 - 10 of about 30
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 842
As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, accordi...
AP via Yahoo! News, Fri Nov 20 18:05:25 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
U.S. Afghanistan debate curbs Gates on Canada visit
Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a conference but, with the Obama administration wrestling over its Afghan strategy, isn't in a position to push Canada to reconsider a troop withdrawa...
Los Angeles Times, Sat Nov 21 00:14:07 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Afghan police are weak link in security force ...
Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so Am...
Hays Daily News, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:24:49 GMT Topix News
McCain predicts success in Afghanistan in 12-18 months
US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.
AFP via Yahoo! News, Fri Nov 20 13:48:34 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Other voices
... bend. Like so many others before him have. With America bogged down in two long and disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its men and women in uniform are increasingly paying the pr...
The Capital-Journal, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:24:26 GMT Topix News
World Digest: At least 21 killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan
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Washington Post, Fri Nov 20 21:00:00 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Unmanned U.S. plane bombs targets in Pakistan
... at a compound being used by suspected Taliban militants in Mir Ali village, in North Waziristan, a region on the Afghanistan-border that is a militant stronghold. U.S. military officia...
Philippines News.net, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:23:39 GMT Topix News
Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan
Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.
AFP via Yahoo! News, Fri Nov 20 08:00:28 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Weekly scorecard
... lawsuits. Tossups President Obama : While supporters are pleased to see the president carefully weigh options in Afghanistan, some are beginning to wonder how long it will take for his...
Journal Gazette, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:23:28 GMT Topix News
Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassin...
AP via Yahoo! News, Fri Nov 20 05:41:48 PST 2009 Yahoo! News