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The Afghan war’s real problem is India, Pakistan and Kashmir
The United States is struggling to implement a strategy for Afghanistan that will improve the lives of the Afghan people and allow US troops to go home.
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On paper, the plan for the foot patrol looked perfectly safe. A stroll through a couple of villages. Introductions to a few village elders. A two-mile drive back to the guarded walls of the Afghan police headquarters.
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Israeli defense chief tells panel aid flotilla was a 'provocation'
Israel's defense minister has told a investigation into a deadly raid on an aid convoy to Gaza that the flotilla was a "planned provocation." The comments follow a stern defense of the raid by Israel's prime minister.
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Georgia deals with 'occupation'
On the second anniversary of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, the government in Tbilisi has accepted Russian occupation of their provinces — for now.
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Iran 2010: Enriching Uranium, Saudi Arabia Buying Fighters
The Obama Administration plans to sell 84 F-15 Eagle jet fighters to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the next ten years for a total of $30 billion.
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China Seizes on a Dark Chapter for Tibet
The white fortress loomed above the fields, a crumbling but still imposing redoubt perched on a rock mound above a plane of golden rapeseed shimmering in the morning light.
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Aid group plans to stay in Afghanistan despite killings
The International Assistance Mission (IAM) has confirmed that the aid workers killed last week in Afghanistan were volunteers with the Christian organization. One of the victims was a 35-year-old German woman.
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India, Iran discuss Afghanistan, Chabahar port
Afghanistan and expansion of Iran’s Chabahar port dominated discussions between visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohd Ali Fathollahi and the Indian leaders on Friday.
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