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30.03.2010, 20:41
Fighting terrorism and non-proliferation top the agenda as G8 foreign ministers convene in Ottawa, Canada, ahead of the major G8 summit in June.
16.02.2010, 08:20
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There has been little sign of a fierce Taliban response to the NATO and Afghan offensive as Operation Moshtarak enters its fourth day, according to Afghan General Sher Mohammad Zazai.
28.03.2010, 08:15
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NATO and Russia have failed to reach a consensus in a tug of war over tackling the Afghan drug problem. The alliance has rejected Moscow’s appeal to eradicate opium poppy fields in the Islamic Republic.
05.08.2009, 22:16
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Unlike Britain and the Soviet Union in the past, America's goal in Afghanistan is not to occupy the country, but to prevent it from harboring terrorists, says Megan Ortagus of the Institute for the Study of War.
20.09.2010, 11:25
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With about 50 to 100 Al-Qaeda members in Afghanistan altogether, the US is spending over a billion dollars annually fighting each of them, estimated ex-marine officer Matthew Hoh, head of the Afghan Study Group.
07.10.2009, 22:00
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Eight years of ongoing war in Afghanistan, but there’s still little sign of a decisive victory over the Taliban. President Obama is under mounting pressure from all sides over his Afghani military policy review.
04.08.2009, 19:06
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The problem with Afghanistan, which Obama does not see, is that the foreign occupation of Muslim lands usually leads to intense resistance, said Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute.
07.10.2009, 11:28
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The war in Afghanistan is doomed as Afghanis know they haven't done anything wrong. Their only guilt is that at some point in time they had a guest, Osama bin Laden, on their territory, said radio host Thom Hartmann.
06.03.2009, 12:56
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has voted to rescind the agreements with 11 countries that allowed them to place military contingents at Manas airbase.
16.09.2010, 17:38
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With NATO forces advancing on fortified Taliban positions ahead of parliamentary elections, the US Defense Secretary has stated his interest in purchasing Russian helicopters.
Published: 31 March, 2010, 10:13
Edited: 11 April, 2010, 10:45
At the G8 pre-summit meeting in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada will end its military presence in Afghanistan after 2011, despite US pressure to stay.
what is the reason that Canada is there for anyway ? answer : the number one terrorist group the USA says to be there is the only reason
I am ex-military and when I see the waste of money and the lost of lives on both sides I do wonder about the politicians who sent our soldiers there to die for a cause that is only design to protect American interest and to try to control a part of that world. Many of you will think of me as a traitor but I am not. I think of all that money that is being wasted all for nothing to back a Karzai gov. that is only interested in protect it's own personal wealth and interest and could not really careless about the lost of lives that so many brave Canadian soldiers died for and are fighting day after day to protect this man.