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31.08.2009, 09:39
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Fifteen years ago, Russia completed the withdrawal of its forces from East Germany. Though Moscow’s ambitions to provide both its own and Europe's security by creating a new inclusive system never came to reality.
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.
02.09.2010, 22:00
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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has complained that the mission in Afghanistan costs Poland $1 billion annually, and asked NATO to define plans to start withdrawing soldiers from Afghanistan as soon as possible.
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.
03.08.2009, 21:38
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There is evidence that US defense contractors have offered bribes to US Congressmen in exchange for business contracts, said RT contributor Wayne Madsen.
18.02.2009, 15:46
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Sooner or later, the new US administration will consider Russia as an equal partner in rebuilding and restoring Afghanistan, says RT military analyst Eugene Khrushchev.
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.
31.03.2010, 10:13
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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.
16.02.2009, 18:43
The first American non-military cargo to Afghanistan is being put together in Riga, Latvia. The Russian Foreign Ministry says that the freight will be sent to Afghanistan through the Russian territory shortly.
Published: 04 April, 2009, 00:37
NATO was the major alliance left standing, while the Warsaw pact disintegrated and some of America’s other alliances also collapsed, said Stanley Kober, research fellow at the Washington-based CATO Institute.
It my belief that the US always stood alone in NATO, ally or not. It is my hope that this view is changing for the better and that Obama can convince his nation that the US is only a part of NATO. It is appearing to be so as Obama seems intent to accept and change this view.