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UN says Afghanistan faces tense security situation
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The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan says the country faces a tense security environment in the next few months. Staffan de Mistura, the senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, told the U.N. Security Council that increased activities...
Afghan commission releases final poll results, minus one province
Afghan election officials have released the final results of the country's September parliamentary elections for all but one province. The Independent Election Commission announced Wednesday that results in volatile Ghazni province must still be determined...
Karzai slams Russian drug raid
By Katherine Tiedemann Although Afghan counternarcotics forces were reportedly involved in the recent joint Russian-American-Afghan raid on four drug labs in eastern Nangarhar that yielded nearly $56 million of heroin, Afghan President Hamid...
Obama aides divided on Afghan strategy, according to new book
A new book documents deep division among U.S. President Barack Obama's top advisors on the Afghan war strategy, with some key administration officials doubtful the new plan will succeed. The Washington Post and The New York Times both published excerpts...
White House urges Wikileaks to not publish more secrets
The White House is urging the website WikiLeaks to not publish any more classified documents related to the Afghan war, saying it is important that no more damage be done to U.S. national security. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told NBC television...
Blowback from Wikileaks disclosures continues
By Katherine Tiedemann U.S. officials are reportedly in damage control mode as they seek to limit the impact of the Wikileaks disclosures on the U.S.'s relationship with Pakistan, after Pakistani officials hotly objected to reports that the Pakistani...
US military investigates leaked Afghan war documents
While enroute from Afghanistan to Iraq Tuesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said he is "appalled" about the release of tens of thousands of Afghan war documents that have been posted on the Internet on the Wikileaks...
Thousands of Afghan war docs leaked
by Andrew Lebovich The website WikiLeaks.org released roughly 92,000 government documents related to the war in Afghanistan from 2004-2010 yesterday evening, after giving the documents to the New York Times, The Guardian, and Germany\'s Der Spiegel...
Taliban district commander captured
by Katherine Tiedemann Offensive moves Afghan and international forces reportedly captured the Taliban district commander for Naw Zad in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province last night, after a four hour gunfight in the northern part of the province...
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by Katherine Tiedemann During yesterday's Senate hearing on the Afghan war, Gen. David Petraeus briefly collapsed, and was able to walk out of the room moments later to return in 30 minutes, saying he had been dehydrated (Wash Post, The News, Guardian...
