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Times Online (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A British soldier killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday was today named as Corporal Jason Barnes, 25, from Exeter in Devon. He was serving with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, attached to 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
British soldier who died after his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan named as Corporal Jason Barnes.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Source: Reuters By Jon Hemming KABUL, July 24 (Reuters) - The Afghan government makes all the right noises about fighting corruption, but it has to follow words with deeds, the World Bank president said on Thursday ...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Source: Reuters July 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan reported until 1330 GMT on Thursday. ZABUL - Afghan soldiers killed "dozens of foreign and Afghan terrorists" in an ...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Source: IRIN Despite high hopes for the eradication of polio in Afghanistan, nine new cases have been reported in three southern provinces over the past month.
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Scholars and Rogues (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Editor’s note: Our guest, Connor O’Steen, is a special correspondent to Scholars & Rogues . He’s currently in Afghanistan working for PARSA, a non-governmental organization (NGO) specializing in microeconomic development with an emphasis on women and children. He is often in rural areas far from Kabul where most other journalists cannot, or will not, go. You are unlikely to find his insights in the...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan after his patrol came under fire, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
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The Conservative Voice Columns (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2008 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke out on the need for additional troops in Afghanistan, potential troop reductions in Iraq, and the upcoming U.S. presidential election during a wide-ranging "Newsmakers" interview on PBS's "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" last night.
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official.
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Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
VILNIUS- The first team of medical personnel in the Lithuanian-led Ghor Provincial Reconstruction Team are coming home after completing a three-month long mission in Afghanistan. Working with local personnel, the team in the GhorProvince as well as Lithuanian troops provided medical aid and muc
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official….
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida’s foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday….
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CNN (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
It will be left to the next president to send a significant number of additional troops to Afghanistan, the Pentagon's spokesman said Wednesday.