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Mini-surge to Test Out US Strategy in Afghanistan

Posted in Articles, Military on Feb 18th, 2009

Some 3000 US troops recently deployed to insurgent-heavy provinces near Kabul
Maydan Shahr, Afghanistan - The 3,000 new American troops who arrived in recent weeks in Logar and Wardak provinces, both of which border Kabul, face a formidable challenge: establishing control in areas with little government presence and where insurgents operate freely.
In Band-e-chak, for example, a [...]

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Some Afghans Live Under Taliban Rule–And Prefer It

Posted in Afghan Life, Articles, Security on Oct 15th, 2008

In provinces just south of Kabul, the insurgents have a shadow government that polices roads and runs courts.
Porak, Afghanistan - After a gang of thieves had continually terrorized an Afghan neighborhood near here months ago, locals decided they’d had enough. “We complained several times to the government and even showed them where the thieves [...]

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Taliban Wages War On Aid Groups

Posted in Articles, Security on Aug 15th, 2008

Kabul, Afghanistan - A Wednesday attack that killed three Western aid workers in Afghanistan raises concerns that the Taliban is attempting to force the expulsion of all foreign humanitarian workers from the troubled country.
“This was the worst attack in many years and is a major [...]

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