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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...
Tags: Human Rights, Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress
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America's go-to man in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan — A shy boy with filthy hands and a shabby tunic approached the great man, bowed and tried to kiss his hand. Gen. Matiullah Khan was seated like a sultan on a cushion in his hojra, his airy receiving room. He barely...
Tags: Politics, Bombings, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Drug Trafficking, National Government
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Afghanistan's Karzai urges Taliban leader Omar to run for president
World NowKABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai had a suggestion Thursday for Mullah Mohammed Omar, the fugitive leader of the Taliban movement: Run for president if you want. The Afghan leader, speaking at a news conference, urged the Taliban chief to... -
Pakistan rips 'preposterous' ideas about its role in Afghan talks
World NowPakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said any expectations Pakistan could deliver the Taliban leader to the negotiating table for Afghan peace talks were “preposterous.”... -
U.S. offers $10-million bounty for Pakistani militant chief
World NowThe U.S. government has set a $10-million bounty on Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of a Pakistani militant group with suspected links to Al Qaeda and the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people.... -
Muslim holiday in Afghanistan opens with a bombing
World NowAfghanistan bombing: Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Muslim calendar, got off to a violent start in Afghanistan on Sunday when suspected insurgents staged a bombing outside a mosque in the north, killing at least seven worshippers, Afghan... -
Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah
Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West,...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Qur'an, Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush
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Book review: 'Obama's Wars'
Los Angeles TimesThe essential outline of the story journalist and political historian Bob Woodward sets out to tell in " Obama's Wars" actually is fairly well known. President Obama's agonized march to a decision on how to move forward in what he has called "a war of...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Bombings, George W. Bush
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White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan
Introduction The United States has a vital national security interest in addressing the current and potential security threats posed by extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Pakistan, al Qaeda and other groups of jihadist terrorists are planning new...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Economic Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations
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Don't fail Afghanistan
The United States is now at risk of "losing" Afghanistan, the predictable result of committing insufficient troops and money to that catastrophically failed state after the rout of the Taliban in 2001. U.S. forces are suffering sharply higher casualties...Tags: Suicide, Politics, Osama bin Laden, Heads of State, Iraq
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Pakistani militant's reputation grows
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNot so long ago, Baitullah Mahsud was an obscure tribal sub-chieftain, little known outside his ancestral district set amid the forbidding, snow-shrouded mountains and valleys of South Waziristan. Now, in a matter of months, he has emerged as the most...Tags: Suicide, Michael V. Hayden, Heads of State, National Government, Armed Forces
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ARCHIVE: U.S. Launches Attack
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCHARIKAR, Afghanistan -- The United States launched its retaliation against terrorism Sunday, striking at the heart of Osama bin Laden's adopted nation and his Taliban supporters with a thundering attack of bombs from the air and missiles from the sea....Tags: U.S. Department of State, Politics, Refugee, Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush
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