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• Obama said to want revised Afghanistan options

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wont accept any of the Afghanistan war options before him without changes, administration officials say, amid an argument by his own ambassador in Kabul that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government. Obamas ambassador, Karl ...
  14 hours ago

• US envoy urges no troop increase

  
  Recording — Authority: 514
  In a dramatic intervention, the US ambassador in Kabul warns against sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan.
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• Greetings & Salutations [Snap Judgment]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 819
  [Kabul, November 11. Image via Getty ] US soldiers salute during a Veterans Day ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul on November 11, 2009. NATO has a 71,000-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)
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• Brushes for Teeth

  
  Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect — Authority: 563
  Medicinal sticks, that once chewed take on toothbrushinal properties. For context see the the toothbrush thread .
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• Body of missing American soldier retrieved from western Afghanistan river

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Kabul, Nov.11 (ANI): The body of an American soldier who went missing in western Afghanistan last week, has been retrieved from a river in the area by military divers.The missing soldier was one of two paratroopers, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, who had disappeared in Badghis province that ...
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• Afghanistan losing fight against swine flu, says health minister

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Kabul, Nov.11 (ANI): Afghanistan appears to be losing the fight against swine flu, as many parts of the country remain fairly unsanitary. Kabul, which currently is the center of Afghanistan’s H1N1 outbreak, has over 450 confirmed cases. This has led to schools and universities being closed. Large public gatherings ...
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• BNW on AU Observer Afghanistan Panel

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  
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• Ambush of the Common Sort

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 814
    08 November 2009 Got a ping today about an attack on the road between Jalalabad and Kabul.  It’s a dangerous road and I don’t like to drive it.  The source has always been reliable, so I pinged Tim Lynch (who often is on that road), and Tim just sent these pics and a quick narrative.  (Unedited, and ...
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• Nickelback in concert in Dubai | dubaimoves.com

  
  Dubai for Visitors — Authority: 152
  Canadian rockers Nickelback come to Dubai in a one night concert on 5 February as part of the Gulf Bike Festival. Go here to see the original:  Nickelback in concert in Dubai | dubaimoves.com
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• Why Buy the Cow When You Can Get the Milk for Free?

  
  Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect — Authority: 563
  Is it possible to experience the core benefits of mobile phone ownership without having a mobile phone? In contexts where income is highly variable people living on the poverty line are more likely to be forced to sell off assets in order to buy essentials such as food. The mobile phone is such an asset. The net ...
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• Conducive Spaces / Theatres

  
  Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect — Authority: 563
  Middle of the day, proprietor allows a nose around the cinema, all to the background soundtrack of a 1970s Bollywood blockbuster. Downstairs also includes family areas - half a dozen seats set apart from the rest of the cinema. These days however its strictly for males. Q: apart from watching the fine selection of ...
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• A pratical strategy for Afghanistan

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 128
  The more we research Afghanistan and the current NATO strategy, the more we are convinced that the mission objectives are fatally flawed. The West is trying to hoist an ideal of a society – democratic, plurality possessed, centralized- on a nation at best loosely formed. Matthew Hoh, a political officer in the ...
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• Kabul Street Phone Charging Norms

  
  Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect — Authority: 563
  See the thread on charging .
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• NATO forces ‘may abandon most of northern Helmand’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  London, Nov.9 (ANI): Western military commanders in Afghanistan are considering a radical shift in policy that would see British and US forces conduct a tactical pull-out from most of northern Helmand, including the town of Musa Qala. The Times quoted a NATO source said the plan to withdraw from northern Helmand would ...
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• The Reinvention of Robert Gates

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 750
  One afternoon in October, a blue and white jumbo jet flew high above the Pacific Ocean, approaching the international dateline. On board was the secretary of defense, Robert Gates, who was on an around-the-world trip that would end with a summit of NATO defense ministers, where the topic of the day would be ...
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• Video : Malalai Joya on Democracy Now

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 438
  As stated previously , I do not necessarily agree with much of what Malalai Joya says nor do I agree with her methods, however as also stated previously , Ms. Joya is symbolic of the kind of voices that cannot be silenced if Afghanistan is to ever have a true democracy. Whether this democracy comes organically from ...
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• The Afghans are concerned about more troops - the United States must want the fighting to go on

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 132
  Moises Saman for The New York Times At a bazaar in Charikar, north of Kabul, many Afghans said they felt vulnerable to the Taliban, unprotected by their own government or the American forces. yeah, no shit... In bazaars and university corridors across the country, eight years of war have left people exhausted ...
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• Relative Value

  
  Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect — Authority: 563
  What is more precious? Water or paper?
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
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• Martyrs, Hajj, Honoured

  
  Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect — Authority: 563
  Green flag denoting either a martyr or the deceased has completed the hajj. See also: gravestone orientation .
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