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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain David Miliband holds a bilateral with Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, not shown, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.
(photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)
UK minister urges push for Afghan peace
Khaleej Times
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbours must support such an agreement. | Miliband's conciliatory comments, in a speech to be given in the United States later o...
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, left, speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.
(photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool, Pool)
David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political drive
BBC News
| Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. | At a lecture in the US, he is expected to urge President Hamid Karzai to work harder to match international military and development effort in his co...
Suicide bomber kills two coaltion soldiers in Afghan
The Siasat Daily
| Kabul, March 10: Two coalition soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO said. | A spokesman for the NATO-led ISAF alliance confirmed the incident, but said it was still awaiting more details. | The nationalit...
Could Taliban Arrests Hurt Pakistan?
The Siasat Daily
| Islamabad, March 10: Many have hailed Pakistan’s recent arrests of top Taliban leaders as a sign of significant improvement in intelligence cooperation with the US, but some experts argue this could prove counterproductive by deepening the gap of...
Start Afghan peace talks now
The Siasat Daily
| London, March 10: Britain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war could be prolonged – and more British lives lost – as a result of incompetence and lack of political will...
UK minister urges push for Afghan peace
Khaleej Times
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbours must support such an agreement. | Miliband's conciliatory comments, in...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, presents coins to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Frontenac in Kandahar, Afghanistan
AP / Jim Watson
Defense Secretary Gates praises troops
Post-Bulletin
3/9/2010 3:56:52 PM By Anne Gearan | Associated Press | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit today that i...
Self-propelled cannon in Afghanistan.jpg  The following is the author's description of the photograph quoted directly from the photograph's Flickr page. "Een pantserhouwitzer van de 14e afdeling veldartillerie (B-batterij, C-peloton) vuurt met zijn 155 mm kanon vanaf Kamp Holland in Uruzgan op stellingen van vijandelijke elementen in Chora, provincie Uruzgan.
Creative Commons / isafmedia
Afghan war: ‘Decisive phase’ looms in Kandahar
Deccan Herald
Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Afghanistan, Mar 9, (Reuters): | US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a ...
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010.
US DoD / Cherie Cullen
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
BBC News
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. | After mee...
Brides and wounded: The saga of Afghan cab
The Daily Tribune
| FEATURE | 03/10/2010 | KABUL — In the 30 years since Ghulam Ali bought his yellow-and-white taxi and drove it home from Saudi Arabia, all of Afghan life — from expectant brides to dying war wounded — has occupied its back seat. | Once a gleaming so...
The Dutch and Afghanistan
The New York Times
| Regarding the editorial "Dutch retreat" (Feb. 26): The Dutch government is right to reject continued participation in the war in Afghanistan. To wage a large-scale war in Afghanistan rather than prosecuting the criminals of 9/11 has proven counterp...
Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. | The Daily Telegraph understands plans have been drawn up for a senior officer and a lea...
Politics
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, left, speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.
(photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool, Pool)
David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political drive
BBC News
| Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. | At a lecture in the US, he is expected to urge President Hamid Karzai to work harder to match international military and development effort in his country. | He is set to say a political settlement i...
Business
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., second right, with Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington.
(photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Poll: Would you vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)?
Newsvine
| Poll: Would you vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)? | By: David Phillips | Las Vegas Democrat Examiner | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has done a lot of good for Nevada during his time in the Senate. Reid has been a strong supported for Nevada's Senior citizens with health care and Social Security to billions for highway...



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