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President Barack Obama won a pledge from NATO allies Saturday to send 5,000 more troops to help in Afghanistan, calling it a 'strong down payment' to securing coming national elections and the entire country.

http://arbiteronline.com/2011/08/17/nato-pledges-5000-troops-to-afghanistan/



$360M lost to insurgents, criminals in Afghanistan

After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of people the American-led coalition has spent nearly a decade battling: the Taliban, criminals and power brokers with ties to both.

http://bit.ly/nlvJLa



Afghanistan: The Worst Place to be a Mother

After 10 years of occupation by the United States, Afghanistan s maternal mortality and female life expectancy indicators are the worst in the world.

http://www.alternet.org/world/152018/afghanistan:_the_worst_place_to_be_a_mother_



Afghanistan: NATO Kills 4 Civilians Sparks Protest

Residents of southern Ghazni province protested on Saturday against the killing of four civilians during a nighttime operation by international troops.

http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2011/08/20/isaf-operation-sparks-protest-ghazni


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=insurgent
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Taliban
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=night+raid
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
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