Obama, Hollande talk about debt, Afghanistan
Philadelphia Inquirer
The two leaders spoke for about 20 minutes in the Oval Office, covering such issues as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria – including Hollande's pledge to draw down French combat troops in Afghanistan by the end of the year. Obama was scheduled to head …
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Lessons Learned in Afghan School Closures
Wall Street Journal
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV and HABIB KHAN TOTAKHIL KABUL—Parents and teachers in southeastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province last month received a torrent of anonymous warnings: Don't go to school. Afghan children attend school in Ghazni province last week.
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NATO and Afghanistan
New York Times
In advance of the NATO summit meeting on Afghanistan, American officials are claiming real progress in the fight against the Taliban. “Every day we're gaining traction,” Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, told reporters last week.
Hopes fading for swift US, Pakistan deal on Afghan supply routesChicago Tribune
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In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull
Daily Beast
Afghanistan has long been a lightly caffeinated, tea-drinking country. But over the past few years, many have developed a thirst for energy drinks—even some among the Taliban. On a sweltering afternoon in Kandahar last week, a small convoy of armored …

After months in Afghanistan, 70 trips to Iraq, she deserves to be heard
Chicago Sun-Times
Kathy Kelly walked into town early Friday on the last leg of a 180-mile trek from Madison with activists trying to build support to stop the war in Afghanistan. On Sunday she will be among the keynote speakers at the big NATO protest rally in Grant …

Afghanistan after the US: What's next?
Christian Science Monitor
A major question at the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend: How will Afghanistan – and its government – fare after US troops leave? The answer is likely to come from the Afghan countryside. About three-quarters of the population live in rural areas, …
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On Afghanistan, the Pentagon Has Lost the American People
Huffington Post (blog)
House Republicans pulled the plug on a vote Thursday on a bipartisan amendment to a defense bill that would force the Obama administration to stick firmly to its timetable for getting US troops out of Afghanistan. Republicans were concerned the …
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Don't abandon Afghan women
Washington Post
She is honorary chair of the US-Afghan Women's Council and chairs the Women's Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute As the United States convenes the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, the fate of Afghanistan's women is on my mind.
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Summit agenda led by economy and Afghanistan, but leaders confer on Iran and Syria
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is using weekend gatherings of world leaders — dominated by discussion of European economic woes and Afghanistan — to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and to encourage a more …

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Obama, Hollande agree on much – but not Afghanistan
Reuters
By Caren Bohan and Elizabeth Pineau | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France's troops from Afghanistan at year's end, a note of discord in …
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