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	<title>Trends Updates &#187; Afghanistan war</title>
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		<title>Following President Obama, NATO Allies Ready To Send More Troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajeev 
Saxena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world was waiting U.S President Barack Obama to outline his strategy for Afghanistan and now that he has given the go ahead for troop reinforcements to Afghanistan amounting to 30,000 U.S personnel, NATO and its member states have also come around and announced that, they will in all commit 5,000 NATO troops to carry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Fort Hood (just like in Afghanistan), US failure to know Muslims well enough?</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/in-fort-hood-just-like-in-afghanistan-us-failure-to-know-muslims-well-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The massacre at Fort Hood occurred at a time when US President Barack Obama is at the final stage of decision-making about what to do with the US war in Afghanistan. The Afghan war has been proving to be a failure in the US antiterrorism mobilization, as well as its counterinsurgency campaign. US troops in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO Enters Into Commercial Contract With Russia For Helicopters in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/nato-enters-into-commercial-contract-with-russia-for-helicopters-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/nato-enters-into-commercial-contract-with-russia-for-helicopters-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajeev 
Saxena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan war]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NATO member states]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russian helicopters in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=27529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has reportedly entered into a commercial contract with Russia, under which, Moscow will deliver and deploy Russian built helicopters into Afghanistan to be used by the NATO forces. In the last two to three years, the NATO forces currently stationed in Afghanistan have been facing logistical nightmare and they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rouge Afghan Policeman Kills British Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/rouge-afghan-policeman-kills-british-soldiers/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/rouge-afghan-policeman-kills-british-soldiers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajeev 
Saxena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british troops in afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=27469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In yet another incident highlighting the sympathetic behavior of the Afghanistan security forces towards Taliban, a rouge Afghan police officer shot and killed five soldiers of the British contingent of the coalition forces currently stationed in Afghanistan. Today&#8217;s incident has cast serious doubts over the allegiance of Afghan forces towards the betterment of their country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Troop Sanctions Giving Hard Time To Soldiers On The Ground</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/german-troop-sanctions-giving-hard-time-to-soldiers-on-the-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajeev 
Saxena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition forces]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=26795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past one week NATO member countries such as, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have expressed their dissatisfaction towards the continuing NATO military operations in Afghanistan and have declared that, not further troops will be committed from these countries. However. Germany&#8217;s decision to hold back reinforcements into the region. It seems is taking its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Whole New Strategy to Win the War on the Taliban in the offing</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/a-whole-new-strategy-to-win-the-war-on-the-taliban-in-the-offing/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/a-whole-new-strategy-to-win-the-war-on-the-taliban-in-the-offing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alliances with Afghan regional chiefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alliances with Afghan warlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-opting elements of the Taliban]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=24141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Until I&#8217;m satisfied that we&#8217;ve got the right strategy I&#8217;m not gonna be sending some young man or woman over there — beyond what we already have,” said US President Barack Obama, explicitly warning US commanders that he is “skeptical” regarding the erstwhile strategy to combat the war in Afghanistan with more US soldiers. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan Taliban Prove To Be More Handful Than Iraqi Insurgents</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/afghanistan-taliban-prove-to-be-more-handful-than-iraqi-insurgents/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/afghanistan-taliban-prove-to-be-more-handful-than-iraqi-insurgents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajeev 
Saxena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fifth marines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S Marines offensive in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=20101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been nearly a month since, the U.S armed forces launched a massive offensive against Taliban and Al-Qaeda factions in Afghanistan and the forces are already feeling the heat and the intensity of the battle. The overall contingent, that is mainly comprised of over 4,000 U.S Marine soldiers has been conducting operations in Afghanistan to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US soldiers: heavily armed with weapons and prescription pills</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/us-soldiers-heavily-armed-with-weapons-and-prescription-pills/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/us-soldiers-heavily-armed-with-weapons-and-prescription-pills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=15524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US soldiers who fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that manifests in various illnesses such as headaches, anxiety, sleeplessness, and chronic pain. Just as they heavily depended on their high-powered ammunition, so are they heavily dependent on prescription pills such as antidepressants, anti-anxiety medication, sleeping pills, and painkillers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s in a name? A war by any other name would still smell as costly… (Obama renames Bush’s ‘War on Terror’)</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-name-a-war-by-any-other-name-would-still-smell-as-costly%e2%80%a6-obama-renames-bush%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98war-on-terror%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A month ago, the International Commission of Jurists urged the White House to change the term ‘War on Terror’ because it “justifies the violations of humanitarian law and human rights.” Some sectors of the army had also requested a change of title because it gathers under a single name all the policies that deal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Soldiers Kill Themselves</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/when-soldiers-kill-themselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=6890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Suicide among US soldiers in active service is at record high. The number of soldiers who committed suicide in 2008 rose to about 143 from 115 the previous year. Experts attribute this fact to the attendant pressure in times of war. Army statistics released recently showed that 30 percent of those who committed suicide last [...]]]></description>
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