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		<title>Afghanistan: battling over the population’s perception (and losing)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Council on Foreign Relations, Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor of CFR.org, interviews Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, CFR. Boot sums up the Marjah offensive as US troops ‘trying to take out probably the biggest remaining Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province, which has been a safe haven not only for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan: ethnic cleansing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yvonne Ridley, a British Journalist and author of In The Hands of the Taliban, boldly asserts in counterpunch that the huge military offensive codenamed Operation Moshtarak that caused the evacuation of residents in the town of Marjah in Afghanistan is ethnic cleansing. The purported ISAF pacification offensive grandly launched in what is described as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be A Tourist in Magnificent Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday Mosque in Herat Image: Koldo Hormaza Wikitravel Herat was one of the largest cultural and Islamic centers in Central Asia in the 14th till the 16th centuries. Today, it is the third largest city in Afghanistan. It is located in the western part of the country, bordered with Iran. Herat was the Timurid center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Forces Battling Fiercely With Taliban in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British forces are engaged in Operation Panther’s Claw in Helmand Province of Afghanistan for more than two weeks. They are fighting with Taliban forces closely. There have been casualties too. Two more British soldiers were killed in these close encounters with Taliban. Civilians have fled the province. Meanwhile US marines are holding talks with tribal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Forces Target Drug Labs in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/british-forces-target-drug-labs-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British forces have launched an offensive against major opium based drug labs in Helmand province of Afghanistan. Primarily under British control, Helmand province alone produces some 60 to 70 percent of Afghan opium. According to US official estimates Taleban insurgents earn more than $100 million a year from drugs trafficking. The region is infested with [...]]]></description>
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