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Karzai Criticisms Lead to Tensions With Hagel - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"President Hamid Karzai leveled particularly harsh accusations against the United States on Sunday, suggesting that the Americans and the Taliban had a common goal in destabilizing his country. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"President Hamid Karzai leveled particularly harsh accusations against the United States on Sunday, suggesting that the Americans and the Taliban had a common goal in destabilizing his country. "</div>

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Afghan Government Faces Cash Crunch, I.M.F. Says - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Karzai wants 'at least $2 billion' a year from US | DAWN.COM - 0 views

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"KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said he wanted "at least $2 billion" a year from the United States after it withdraws its troops in 2014."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said he wanted "at least $2 billion" a year from the United States after it withdraws its troops in 2014."</div>

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Exclusive: Karzai family looks to extend boss rule in Afghanistan - National Afghanista... - 0 views

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"According to journalist Douglas Wissing in his new book, Funding the Enemy, once the unholy alliance was forged between the brothers Karzai, rapacious warlords and incestuous multinational corporations, U.S. taxpayer dollars began to "lubricate an entire system of corruption that eventually extended to the Taliban.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"According to journalist Douglas Wissing in his new book, Funding the Enemy, once the unholy alliance was forged between the brothers Karzai, rapacious warlords and incestuous multinational corporations, U.S. taxpayer dollars began to "lubricate an entire system of corruption that eventually extended to the Taliban.""</div>

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Afghanistan: A Bleak Report from the Front | Battleland | TIME.com - 0 views

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"Now comes a decidedly contrary point of view. It's from Douglas A. Wissing, author of the just-published Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban. After spending time with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he's come to the conclusion that the U.S.-led effort there is flagging, if not already doomed. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Now comes a decidedly contrary point of view. It's from Douglas A. Wissing, author of the just-published Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban. After spending time with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he's come to the conclusion that the U.S.-led effort there is flagging, if not already doomed. "</div>

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"The remains of four Indiana National Guard soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week arrived back in the United States on Sunday, met by their families and a delegation of high-ranking military officials."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The remains of four Indiana National Guard soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week arrived back in the United States on Sunday, met by their families and a delegation of high-ranking military officials."</div>

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Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"With the end in sight for Hamid Karzai's days in office as Afghanistan's president, members of his family are trying to protect their status, weighing how to hold on to power while secretly fighting among themselves for control of the fortune they have amassed in the last decade. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"With the end in sight for Hamid Karzai's days in office as Afghanistan's president, members of his family are trying to protect their status, weighing how to hold on to power while secretly fighting among themselves for control of the fortune they have amassed in the last decade. "</div>

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U.S. Considers Faster Pullout in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a "zero option" that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a "zero option" that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials. "</div>

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Militants Attack U.S. Embassy in Kabul - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"In the most direct assault since the American Embassy opened here nine years ago, heavily armed insurgents wearing suicide vests put the embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters in their cross hairs, showing the Taliban's ability to enter even the most heavily fortified districts in the country. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"In the most direct assault since the American Embassy opened here nine years ago, heavily armed insurgents wearing suicide vests put the embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters in their cross hairs, showing the Taliban's ability to enter even the most heavily fortified districts in the country. "</div>

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Sears A & E appliance service is "terrible." - 0 views

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"Sears customer service is ranked #324 out of the 454 companies that have a CustomerServiceScoreboard.com rating with an overall score of 29.50 out of a possible 200. This score rates Sears customer service and customer support as Terrible. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sears customer service is ranked #324 out of the 454 companies that have a CustomerServiceScoreboard.com rating with an overall score of 29.50 out of a possible 200. This score rates Sears customer service and customer support as Terrible. "</div>

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Obama to Announce Timetable for Troop Withdrawals From Afghan Surge - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"President Obama plans to announce his decision on the scale and pace of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan in a speech from the White House at 8 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday evening. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"President Obama plans to announce his decision on the scale and pace of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan in a speech from the White House at 8 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday evening. "</div>

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Twelve Veterans Days | Defense News | defensenews.com - 0 views

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"Though it hardly seems possible, Nov. 11 marked the 12th Veterans Day in which the United States has been at war in Afghanistan (nine of which also included fighting in Iraq)."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Though it hardly seems possible, Nov. 11 marked the 12th Veterans Day in which the United States has been at war in Afghanistan (nine of which also included fighting in Iraq)."</div>

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Hamid Karzai: Our Man in Kabul? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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"A close look at Mr. Karzai's growing alienation from the U.S. helps to explain why so many of America's war objectives in Afghanistan remain unfulfilled. It seems increasingly likely that the U.S. will leave behind both an undefeated Taliban insurgency and a dysfunctional government mired in corruption and utterly dependent on foreign aid."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A close look at Mr. Karzai's growing alienation from the U.S. helps to explain why so many of America's war objectives in Afghanistan remain unfulfilled. It seems increasingly likely that the U.S. will leave behind both an undefeated Taliban insurgency and a dysfunctional government mired in corruption and utterly dependent on foreign aid."</div>

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U.S. Commandos' New Landlord in Afghanistan: Blackwater | Danger Room | Wired.com - 0 views

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"U.S. Special Operations Forces have a brand new home in Afghanistan. It's owned and operated by the security company formerly known as Blackwater, thanks to a no-bid deal worth $22 million"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"U.S. Special Operations Forces have a brand new home in Afghanistan. It's owned and operated by the security company formerly known as Blackwater, thanks to a no-bid deal worth $22 million"</div>

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U.S. Finds Graft by Favored Afghan Leader - WSJ.com - 0 views

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"JALALABAD, Afghanistan-One of Afghanistan's top power brokers has been freeing suspected insurgents, running an open extortion scheme and traveling with suitcases of undeclared cash earned from criminal activity, according to internal U.S. documents. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"JALALABAD, Afghanistan-One of Afghanistan's top power brokers has been freeing suspected insurgents, running an open extortion scheme and traveling with suitcases of undeclared cash earned from criminal activity, according to internal U.S. documents. "</div>

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C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader's Office - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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The Great American Folly Machine:

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Bernard Bajolet, Leaving Afghanistan, Has His Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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At last, a whiff of diplomatic candor about the Western failure in Afghanistan that I covered in "Funding the Enemy."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">At last, a whiff of diplomatic candor about the Western failure in Afghanistan that I covered in "Funding the Enemy."</div>

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Obama to Announce Troops' Return - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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"President Obama's decision to remove 34,000 American troops in Afghanistan by this time next year represents a careful balancing of political interests and military requirements. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"President Obama's decision to remove 34,000 American troops in Afghanistan by this time next year represents a careful balancing of political interests and military requirements. "</div>

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As U.S. Withdraws Troops, Fears That Afghan Aid Will Dry Up - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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""I've often worried that the lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan - and especially Afghanistan - is that we don't know how to do foreign aid, and therefore we shouldn't continue to provide aid at the levels we have been," said Ms. Wadhams of the Center for American Progress. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""I've often worried that the lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan - and especially Afghanistan - is that we don't know how to do foreign aid, and therefore we shouldn't continue to provide aid at the levels we have been," said Ms. Wadhams of the Center for American Progress. "</div>

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I detailed aid failure in "Funding the Enemy."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I detailed aid failure in "Funding the Enemy."</div>

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"WASHINGTON: A congressional oversight body has sent a letter to the US State Department, saying that some American-funded companies and individuals are actively supporting the insurgency in Afghanistan. In the letter, which was also copied to the US Agency for International Development, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction urged the US government to immediately stop disbursement of federal funds to these companies and individuals."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"WASHINGTON: A congressional oversight body has sent a letter to the US State Department, saying that some American-funded companies and individuals are actively supporting the insurgency in Afghanistan. In the letter, which was also copied to the US Agency for International Development, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction urged the US government to immediately stop disbursement of federal funds to these companies and individuals."</div>

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