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McCain urges Obama to speed up Afghan decision
Nov 20th, 2009 - USA Today
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there.ANALYSIS-Pakistan worries over new U.S. Afghan strategy
Nov 20th, 2009 - Reuters
(For more stories on the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan click [ID:nAFPAK] ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters) - As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a U.S...
Debate Shifts to Afghan Exit Plan
Nov 18th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have turned the focus of Afghan war planning toward an exit strategy, publicly declaring that the U.S...Obama 'close' to Afghan decision
Nov 18th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Mr Obama said a decision would be announced within "several weeks"
President Barack Obama says he is "very close" to deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and will announce his decision within "several weeks".Obama faces uphill battle in selling Afghan war strategy
Nov 17th, 2009 - Washington Post
Most Americans say they think President Obama will come up with a strategy for Afghanistan that will succeed, but few are "very confident" he will do so, and the public is closely divided about how many more troops to send there...
Afghan War videos from YouTube:
9:28SOVIET AFGHAN WAR DOCUMENTARY Part 1/5
cnn documentary about the failed take over of afghanistan by the soviet union.the war started with the assasination of the leader of the soviet installed puppet government to the eventual defeat of the soviets by american backed mudjahadeen fighters
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3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment. Recent action from Afghan
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2:25Taliban's propaganda war in Afghanistan - 16 Oct 07
When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan before the 2001 invasion, entertainment of any kind was banned. But ironically, in their attempt to regain control of the country, their propaganda is now being disseminated using television, videos and music ...
Afghan War from WikiPedia:
The Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (642–870) began after the Islamic conquest of Persia, when Arab Muslims defeated the Persian Sassanians at the battles of Walaja, al-Q?disiyyah and Nahavand. The Arabs then began to move towards the lands east of Persia and in 642 captured the city, Herat.
The invasion of Persia was completed five years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and all of the Persian territories came under Arab control, though pockets of tribal resistance continued for centuries in the Afghan territories.
During the 7th century, Arab armies made their way into the region of Afghanistan with the new religion of Islam. At this point in time the area that is currently Afghanistan had a multi-religious population consisting of Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Jews, as well as others.
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