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							- Militants kill 8 policeman in volatile northern Afghan province of Kunduz, police say
 - United States, Afghan forces prepare for major assault on the birthplace of the Taliban
 - Taliban insurgents break into home of Afghan official, killing him and his wife
 - More than 20 armed insurgents, including foreign fighters, killed in eastern Afghanistan
 - Us military predicts heavy fighting around Afghan city of Kandahar through the fall
 - July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US forces as 3 new deaths bring American toll to 63
 - Afghan soldiers seen as outsiders in crucial southern region; many don’t speak the language
 - Tension among Afghanistan’s police forces among challenges in pacifying volatile Kandahar
 - 60 nations to meet in Afghanistan to endorse plan for Afghans to assume security by 2014
 - Petraeus, choice to take over Afghanistan war, says US in it for long haul but has exit plan
 - Petraeus’ next mission: convincing Congress he can turn things around in Afghanistan war
 - CIA chief Panetta: US has driven back al-Qaida, struggles with Taliban in ‘tough’ Afghan fight
 - Sen. Levin suggests US delay operations in Kandahar until more Afghan troops can join fight
 - Afghan president endorses US Gen. McChrystal, under fire for comments about Obama
 - In spite of concerns, White House says troop pullout in Afghanistan still set for July 2011
 - Karzai gets nod from residents to ramp up security in Kandahar although skepticism remains
 - Afghan President Karzai seeks community leader support for Kandahar security operation
 - Afghan President Karzai seeks support for Kandahar security operation
 - US commander in Afghanistan says Kandahar operation will take longer than planned
 - Afghan peace conference backs Karzai plan to approach Taliban for talks
 - Afghan peace conference calls for steps toward peace talks with militants
 - Afghan peace conference hashes out statement, likely to seeks talks with Taliban
 - Afghan peace conference steers toward talks with Taliban, but details remain elusive
 - Challenge for US in crucial Afghan city of Kandahar: How to keep battle from looking like war
 - Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan faces greatest test as US toll reaches 1,000 deaths
 - Obama Afghan strategy faces greatest test as US reaches 1,000 death mark
 - Afghan peace conference delayed 5 days; focus to be incentives for insurgents to stop fight
 - Insurgents launch ground assault against NATO’s main base in southern Afghanistan
 - In speech to graduating cadets, Obama says US needs allies standing resolute in Afghanistan
 - Securing Taliban’s birthplace is a major challenge of Afghan offensive
 - A lightning rod of criticism, Karzai’s brother accused of influence peddling, wrongdoing
 - Afghan officials: At least 30 militants killed in allied raids; 5 security guards die in east
 - Clinton pledges US will not abandon Afghan women as Karzai seeks reconciliation with Taliban
 - Clinton says Taliban who seek reconciliation with government must respect women’s rights
 - Karzai see US cost of war at Arlington Cemetery; McChrystal says Kandahar key to victory
 - Karzai sees the US toll in Afghan war: the graves at Arlington, the wounded at Walter Reed
 - Afghan president wraps up fence-mending visit to Washington with TV discussion with Clinton
 - Afghan president winds up Washington visit with lawmakers, Clinton, stop at Arlington Cemetery
 - Obama warns of hard fighting ahead in Afghanistan, pledges to begin withdrawal on schedule
 - Interior Ministry: 18 militants killed in joint allied, Afghan operation in southern Helmand
 - Interior Ministry: 18 insurgents killed in joint allied, Afghan operation in southern Helmand
 - Afghan leader’s visit to Washington expected to smooth rocky relations with US
 - Report says Afghanistan war suffers from lack of attention to volatile politics there
 - Pentagon officials tell Congress things are looking up, even though violence is getting worse
 - US Army captain who sets out to build local Afghan government becomes king
 - Reckless behavior of private companies protecting NATO convoys angers Afghans
 - Afghans mark anniversary of mujahedeen victory over the Soviets in the 1980s war
 - Key Afghan military operation moves slowly as Washington’s political clock ticks
 - AP Interview: President Karzai’s power broker brother mending fences with US
 - 18-year-old Afghan woman slain, latest victim of campaign of fear against women
 - US: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ‘commander in chief’
 - Karzai says local leaders must be consulted ahead of upcoming offensive in south Afghanistan
 - Afghan leader, NATO officials meet tribal leaders in Kandahar to reassure them about offensive
 - Afghan president meets top US commander amid tensions over claims of Western interference
 - Courteous but businesslike, Obama seeks delicate new balance in dealing with Afghan leader
 - Afghan police report 4 explosions in city in southern Afghanistan; causes not yet known
 - Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan
 - Gates meets with troops fighting Taliban in southern Afghanistan
 - Gates visits Afghanistan where preparations are under way for next step in war offensive
 - Troops clear last of resistance in Marjah; neighboring province braces for next offensive
 - Finally, progress on both sides of Afghan-Pakistan border gives glimmer of hope for US in war
 - Marines dropped behind Taliban lines; NATO now controls key roads in Marjah but progress slow
 - Taliban’s top military commander captured in raid by Pakistani, US intelligence forces
 - Taliban step up attacks against US-led forces in besieged Afghan town
 - Tribal elders in southern Afghanistan plea for NATO offensive to be quick and careful
 - Afghan tribe makes first step in anti-Taliban pact by bringing in alleged collaborator
 - Afghan police say border patrol fatally shot 7 civilians it mistook for insurgents
 - In southern Afghanistan, it will take more than war to dislodge hockey league at military base
 - Violence in Afghanistan’s south and west as president heads to Saudi Arabia for talks
 - Afghan troops battle Taliban fighters targeting UN, govt buildings in southern Afghanistan
 - Official says 4 policemen killed in checkpoint attack in southern Afghanistan
 - Rocket strike at major base in southern Afghanistan wounds 4 Bulgarian, 4 Romanian troops
 - Afghan president sends lawmakers new Cabinet list after most of his first picks were rejected
 - Roadside bombs kill 1 US service member, 8 Afghan soldiers, officials say
 - Afghan police: Rocket hits US consulate in western Afghanistan; no casualties reported
 - Police say 6 Afghans beheaded by militants for cooperating with government
 - Taliban claim responsibility for blasts that killed 8 Americans, 5 Canadians
 - Taliban claim responsibility for blasts that killed 8 Americans, 5 Canadians and Afghani
 - Afghanistan’s donors fear May parliamentary election disaster, some mull possibility of delay
 - Afghan police say at least 5 killed in car bombing near hotel in southern Kandahar city
 - Afghan legislators complain Karzai’s proposed Cabinet too inexperienced, beholden to warlords
 - Roadside bomb kills 4 Afghan police in west, attacks kill 2 soldiers
 - Afghan official says 4 Afghan police officers killed by roadside bomb in western Afghanistan
 - In visit to southern Afghanistan, British PM works to smooth relations with Afghan president
 - Taliban rebuff Obama’s Afghan surge, saying 30,000 new troops will mean more US casualties
 - Top US commander says Afghan gov’t should offer Taliban way to return to society
 - Top US commander in Afghanistan “absolutely supportive” of 18-month timeline for US surge
 - Obama sends more troops, but his new Afghan strategy prompts few answers on the ground
 - Canadian former top official says claims of Afghan prison abuse well known in 2006
 - Former general contradicts diplomat, says Afghan reports didn’t mention torture
 - Fight for Kandahar shows some of the biggest hurdles facing the US war effort in Afghanistan
 - Canadian general says Afghan prison transfers halted more than once over safety concerns
 - Canadian government attacks diplomat who testified country turned blind eye to Afghan abuses
 - Diplomat says Canadians handed over innocent Afghans to torture: diplomat
 - Afghan president Karzai’s brother is lightning rod for critics abroad
 


