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• Afghanistan to NATO: Help us fight drugs
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Afghanistan appealed Thursday for more NATO help to attack heroin dealers whose thriving trade is blamed for bankrolling the widening insurgency against the pro-Western government and international forces. Afghan Defense Minister ...
• Gates asks allies to send troops to Afghanistan
OHRID, Macedonia - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday urged Eastern European leaders to shift their military efforts from Iraq to Afghanistan, where their forces are more urgently needed. Speaking at a meeting here of the Southeast European ...
• Pakistan anti-militant group attacked; 20 killed
Unlike most of the others, Orakzai does not border Afghanistan. Intensified Militant violence has intensified across Pakistan in recent months in apparent reaction to an army offensive against the militants in the rugged northwest including Bajaur and ...
• U.K. official says Taliban talks may be necessary
LONDON - Decisive military victory in Afghanistan is impossible and the Taliban may well be part of a long-term solution for the country, the senior British commander in Afghanistan was quoted as saying Sunday. The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Brig ...
• NATO question: Is it time to talk with Taliban?
LONDON - When NATO defense ministers meet in Budapest on Thursday, they will face a worsening situation in Afghanistan and vexing questions about whether the war can be won. Increasingly, military commanders and political leaders are asking: Is it ...