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People & Power takes a look at Rashid Dostum, Afghanistans most notorious warlord.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23689.htm



Afghan MP: US is not seriously fighting insurgents

The following is an abridged transcript of an interview with Afghan parliamentarian Mohammad Asim.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108300&sectionid=3510302



Afghans Trained by Blackwater Defect to Taliban

An Aljazeera producer was able to interview some of those defectors who were unafraid to reveal their identities and were not bashful about their Blackwater issued IDs.

http://snipurl.com/sgbtw



What lies beneath the war in Afghanistan

Al-Qaida only numbered 300 members. Most have been killed. A handful escaped to Pakistan. Only a few remain in Afghanistan. Yet President Barack Obama insists 68,000 or more U.S. troops must stay in Afghanistan to fight al-Qaida and prevent extremists from re-acquiring "terrorist training camps."

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2009/10/11/11369636-sun.html



After Nobel nod, Obama convenes war council

Hours after being named a Nobel peace laureate, US President Barack Obama shouldered his duties as commander in chief and convened a war council for crucial talks on Afghan strategy.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/10/2710425.htm?section=justin



From Information Clearing House



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