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The NATO-led force said the woman and a school-aged girl were killed by foreign occupation forces and Afghan troops in an attack on suspected militants in the southeastern Ghazni province.

http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18495



Veteran Army Officer Urges Afghan Troop Drawdown

A veteran Army officer who has served in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars warns in an analysis now circulating in Washington that the counterinsurgency strategy urged by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is likely to strengthen the Afghan insurgency, and calls for withdrawal of the bulk of U.S. combat forces from the country over 18 months.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48875



US pays $400 per gallon for gas in Afghanistan

Last year, the price of gasoline in the United States topped the $4 per gallon mark. This year in Afghanistan, the price has topped $400.

http://rawstory.com/2009/10/us-pays-400-per-gallon-for-gas-in-afghanistan/


From Information Clearing House

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Code Pink Delivers Afghan Petition To President
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/16-3



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=insurgency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=counterinsurgency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter