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        <title>BBC News - Afghan suicide bomber kills Kandahar police chief</title>
        <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13094214</link>
        <description>The police chief of Afghanistan's Kandahar province is killed in an attack on his headquarters by a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform.</description>
        <dc:creator>ruthlovell</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:42:06 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>BBC - Democracy Live - Crossbench peer warns of 'militarisation' of Afghan aid</title>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_lords/newsid_8858000/8858957.stm</link>
        <description>Aid in Afghanistan is being &quot;militarised&quot; by the need to provide security in provinces like Helmand and Kandahar, the Earl of Sandwich has claimed.</description>
        <dc:creator>beverlyelliott</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:29:16 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Website Releases Secrets on Afghan War - WSJ.com</title>
        <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704719104575389830133687588.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us</link>
        <description>Thousands of secret military documents were released Sunday by a Web-based organization, a gigantic leak of classified information that appeared to present a bleak view of the Afghanistan war and could have a profound impact on the public perception of th</description>
        <dc:creator>victoriamasterson</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:01:59 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>BBC News - Afghan insurgents attack key Nato base in Kandahar</title>
        <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10135441.stm</link>
        <description>Insurgents attack Nato's main base in south Afghanistan, the second assault on a major site in recent days.</description>
        <dc:creator>stevenicolson</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 06:39:26 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>US</title>
        <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100213/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan</link>
        <description>AP - Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by air and ground Saturday, meeting only scattered resistance but facing a daunting thicket of bombs and booby traps that slowed their advance through the town.</description>
        <dc:creator>bryanmills</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:08:17 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Afghan elders plea for quick attack on Marjah 
    (AP)</title>
        <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100212/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan</link>
        <description>AP - U.S. and Afghan troops fought back small-scale attacks by Taliban fighters Friday on the northern outskirts of Marjah, as tribal elders pleaded for NATO to finish its planned attack on the Taliban stronghold quickly and carefully to protect civilians</description>
        <dc:creator>bryanmills</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:05:35 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Afghan soldier kills U.S. service member</title>
        <link>http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=fa0edcb67066ce0318a3a1613f190c7b</link>
        <description>An Afghan soldier killed a U.S. service member and wounded two Italian soldiers on Tuesday in western Afghanistan's Badghis province, NATO and Afghan officials said.</description>
        <dc:creator>stevenicolson</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:41:49 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Obama Sees Afghan Results In a Year</title>
        <link>http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/latest/~3/m4lF3Xhle0Q/</link>
        <description>Obama says by end of 2010 he'll know if new Afghan strategy is working, pledges to change direction if it's not • Senate Approves $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill. • Gregg OK Letting Dems 'Off the Hook' on Debt. • YOU DECIDE: Do You Support Raising D</description>
        <dc:creator>fionahavisham</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:13:46 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Sources: Karzai rival may quit Afghan runoff</title>
        <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33557531/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/</link>
        <description>Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai after a breakdown in talks on the country's electoral crisis, sources say.</description>
        <dc:creator>toddpeterson</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:20:58 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Bergen: U.S. is losing Afghan war on two fronts</title>
        <link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/l4kxxvICNIo/index.html</link>
        <description>We are losing in Afghanistan, on two fronts. The most important center of gravity of the conflict -- as the Taliban well recognizes -- is the American public. And now, most Americans are opposed to the war.</description>
        <dc:creator>janetbaring</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:43:37 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>3 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghan Bomb Attacks</title>
        <link>http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/world/~3/WJMWnQ-Nyuk/0,2933,568044,00.html</link>
        <description>The NATO-led coalition says bomb attacks have killed three American troops in Afghanistan.</description>
        <dc:creator>donfontana</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:53:58 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Afghan economy stumbles amid election uncertainty 
    (McClatchy Newspapers)</title>
        <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091016/wl_mcclatchy/3335073</link>
        <description>McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gulbuddian Arabzada has a small factory that turns scrap aluminum into shiny new pans that Afghan families use for washing clothes, making bread and other tasks.</description>
        <dc:creator>mikeibarra</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:26:52 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Afghan vote results: Karzai at 54.6 percent</title>
        <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32877545/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/</link>
        <description>The Afghan election commission released preliminary vote totals showing President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent of the vote in the first full results to be released since the country's Aug. 20 election.</description>
        <dc:creator>paulaolsen</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:56:08 +0000</pubDate>

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        <title>Karzai takes clear lead in Afghan vote: partial results 
    (AFP)</title>
        <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090906/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanvoteunrest</link>
        <description>AFP - Afghan electoral authorities on Sunday announced the first cancellation of votes from last month's fraud-tainted elections as partial results showed President Hamid Karzai moving into a clear lead.</description>
        <dc:creator>toddpeterson</dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:38:46 +0000</pubDate>

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