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		<title>The Political Drones Get Louder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, May 17, 2012 (IPS) &#8211; Growing numbers of activists are beginning to counter U.S. Drone attacks into Pakistani territory. The activists are confronting the U.S., but increasingly now the Pakistani government for allowing such attacks to continue. The Tehreek Insaf party led by former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-Afghan Pact Won&#8217;t End War &#8211; Or SOF Night Raids</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 (IPS) &#8211; The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration&#8217;s &#34;Enduring Strategic Partnership&#34; agreement with Afghanistan and the Memorandums of Understanding accompanying it emphasise transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. war. But the only substantive agreement reached between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: The Quagmire of U.S. Occupation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IDN By Nicole Colson* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis CHICAGO (IDN) &#8211; The U.S. war and occupation of Afghanistan was supposed to bring stability and democracy. Instead, Afghanistan remains a country on the brink of disaster – one that has clearly been exacerbated by the U.S. presence. More than 10 years after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFGHANISTAN: Land Triggers New Conflicts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Rebecca Murray NANGARHAR, Afghanistan , Dec 4, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; A small plot of urban land has pitted Assadullah, 55, against an unwelcome neighbour in a bitter personal property dispute that has stretched on for almost a decade. Assadullah’s story is a common one. A working-class barber [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Women&#8217;s Rights &#8216;Under Threat&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, Oct 3, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) &#8211; Women&#8217;s rights in Afghanistan are once again under threat after 10 years of progress, two leading British aid agencies have said. Oxfam and Action Aid said on Monday many Afghan women were worried that the impending international troop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Gareth Porter* KABUL, Jul 28, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according to a former Afghan prime minister who set up a secret meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>225,000 Killed &#8211; But Democracy Eludes Afghanistan and Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IDN By S. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsReport&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; TORONTO (IDN) &#8211; At least 225,000 civilians and men and women in uniform have been killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which also involved Pakistan, and will cost the U.S. up to $4 trillion, albeit without any significant gains for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFGHANISTAN: Obama Takes the Centrist Option on Withdrawal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun 23, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; In a much-anticipated decision, U.S. President Barack Obama announced here Wednesday evening that he will withdraw 10,000 of the 100,000 U.S. troops currently deployed in Afghanistan by the end of this year and a total of 33,000 by some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFGHANISTAN: Debate Rages over U.S. Withdrawal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; With only three weeks left before U.S. military forces are scheduled to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan, the debate over the size and pace of that withdrawal has become increasingly intense. On one hand, the Pentagon, backed by prominent neo-conservatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Troop Surge Decision Ignored Pak-Taliban Ties</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, May 22, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; The unilateral U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden created a spike in mutual recriminations between U.S. and Pakistani politicians, but their fundamental conflict of interest over Afghanistan was already driving the two countries toward serious confrontation. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OP-ED: Iran&#8217;s Greatest Spiritual Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 18:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Melody Moezzi* ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; Iran&#8217;s officially recognised &#34;spiritual leader&#34; today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of mullahs and ayatollahs, Iranians of all creeds have looked to another spiritual leader: Jalal ad- Din Rumi. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Says Bin Laden Killed by US Forces</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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