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		<title>obama promised troop withdrawl from Afghanistan this year</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2011/01/26/obama-promised-troop-withdrawl-from-afghanistan-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama said Tuesday night that tough fighting lies ahead in Afghanistan but renewed his commitment to begin withdrawing US troops this year.
In his prime time State of the Union address to Congress, Obama said the troop buildup he ordered has stripped the Taliban of strongholds in Afghanistan. He said the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New London play looks at roots of Afghan conflict</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/09/28/new-london-play-looks-at-roots-of-afghan-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON: A new play uses the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Cold War “Great Game” it triggered, to look at why the West is mired in seemingly endless conflict there today.
Blood and Gifts”, by U.S. playwright J.T. Rogers, has opened at London&#8217;s National Theatre and won strong early reviews for its dramatic analysis of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nato Succumbs to pak pressure</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/09/28/nato-succmubs-to-pak-pressure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Nato reversed its position on aerial strikes by its helicopter gunships inside Pakistan on Monday after Islamabad warned the US-led forces in Afghanistan of counter-measure
s. International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), which had earlier defended the aerial engagement as an action ‘under the right of self-defence’, later in the evening, according to military sources, informed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Move: Iran and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/10/04/obamas-move-iran-and-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/10/04/obamas-move-iran-and-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By George Friedman
During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, now-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that like all U.S. presidents, Barack Obama would face a foreign policy test early in his presidency if elected. That test is now here.
His test comprises two apparently distinct challenges, one in Afghanistan and one in Iran. While different problems, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Strategic Debate Over Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/05/13/the-strategic-debate-over-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/05/13/the-strategic-debate-over-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 07:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By George Friedman
After U.S. airstrikes killed scores of civilians in western Afghanistan this past week, White House National Security Adviser Gen. James L. Jones said the United States would continue with the airstrikes and would not tie the hands of U.S. generals fighting in Afghanistan. At the same time, U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US needs Pak-Afghan help to identify moderate Taliban</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/04/06/us-needs-pak-afghan-help-to-identify-moderate-taliban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Pakistan and Afghanistan can help the United States in approaching those Taliban activists who may have moderate views and are willing to lay down their arms, says US National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones.
In a rare, exclusive interview to Dawn, Gen. Jones also stressed the need for a greater cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan military allying with Taliban</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/04/02/pakistan-military-allying-with-taliabn/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/04/02/pakistan-military-allying-with-taliabn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Tufail Ahmad
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In the recent months, an old-new alliance has been re-emerging between the Taliban and Pakistan, aimed at countering the efforts of the U.S. and NATtroops against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pakistani authorities recently signed twagreements with the Taliban &#8211; known as the &#8220;Shari&#8217;a for Peace deals&#8221; &#8211; which give the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Afgh-Pak Policy Already Unraveling</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/03/28/obama-afgh-pak-policy-already-unraveling/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/03/28/obama-afgh-pak-policy-already-unraveling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Richard L. Benkin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi, India.  United States President Barack Hussein Obama unveiled his much awaited South Asian strategy in a globally televised speech last night (Indian time).  Today many Indians told me, as one put it, that Obama â€œlived up to his middle name by showing the face of a pro-Pakistan US policy,â€ a critical component [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danish soldiers negotiating with Afghan Taliban: report</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/18/danish-soldiers-negotiating-with-afghan-taliban-report/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/18/danish-soldiers-negotiating-with-afghan-taliban-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen (AFP)
Danish soldiers in Afghanistan have begun negotiating with the Taliban to try to break the deadlock there, a newspaper reported Monday, as a poll suggested most Danes considered the war unwinnable.
Troops had holding talks with the Taliban as wiping out the insurgency was proving so difficult, a Danish officer told the Jyllands-Posten daily.
&#8220;We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan incursion was wrong: ex-general</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/16/afghan-incursion-was-wrong-ex-general/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/16/afghan-incursion-was-wrong-ex-general/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Feb 15: Russia on Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, haunted by its catastrophic war against Mujahideen and convinced the trauma harbours lessons for western forces today.
On Feb 15, 1989 the last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan, ending a war that Moscow initially saw as a brief incursion to bolster [...]]]></description>
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