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  1. DE BORCHGRAVE: Afghan peace solution Mullah Omar’s deal is still on the table

    Published: October 26th, 2010
    Author: Arnaud de Borchgrave

    Arnaud de Borchgrave writes an op ed regarding the “negotiations” between some Taliban elements and the Kabul government as well as with U.S. and NATO intermediaries.


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  2. Matthew Hoh and Ann Jones: Real Peace for Afghanistan

    Published: October 22nd, 2010

    Highly-touted negotiations continue between Taliban representatives and the Karzai government, where are the women? Can real peace come when it’s negotiated without women?  Matt Hoh and Ann Jones discuss: Real Peace for Afghanistan.

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  3. Planning a Military Campaign to Support Negotiations in Afghanistan

    Published: October 19th, 2010
    Author: Dr. Bernard I. Finel

    Bernard Finel examines the policy debate in Afghanistan taking into account the recent news reports of peace talks.


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  4. Recalled Afghan Ambassador Not Going Back, Criticizes Karzai And Obama

    Published: October 18th, 2010
    Author: Dan Froomkin

    Afghanistan’s former ambassador to the United States, recalled to Kabul by an increasingly erratic Afghan President Hamid Karzai, says he’s not going back.


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  5. The Wars That America Forgot About

    Published: October 17th, 2010
    Author: Tom Brokaw

    Tom Brokaw writes an Op-Ed for the New York Times.


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  6. Negotiating While Fighting in Afghanistan

    Published: October 15th, 2010
    Author: Paul Pillar

    Paul Pillar looks at the initiation of preliminary talks with the Afghan Taliban, and about the Obama administration’s acceptance and even facilitation of such talks.


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  7. U.S. Backs Taliban Talks

    Published: October 13th, 2010
    Author: Adam Entous in Brussels and Julian E. Barnes in Washington

    U.S.-led international forces in Afghanistan have been helping to facilitate preliminary contacts in Kabul between President Hamid Karzai’s government and Taliban representatives in move that signals a shift by the U.S. to more active support of Afghan reconciliation efforts. The previously undisclosed Western assistance, described by a senior NATO official in Brussels and a second official, includes safe passage for certain Taliban leaders to Kabul for the talks. Previously, the U.S. military had said that Mr. Karzai’s reconciliation efforts were premature


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  8. Withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan

    Published: October 12th, 2010
    Author: Amitai Etzioni

    Amitai Etzioni says U.S. goal, to rid Afghanistan of al Qaeda, has been met; only 100 remain. People should not die for fraudulent elections and a corrupt regime. Afghanistan must resolve Taliban issue itself and U.S. should pull out.


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  9. U.S., Karzai say Afghan talks with Taliban limited

    Published: October 11th, 2010
    Author: Erik Kirschbaum

    The United States believes reports about secret talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are exaggerated, a senior U.S. official said, after President Hamid Karzai described them as “unofficial contacts.”


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  10. Want to improve US national security? Cut the defense budget.

    Published: October 7th, 2010
    Author: Lawrence Korb and Laura Conley

    Reining in irresponsible defense spending will combat the most significant threat to our national security: the debt.


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