Seesaw Afghan war strains ties among allies
                   
iht.com     May 19, 2008            

Last autumn, groups of Taliban fighters swarmed into every village in this district in southern Afghanistan. Khakrez, two hours north of the city of Kandahar, is just one corner of a complex war in Afghanistan. But the seesaw nature of the fight here speaks to the larger problems facing NATO and... [read full story]                    


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yahoo.com     9 mins ago   15 related          

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upi.com     18 mins ago   21 related          

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