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		<title>Karzai opponent says current government cannot bring &#8216;legitimacy&#8217; to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Karzai opponent: Re-election was illegitimate

KABUL — The challenger in Afghanistan&#8217;s recent election called President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s victory illegal and his government a failure, saying Wednesday that the tainted administration would not be able to check corruption or fend off the Taliban.
Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said he did not plan to personally challenge Karzai&#8217;s victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan President Karzai promises to eliminate corruption _ but offers no specifics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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Karzai promises reform _ but without specifics
KABUL — Afghanistan&#8217;s president welcomed his new term — achieved after his main opponent withdrew from a runoff election — by reaching out to opponents Tuesday and promising to banish the corruption that has undermined his administration.
Hamid Karzai did not spell out how he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan President Karzai says he wants inclusive government, promises to eliminate corruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan President Karzai promises reform
KABUL — Afghanistan&#8217;s president welcomed his new term — achieved after his main opponent withdrew from a runoff election — by reaching out to opponents Tuesday and promising to banish the corruption that has undermined his administration.
Hamid Karzai did not spell out how he would institute reforms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan president says he wants people from &#8220;all parts of the country&#8221; in his government</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan president says opponents welcome in govt
KABUL — Afghanistan&#8217;s president welcomed his re-election by default Tuesday and reached out to opponents, promising to create a government of national participation and banish corruption that has undermined his administration.
President Hamid Karzai spoke a day after he was declared victor of an election so marred by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban say canceled Afghan vote proves their efforts to derail election were successful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Taliban: canceled Afghan vote proves their success

KABUL — The Taliban say the canceled runoff election in Afghanistan proves that their efforts to derail the vote with threats and attacks were successful.
The Islamist militant group issued a statement Tuesday ahead of a speech by President Hamid Karzai on his recently declared victory. A first round was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan election commission declares President Hamid Karzai has won 2nd term, cancels runoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Faiez</dc:creator>
		
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Afghan election commission declares Karzai winner
KABUL — Afghanistan&#8217;s election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country&#8217;s tumultuous ballot Monday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half months after a fraud-marred first round.
The Obama administration — which has been waiting for a government deemed legitimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan election commission chairman proclaims President Hamid Karzai has won 2nd term</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan commission declares Karzai election victor

KABUL — Afghanistan&#8217;s election commission has canceled Saturday&#8217;s presidential runoff and proclaimed President Hamid Karzai victor of the war-ravaged nation&#8217;s tumultuous ballot.
Independent Election Commission chairman Azizullah Lodin announced Karzai as the victor during a news conference in Kabul on Monday.
Karzai&#8217;s challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan election commission says presidential runoff canceled after candidate withdraws</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan election commission says runoff canceled

KABUL — The chief officer on Afghanistan&#8217;s election commission says Saturday&#8217;s presidential runoff has been canceled.
Daoud Ali Najafi gave no details, but a second senior official on the commission also confirmed the second round has been called off.
President Hamid Karzai had already effectively secured a second term when his only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan President Karzai effectively handed a 2nd term when challenger drops out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan&#8217;s Karzai effectively handed 2nd term
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai effectively secured a second term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administration said it was prepared to work with the man it has previously criticized to combat corruption and confront the Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration plans to work with Afghan president after opponent backs out of runoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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White House: Afghan troop decision within weeks
WASHINGTON — Top Obama administration officials pledged Sunday to work with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, despite continuing doubts about his credibility that could have been eased had he won a runoff election against his top challenger, who dropped out citing concerns of fraud.
The decision Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama adviser: Uncertain how Afghan runoff woes might affect timing of war plan decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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White House assesses Afghan runoff election muddle
WASHINGTON — A senior White House adviser says the muddled Afghanistan runoff election won&#8217;t complicate the White House&#8217;s decision-making process on a war strategy.
But adviser Valerie Jarrett isn&#8217;t saying whether former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah&#8217;s withdrawal from next weekend&#8217;s election might speed or delay President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan challenger Abdullah drops out of Nov. 7 runoff presidential election; slams commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan challenger drops out of runoff election

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger withdrew Sunday from next weekend&#8217;s runoff election, effectively handing the incumbent a victory but raising doubts about the government&#8217;s credibility at a time when the U.S. is seeking an effective partner in the war against the Taliban.
Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan challenger drops out of election, slams election commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan challenger drops out of election
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger withdrew Sunday from next weekend&#8217;s runoff election, effectively handing the incumbent a victory but raising doubts about the credibility of the government at a time when the U.S. is seeking an effective partner in the war against the Taliban.

Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah&#8217;s decision on boycott</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah

JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah&#8217;s call for a boycott of next weekend&#8217;s runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff.
Clinton was asked Saturday at a news conference in Jerusalem about the presidential challenger&#8217;s decision to not participate in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan challenger Abdullah plans to call for runoff boycott, wants vote delayed until spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend&#8217;s runoff election in an attempt to force the vote&#8217;s postponement until spring, his campaign manager said — a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan challenger wants boycott of runoff vote this month to force delay until spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan challenger plans to call for vote boycott
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger plans to call for a boycott of next Saturday&#8217;s runoff election in hopes of forcing a postponement of the vote until the spring.
That&#8217;s the word from Abdullah Abdullah&#8217;s campaign manager Satar Murad. Murad said &#8220;as of now&#8221; Abdullah plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Afghan presidential challenger plans to boycott runoff after talks break down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff
KABUL — Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week&#8217;s runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country&#8217;s electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.
A boycott would severely undermine a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan runoff election likely to raise same issues of fraud surrounding women voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Fraud surrounds women voters in Afghan election

KABUL — One man cast 35 votes for female relatives. Others lugged in sacks full of voting cards they said were from women. And in a village of just 250 people, 200 women supposedly voted in three hours.
In Afghanistan&#8217;s recent presidential election in August, one of the ripest areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN says Afghan police, NATO forces were slow in responding to Kabul attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.
Afghan authorities denied that they were slow to respond, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban attack on UN threatens world body&#8217;s role in presidential election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert H. Reid</dc:creator>
		
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Taliban violence threatens presidential election

KABUL — The Taliban&#8217;s brazen attack on U.N. election workers undermines the U.N.&#8217;s ability to help steer Afghanistan through a runoff election in only 10 days. Although the U.N. insists it will not be deterred by the assault, another big attack could derail its limited ability to assure a credible vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race re-emerges as Atlanta mayoral election appears headed for a runoff with white candidate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Race re-emerges in tight Atlanta mayoral election

ATLANTA — A neighborhood activist with crossover appeal on the verge of making history. A city leader with a civil rights legacy. A native son seen by some as the heir apparent to the city&#8217;s first black mayor.
Three of Atlanta&#8217;s prominent political personalities are colliding in the race for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan increases voting centers for presidential runoff, rejecting UN recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghanistan to open more voting centers for runoff

KABUL — Afghanistan will open more voting centers in next week&#8217;s presidential runoff than in the fraud-tainted first-round vote, officials said Thursday, rejecting U.N. recommendations that they cut sites to prevent cheating.
The decision highlights the deepening rift between the Afghan election commission and international advisers pushing for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan increases voting centers for presidential runoff, flouting UN recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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Afghanistan ups voting centers for runoff
KABUL — Afghan election officials said Thursday that there will be more voting centers for next week&#8217;s presidential runoff than in the fraud-tainted first-round vote in August, rejecting U.N. recommendations to eliminate sites to prevent cheating.

The Aug. 20 presidential poll was so tainted by widespread ballot-box stuffing and distorted ballot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN re-evaluates Afghan mission after bloody attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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UN re-evaluates Afghan mission after bloody attack

KABUL — Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home Thursday, one day after Taliban militants stormed a guest house in the capital and killed eight people in a brazen attack that is forcing the world body to re-evaluate its mission in the war-ravaged nation.
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		<title>UN workers scramble over roofs to escape attack on Kabul guest house; 11 killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert H. Reid</dc:creator>
		
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UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack

KABUL — Terrified U.N. workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn Wednesday when Taliban militants wearing police uniforms stormed a residential hotel packed with foreigners.
The assault, which killed 11 people including three militants, was one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, weighing strategy changes, sends condolences to victims of latest attack in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — The White House says Wednesday&#8217;s deadly attack on a guest house used by the U.N. in the Afghan capital is an attempt by extremists to disrupt the Nov. 7 runoff presidential election.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs said the Obama administration believes attempts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen storm UN guest house in Afghan capital, 11 dead; survivors tell of horror</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-storm-un-guest-house-in-afghan-capital-11-dead-survivors-tell-of-horror-209943/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Faiez</dc:creator>
		
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Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 11 dead

KABUL — Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and police uniforms stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital Wednesday, killing 11 people including five U.N. workers.
The two-hour attack, which began shortly before 6 a.m., sent people jumping out of windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen storm UN guest house in Afghan capital; World body says 6 of its workers killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Faiez</dc:creator>
		
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Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 12 dead

KABUL — Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and police uniforms stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people — including six U.N. staff. It was the biggest in a series of attacks intended to undermine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan police: 12 dead in attack on UN in Kabul; World body says 6 of its workers killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Faiez</dc:creator>
		
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Afghan police: 12 dead in attack on UN in Kabul

KABUL — Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people — including six U.N. staff — in the biggest in a series of attacks intended to undermine next month&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he will not rush Afghan decision, won&#8217;t risk US lives unless &#8220;absolutely necessary&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Despite Republican pressure to act quickly, President Barack Obama says he won&#8217;t rush his decision about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan where 14 Americans died in the deadliest day for U.S. forces in more than four years.
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		<title>US military says 14 Americans killed in separate helicopter crashes in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
KABUL — Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday, including three DEA agents after a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers. It was the deadliest day for the U.S. in Afghanistan in more than four years.
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		<title>President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger calls for removal of Afghan election chief before runoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan challenger calls for election chief ouster

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger is calling for the removal of Afghanistan&#8217;s top election official before the country&#8217;s Nov. 7 runoff.
Abdullah Abdullah says election commission chairman Azizullah Lodin has &#8220;no credibility&#8221; and should be replaced immediately.
Abdullah made the demand in a news conference Monday during which he spelled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan&#8217;s president says runoff presidential election must be held as planned next month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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KABUL — Afghanistan&#8217;s president says a runoff presidential election must be held as planned next month, despite talk of a power-sharing deal with his challenger to avoid a second vote.
President Hamid Karzai says the second round ballot &#8220;has to be held,&#8221; otherwise &#8220;we&#8217;ll be insulting democracy.&#8221; He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban call for Afghans to boycott runoff, warn of violence on poll day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Taliban fighters warned Afghans not to take part in the war-wracked country&#8217;s upcoming presidential runoff, threatening Saturday to launch a fresh wave of violence on polling day to stop them.

The warnings came on the first official day of campaigning for the Nov. 7 vote. The insurgents denounced the race between President Hamid Karzai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban call for Afghans to boycott runoff, warn of violence on polling day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Taliban insurgents are warning Afghans not to vote in next month&#8217;s presidential runoff election, threatening violence on polling day to stop them.

The group denounced the Nov. 7 vote between President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah as &#8220;a failed, American process.&#8221;
The group said in a statement Saturday they will &#8220;launch operations against the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House rejects Cheney Afghanistan criticism; questions why he didn&#8217;t do more during term</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that President Barack Obama&#8217;s Afghanistan decision is taking too long.

&#8220;What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public,&#8221; White House press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House rejects claims from Cheney, GOP that Obama&#8217;s Afghanistan decision taking too long</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that President Barack Obama&#8217;s Afghanistan decision is taking too long.

&#8220;What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public,&#8221; White House press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House: New presidential balloting won&#8217;t answer all questions about Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that President Barack Obama&#8217;s Afghanistan decision is taking too long.

&#8220;What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and to the American public,&#8221; White House press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO defense ministers watching Afghan runoff elections to prevent another fraud-tainted vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nato-defense-ministers-watching-afghan-runoff-elections-to-prevent-another-fraud-tainted-vote-203489/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will prod NATO allies this week for more economic and security aid to Afghanistan while trying to sidestep the simmering international debate over sending more troops to the fight.

Faced with dwindling public support for the 8-year-old war, NATO officials have signaled they won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election authorities begins distributing Afghan ballots ahead of Nov. 7 runoff election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Election authorities began delivering ballots with U.N. assistance across Afghanistan on Thursday, as hurried preparations for the Nov. 7 runoff in the insurgency-plagued nation&#8217;s presidential election got under way.

International election monitors called on authorities to avert the widespread fraud that marred the first round of voting in August. Scores of election staff accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO chief says alliance must remain focused on Afghan effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Gera</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization&#8217;s top official said.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said some critics are starting to say that the cost of engagement in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN begins distributing Afghan ballots ahead of Nov. 7 runoff election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — The United Nations began delivering ballots and voting kits across Afghanistan on Thursday, as hurried preparations for the Nov. 7 runoff in the insurgency-plagued nation&#8217;s presidential election got under way.

International election monitors called on authorities to avert the widespread fraud that marred the first round of voting in August. Scores of election staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates says NATO watching Afghan runoff elections to prevent another fraud-tainted vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that NATO officials will be closely watching how Afghanistan prepares for upcoming runoff presidential elections to prevent fraud and other problems that plagued the nation&#8217;s August voting.

&#8220;Everybody has an interest in making sure that there are as few problems in this runoff election as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US pressures Afghan President Karzai, signals that a power-sharing deal with rival is possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The United States built pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday, signaling that a troop increase could hinge on a successful runoff election and that the Obama administration would be receptive to a power-sharing deal between Karzai and his chief rival.

A coalition government or other political arrangement that included Karzai&#8217;s rival, former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New US pressure on Karzai; power-sharing deal is possible, and US troop increase is in play</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The United States built pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday, signaling that a troop increase could hinge on a successful runoff election and that the Obama administration would be receptive to a power-sharing deal between Karzai and his chief rival.

A coalition government or other political arrangement that included Karzai&#8217;s rival, former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghans take steps to prevent fraud in Nov. 7 runoff election</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert H. Reid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Afghan authorities plan to close thousands of polling stations and hire new poll workers to discourage the fraud that tarnished the August presidential election and forced a runoff set for Nov. 7, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, announced Wednesday he was ready to contest the runoff, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US considers Afghan coalition a possibility; could replace or follow Nov. 7 runoff election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-considers-afghan-coalition-a-possibility-could-replace-or-follow-nov-7-runoff-election-202494/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The United States would be receptive to a power-sharing arrangement between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his election challenger if they agreed to it, Obama administration officials said Wednesday.

Karzai and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah have settled on a Nov. 7 runoff following weeks of acrimony over Afghanistan&#8217;s fraud-ridden national election. But both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO defense ministers to discuss Afghanistan war, new US missile defense plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nato-defense-ministers-to-discuss-afghanistan-war-new-us-missile-defense-plan-202414/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Gera</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — NATO defense ministers will meet here Thursday to discuss the war in Afghanistan and the growing support for President Barack Obama&#8217;s plans for a new missile defense system in Europe.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the informal two-day meeting of defense ministers from the 28 NATO member countries will focus mainly on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: New Afghan voting may not confer legitimacy to a shaky US ally in 8-year-old war</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-new-afghan-voting-may-not-confer-legitimacy-to-a-shaky-us-ally-in-8-year-old-war-201716/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s relief at the agreement that could quiet the political crisis over Afghanistan&#8217;s spoiled election masks his predicament as he weighs an expansion of the unpopular Afghanistan war.

The administration says its ambitious plans for Afghanistan rely on a &#8220;credible partner&#8221; in Kabul. But there is no guarantee that the hastily arranged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US defense chief says runoff election won&#8217;t solve problem of corruption in Afghan government</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday a runoff election in Afghanistan won&#8217;t solve the problem of corruption in that nation&#8217;s government.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai bowed to U.S. pressure on Tuesday and accepted findings of election fraud that invalidated nearly a third of the votes cast for him in August. A runoff election [...]]]></description>
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