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Pakistan offensive shows slow success by System in Politics visit site

The offensive is the country's most aggressive effort to date, countering U.S. and Afghan charges that it is not doing enough to root out Taliban and al-Qaida fighters who crisscross the border.

6 votes

Report: Dozens killed in Afghan operation by System in Politics visit site

A joint Afghan-NATO operation in a volatile region in the country's dangerous south has killed 40 militants, including the Taliban's leader in that region, a government official said Monday.

6 votes

Peter Prontzos: How many Canadians will die for nothing in Afghanistan? by System in Politics visit site

Vancouver Free Press: The 101 Canadians who have been killed in Afghanistan believed that they were serving our country, and for that they deserve our respect and gratitude. We must not forget or trivialize their ultimate sacrifice. But there is an awful truth that we tend to avoid, a truth that must be proclaimed if we are to end the killing on all sides of that bloody conflict. The truth is that those 101 brave Canadians died for nothing. Their lives were taken away from them, and from their loving families and friends, for a lie. More accurately, they died for a series of lies.

5 votes

Afghan reporters keep shoes on for Bush by System in Politics visit site

The Afghan journalists kept their shoes on a day after an Iraqi reporter tossed his footwear at President Bush.