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Afghan Army Casualties Reduced by 1.9 Percent

To those of us Indian-Americans who are unwilling to obliterate our identity and get "digested" into the whitestream, Jindal is no trailblazer.

(KABUL Khaama Press) - According to Afghan defense officials, there has been a slight reduction in Afghan national army casualties during the past three months. Gen. Zahir Azimi defense ministry spokesman on Wednesday said at least 160 Afghan national army soldiers were killed during the past three months.

Mr. Azimi further added the statistics shows a reduction of 1.9% as compared to last year where 179 Afghan national army soldiers were killed during the same period. He also said at least 463 Afghan national army soldiers have been killed during the past six months while 472 Afghan soldiers were killed last year.

Karzai Warns Of Foreign Interference In Peace Talks

A High Peace Council exists to negotiate with Taliban.

(KABUL Radio Free Afghanistan) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says peace efforts with the Taliban should go through the Afghan High Peace Council.

Karzai warned political opponents against negotiations that bypass the government.

Improving Afghan Lives Through Research

Opium, Eradiction, and Transition: Observing Helmand and Nangarhar.

(KABUL) - With the transition inching closer everyday and eradication season oncoming, David Mansfield’s latest work on opium in Afghanistan could not have appeared at a more critical time.

David alerts policymakers and development experts alike of the complexity of recent reductions in opium poppy cultivation.

Requiem For Bev

I came to know Bev when she was launching her first high-tech publication...

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Better journalists have written Bev Giesbrecht's story over the past two or three years. In Toronto's Globe and Mail, in Vancouver Magazine, on the CBC. It is a very unusual story about an extraordinary Canadian woman. What follows is my personal footnote, a private memoir from – and for - those of us who knew her and were her friends.

Bev Giesbrecht grew up in the interior of B.C., and hers was not an easy childhood.

Academy Members Shouldn`t Shun Zero Dark Thirty

These are secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to overseas black sites like those shown in the film where torture is used.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Actor David Clennon, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, claims that the movie Zero Dark Thirty "promotes the acceptance of the crime of torture, as a legitimate weapon in America's so-called War on Terror."

Mr. Clennon, along with actors Ed Asner and Michael Sheen, state they will not vote for the film in any category.

Heavy Snowfall Traps 80 Including Children in N. Afghanistan

All the roads and highways connecting Bamiyan province blocked.

(BARFI PASS, Afghanistan Khaama Press) - According to reports at least 80 people including women and children have been trapped in Barfi Pass at Khost district of northern Baghlan province.

Karzai Says Will Step Down In 2014

Karzai was selected to be interim president in 2002, after the fall of the Taliban regime.

(KABUL Radio Free Europe/Radio Libert) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has vowed to leave the presidential office at the end of his second term in 2014, and allow a successor to be elected.

Karzai, who has led the U.S.-backed Afghan government for more than a decade, made the pledge January 11 in Washington at a joint news conference with President Barack Obama.

Taliban Welcome Complete Withdrawal of US Troops

Taliban comments come amid preparations by the NATO to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

(KABUL Khaama Press) - The Taliban group in Afghanistan following a statement welcomed news from Washington that the US might withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan next year.

Taliban also said that the American public was pressing for an end to “this aimless war.”

Seeds of Unity - A Nonfiction Afghan Tale

One Man’s Mission to Promote Harmony and Build Bridges Amongst Diverse Ethnicities and Religious Sects…………. The Benevolence Legacy Carries on For Generations...

(SEATTLE) - Indeed, the story is vitally needed to promote peace and stability in a decades old war-stricken Afghanistan.

Evidently a powerful tale, which models a clear perception of how Afghanistan was once maintained politically, socially, and ethnically.

Interview: Osama bin Laden Denied Involvement in 9/11

Translated by BBC World Monitoring Service.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Bin Laden’s statements in this interview are markedly different from those made in the alleged Osama video tapes.

In this interview, Osama bin Laden expresses his views regarding the loss of life on 9/11.