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Why it’s so hard for NATO to train Afghan forces
Christian Science Monitor Corruption, drug addiction, and too many Afghan deserters, make handing over power a daunting task, say NATO officials and Western diplomats. Sangin, Afghanistan Men hurried...
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US troops take hard line to tame rebels of Sangin
The Independent There was so much high explosive raining down it was hard to believe anyone could have survived beneath the two-hour salvo of guided artillery rounds, Hellfire missiles and strafing...
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Taliban ‘killing their own’ in bid to wrest back control in Sangin
The Independent Taliban gunmen have begun assassinating their own rank and file in a desperate bid to stop a remote mountain valley sliding from their grasp, as well as bringing in new commanders to...
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Will the Taliban Re-Take the Most Dangerous Place in Afghanistan?
Time.com Courageous elders have managed to broker a deal to allow some fighters to come in from the cold. But will the Taliban negate those gains as the spring approaches? The men came for Badar Agha...
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Julius Cavendish: It may not be safe yet, but progress was made thanks to...
The Independent View from Sangin: A tentative peace accord struck at the start of the year is holding, at least to the extent that it still exists Seven months ago 500lb bombs were tearing into Taliban...
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Aerial view of Sangin
View over Sangin district centre and the southern Green Zone (Julius Cavendish)
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: How ISAF infighting helped doom...
Afghanistan Analysts Network View over Sangin district centre and the southern Green Zone | Julius Cavendish Sangin district in Helmand has again, this year, seen heavy fighting, this time between the...
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