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Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strands 1,500

ASSOCIATED PRESS | 44 minutes ago | 0 comments

KABUL — Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Read more

UN appeals for $538M in Pakistan humanitarian aid

ASSOCIATED PRESS | 57 minutes ago | 0 comments

ISLAMABAD — Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by army clashes against the Taliban, the U.N. said in an international appeal Tuesday. Read more

Combat pharmacist: Belleville officer uses health care to win over Afghan people

BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT, ILL. | 1 hour, 33 minutes ago | 0 comments

Feb. 9--Count those pills and pass the ammunition.

Every day for six months, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Thompson, 40, wore a flak vest, Army fatigues and carried a weapon when he went to work at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. You could describe his job as combat pharmacist. Read more

Marines focus on civilian safety in Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES TIMES | 1 hour, 35 minutes ago | 0 comments

Feb. 9--Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan -- Heading into battle to seize a Taliban stronghold, U.S. Marines are keenly aware of one factor that could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: Afghan civilian... Read more

Marines wait in the cold for Afghan offensive

ASSOCIATED PRESS | 2 hours, 26 minutes ago | 0 comments

OUTPOST BELLEAU WOOD, Afghanistan — Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent. Read more

Philadelphia Daily News Elmer Smith column: Elmer Smith: Terror trials and Miranda warnings: Rights and wrongs

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS | 2 hours, 44 minutes ago | 0 comments

Feb. 9--SOMEWHERE in a secluded cave on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an al Qaeda brain trust is revising its target list. Read more

Rice: Failed states pose greatest threat to U.S.

THE BRADENTON HERALD, FLA. | Tue, Feb 9, 3:11 AM | 0 comments

Feb. 9--SARASOTA -- The most serious threat to the United States does not come from powerful nations, but from weak and failed states where terrorists operate with impunity, according to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Read more

Gates works to fine-tune mix of troops in Afghanistan

TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU | Mon, Feb 8, 5:48 PM | 0 comments

PARIS -- In many ways, it was a familiar scene: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in Europe, meeting with U.S. allies about the war in Afghanistan. Read more

TC soldier killed by bomb in Afghanistan

THE RECORD-EAGLE, TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. | Mon, Feb 8, 5:40 PM | 0 comments

Feb. 8--TRAVERSE CITY -- U.S. Army Sgt. Dillon Black Foxx was outgoing and humble, and his mother remembers him as a caring child through the years. Read more

BRIEF: Weak nations like Afghanistan pose U.S. greatest security threat, Rice says: Weak nations like Afghanistan...

THE BRADENTON HERALD, FLA. | Mon, Feb 8, 4:08 PM | 0 comments

Feb. 8--SARASOTA -- The most serious threat to the U.S. comes from weak nations, where terrorists operate with impunity, said former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today in a lecture in Sarasota. Read more

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