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Karzai Says Corrupt Private Security Firms Are Undermining Afghanistan War

Afghan President Hamid Karzai renewed his demand that private security firms in Iraq disband by year's end, saying they are a source of corruption that's undermining support for the war against the Taliban ...

 

Pakistan's Zardari says war with Taliban being lost

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari warned that the international community was losing the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to an interview published on Tuesday.

 

Petraeus runs into resistance from Karzai

Petraeus runs into resistance from Karzai

General has met sharp resistance from the Afghan president to an American plan to assist villagers in fighting the Taliban on their own.

 

CIA chief: Afghan war has 'serious problems'

Leon Panetta cites governance problems, drug trafficking and the Taliban insurgency. Progress is "slower than I think anyone anticipated," he says.

 

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