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- Forced to seek asylum in the United States, Afghan artist Sughra Hussainy has built a new life in the Towson area, speaking up for women's rights and sharing her craft.
- The Trump administration approved a troop increase for the war in Afghanistan. To what end, nobody knows.
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- The president's decision to slow the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was a bow to history's lesson that wars are easier to start than to end
- HBO host attempts to put an ungrateful Afghan leader in his place by airing negative reviews of his brother's restaurant
- The U.S. agreement to stay in the country beyond 2014 isn't a blank check for an indefinite U.S. troop presence there
- Ashraf Ghani left a comfortable life as an anthropology professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to help rebuild his war-torn homeland of Afghanistan after U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban government. Now, he is a step away from becoming its president, expected to compete in a runoff election against the front-runner, Abdullah Abdullah.
- If you haven't been to The Helmand for a while, you'll find the core menu, and the basic dining experience, much like you left it.
- Instead of moving civilians out of harm's way prior to a battle, the Taliban prefer they remain close to the fighting. In many cases, U.S. and coalition forces may not realize civilians are even present until it is too late.
- Despite President Hamid Karzai's erratic behavior, the U.S. has long-term interests in Afghanistan that must be protected
- With the deadline for reaching a bilateral security agreement with the Afghan government weeks away and Karzai refusing to relax his recalcitrant stance, the United States must find another way of getting approval to ensure a continued foreign troop presence after most forces pull out in 2014.
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- The U.S. has too much at stake in Afghanistan to walk away because of its president's erratic behavior
- Given President Hamid Karzai's never-ending demands, America should leave Afghanistan.
- At some point, the president needs to reassess our commitment to the nation's longest war.
- Obama administration's 'meandering' policies toward Afghanistan are foolish, counter-productive
- In rejecting peace talks, Afghan President Hamid Karzai once again shows his talent for sowing mischief
- Karzai comments offer yet another reason for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan
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- If Karzai doesn't want us in some part's of Afghanistan, let's pull everybody out.
- Michael O'Hanlon says that given the uncertainty after Karzai leaves, a flexible, two-phase withdrawal plan is best
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- Doyle McManus says the U.S. is deeply involved in military engagements around the world, but Obama and Romney don't want to talk about it