msnbc.com: South & Central Asia http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036029/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:49:15 GMT News 60 Afghan officials fear talk of exit strategy U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, along with Afghan National Army soldiers, search a compound in Lakari in Helmand province on Nov. 21.Afghans worry that if President Barack Obama talks extensively Tuesday night about winding down the war, the Taliban will simply bide their time until the Americans abandon the country.




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]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:46:26 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34211775/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Obama to reveal Afghanistan war plan Nov. 30: As President Barack Obama prepares to announce his plan to send as many as 35,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the White House said Monday that his prime time address Tuesday will include details about how the government will pay for it. NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd reports.  (Nightly News)President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, vowing that there will be no endless U.S. commitment.




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(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)Rescuers found the body of a second U.S. paratrooper missing after being swept away by a fast-moving current while on an airdrop resupply mission earlier this month in western Afghanistan, NATO said Monday.




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Afghanistan - Afghan National Police - Police officer - Asia - Police]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26733324/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ AP US Army soldiers assigned to the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device(CIED) route clearance unit, pull security under a destroyed bridge while waiting for the arrival of a team of army engineers that will place a temporary bridge after insurgents detonated a large explosive device under the bridge, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Monday Nov. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)


]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:55:27 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26733324/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Pakistan opposition ups pressure on Zardari Pakistan's main opposition party demanded Sunday that the president immediately relinquish much of his power amid calls for the unpopular leader to assume a ceremonial role or resign.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9a61954c32c606d1e546862ae1dd68b8:rrS%2FgyI6Ctu2u4mqSimi8GR5KS5zOCwS0rKab1K4F2gQiqFrPzEg0AnPj2v1HHI5OhlpfeUh3Z6e'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:e74f5241d5d482650f85c0f57881a29c:td3CtyEqowZOAI9Pt0GQz6%2BHWVy2WYwEWMihSvUEb7If6pq%2FP178wuUbYblZqR9%2Fm02JevQ4V4FpPg%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=be1e00da322c3cf8be94b0450ac65382&p=64&kw=Pakistan'>Pakistan</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=be1e00da322c3cf8be94b0450ac65382&p=64&kw=Asia'>Asia</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=be1e00da322c3cf8be94b0450ac65382&p=64&kw=Opposition'>Opposition</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=be1e00da322c3cf8be94b0450ac65382&p=64&kw=Society+and+Culture'>Society and Culture</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=be1e00da322c3cf8be94b0450ac65382&p=64&kw=Government'>Government</a> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34191910/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:43:41 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34191910/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within grasp' Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, shown here in 1998, was within reach of U.S. forces in Afghanistan in late 2001, a new U.S. Senate report says.Osama bin Laden was within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when military leaders made the decision not to pursue him with massive force, a Senate report says.




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