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Reuters - Top News, 03.09.10 10:08 UTC

Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan

By Phil Stewart KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan | Fri Sep 3, 2010 5:52am EDT KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan President Defense Secretary Kandahar EDT KANDAHAR CITY U.S. +12 more

Telegraph, 03.09.10 06:41 UTC

Taliban facing 'financial crisis', general claims

The Taliban is facing a "financial crisis" as Nato troops have disrupted their lucrative opium trade, according to a top US general.

Richard Mills Hamid Karzai United States Afghanistan Helmand Province President +5 more

Houston Chronicle - World, 03.09.10 06:19 UTC

Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan U.S. Defense Secretary Gates is in southern Afghanistan getting a firsthand look at operations in an area of the country where the Taliban has the most influence. Pentagon ...

United States Afghanistan top commander commander spokesman President +9 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 06:18 UTC

Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- One of the principal owners of the Afghan bank at the center of an accelerating financial crisis here said depositors had withdrawn $180 million in the past two days. He ...

USD Afghan government chairman Haseen Fahim Tommy Vietor spokesman +16 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 06:18 UTC

Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Airstrikes by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts as to whether the attacks hit a team of election ...

candidate minor injuries KABUL Hamid Karzai David H. Petraeus Obama +21 more

Reuters - Top News, 03.09.10 05:31 UTC

Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan | Fri Sep 3, 2010 1:06am EDT LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some ...

Sajjad Bhutta Yusuf Raza Gilani Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Dominique Strauss-Kahn Pakistan United States +17 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 05:01 UTC

Run on major Afghan bank

Shareholder warns U.S., Afghan governments must step up

USD Taliban Afghan government Hamid Karzai Khalilullah Frozi Sherkhan Farnood +7 more

Seattle Times, 03.09.10 04:38 UTC

Five Stryker Brigade soldiers charged with assault on Afghans

Five soldiers from a Western Washington-based infantry brigade have been charged with aggravated assault for firing on three Afghan men, expanding the scope of the alleged crimes committed by a troubled group in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

2nd Infantry Division North Atlantic Treaty Organization Taliban Stryker brigade army Calvin Gibbs +9 more

WashingtonPost World, 03.09.10 03:24 UTC

Worried Afghans withdraw Kabul Bank deposits

KABUL - With Afghans clamoring to pull their cash from their nation's biggest bank, the United States risks a politically perilous decision: whether to step in to help shore up a wobbly bank critical ...

USD headquarters of Kabul Bank Ministry of Finance Taliban Hamid Karzai Haji Rafi +12 more

Calgary Herald, 03.09.10 00:40 UTC

Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security

LAHORE, Pakistan - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed ...