Friday, November 26, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 26, 2010



Karzai Aide Blames British For Bringing Taliban Impostor To Talks -- Washington Post

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff on Thursday said that British authorities were responsible for bringing a Taliban impostor into the presidential palace and that foreigners should stay out of delicate negotiations with the Afghan insurgent group.

In an interview, Mohammad Umer Daudzai said that the British brought a man purporting to be Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, a senior Taliban leader, to meet Karzai in July or August but that an Afghan at the meeting knew "this is not the man."

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More News On Afghanistan

Karzai aide blames British for Taliban impostor -- BBC
Impostor deepens confusion over Afghan peace "talks" -- Yahoo News/Reuters
MI6 'blamed for Taliban impostor' -- The Telegraph
MI6 red-faced over deal with Taliban impostor -- The Australian
Afghan "peace talks" impostor paid by MI6-report -- Reuters
Britain Keeps Silent on Afghan Impostor Claim -- New York Times
MI6 promoted Taliban impostor: report -- AFP
US 'blames Britain' for fake Taliban leader fiasco -- The Guardian
Taliban impostor — consequences and rebuttals -- Daily Times

Afghanistan Arrests 9 in Probe of Election -- Wall Street Journal
Arrests in Afghan poll fraud probe -- Al Jazeera
Afghan Election Results Stir Up New Controversy -- NPR
Top Afghan vote official denounces political pressure -- AFP
Afghan leader urges losing candidates to avoid violence -- BBC

Canadian colonel says Taliban defeated on battlefield -- CTV
Nato mission in Afghanistan as long as Soviet occupation -- The Telegraph
Russia Allows NATO Armored Vehicle Transit -- Voice of America
US presence in Afghanistan as long as Soviet slog -- Yahoo News/AP
Chaos at Afghanistan's COP Monti -- Stars And Stripes
Army has tough time recruiting translators for Afghanistan war -- L.A. Times
Afghan settlement would leave no room for al Qaeda-Pakistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Five days inside a Taliban jail -- The Guardian
Afghanistan: a history of occupation -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan: a timeline of the Soviet and US-led occupations in pictures -- The Telegraph

Afghan attack gives U.S. troops reason to be thankful at Thanksgiving -- L.A. Times
U.S. Troops Celebrate Thanksgiving in Afghanistan -- ABC News
38,292 pies: U.S. troops get taste of Thanksgiving -- USA Today
Marines try to make the most of Thanksgiving in Afghanistan -- Stars And Stripes
U.S. Troops Celebrate Thanksgiving -- FOX News
In a tiny Afghan shack, Army cooks seek a Thanksgiving miracle: Fried turkey -- Washington Post

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