A leaked CIA report says the situation in Afghanistan is mired in stalemate, contradicting recent optimistic Pentagon statements. The sobering conclusion is deepening divisions between US intelligence and the military, about the outcome of the decade-long war. The report also claims that attempts to improve security are being undermined by corruption, incompetent governance, and Taliban fighters operating safely from neighbouring Pakistan. Khalil Nouri, who's the co-founder of the New World Strategies Coalition told RT the situation in Afghanistan is so grim, that the US might be having second thoughts on withdrawing. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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The decade-long war in Afghanistan is nowhere near its end as the top US commander in the country admits American troops will stay there much longer than expected. Some 90 thousand US soldiers serving in Afghanistan had been set to leave the country in 2014, the original withdrawal deadline set by NATO. Washington had promised that all foreign troops would be out by then, leaving control of the military situation to Afghan authorities. But author Jere Van Dyk, who's written extensively on the subject of Afghanistan, says the war has only got worse over the years. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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New photos of American soldiers posing with Afghan corpses have emerged in the US The images appear to be another example in a series of extreme breaches of discipline by US troops, which have dangerously undermined their position with the Afghan people. Former Afghan MP Daoud Sultanzoy thinks besides posing a threat to relations between his country and the US, this scandal will contribute to NATO leaving behind a grim legacy. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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A noteworthy author says US and NATO forces will continue to stay in Afghanistan for geo-strategic reasons, despite the lack of popularity and political agenda. An interview with Vijay Prashad, author of 'Darker Nations'

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The US and Afghanistan agree on a deal that could see Washington providing military and economic help to Kabul for another decade after the 2014 pullout deadline. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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London is a place of gravity for peace activists who are streaming to Trafalgar Square to protest the war in Afghanistan. Hundreds of Britons are willing to show that a "speedy withdrawal" of the UK troops is what they need from the government. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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The deputy commander of US forces in Afghanistan ordered troops Friday to treat the corpses of slain insurgents and civilians with "appropriate dignity and respect."The order follows a video that appears to show four US Marines urinating on bodies, images that sparked swift condemnation from the United States and Afghanistan at a particularly crucial period in the US-led war. News Article and video: www.cnn.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Tags: army,soldiers,afghanistan, war, peeing, dead, news, iknewthatnews,vlogging,weather,update,info,flip,high definition, marinesUrination Quality Military Lanka Force Navy Air Forces Marine RT afghan war marines urinate marines urinating on taliban taliban corpses taliban fighters live leak marines peeing marines talibans american soldiers afghan scandal urinating scandal Afghanistan US Afghan pullout US troops Taliban Afghanistan Karzai muslim United States Marine Corps

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Another scandal is erupting for US forces in Afghanistan - this time in the form of a YouTube video - which appears to show American marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan fighters. The video went viral in just hours - causing outrage and revulsion among viewers. The US Department of Defense has promised to investigate. Ahmed Quraishi, President of the lobbying group 'Paknationalists forum' thinks the accident will endanger lives of US soldiers serving in Afghanistan. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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As Washington attempts to limit the damage done by the now-infamous YouTube video which apparently depicts US marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters, critics say such actions are the inevitable outcome of an unjustified war. Read more on.rt.com RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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The commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan says he is not bound by the July 2011 date set for a troop pull-out. General David Petraeus said he could well advise President Obama not to go ahead if he believes it's the wrong time. American public support for the war is at an all-time low, with July being the deadliest month for US and NATO troops since 2001. With frustration growing about the occupation of Afghanistan, politicians in Germany have even suggested talking to the Taliban and terrorist organizations to avoid a further escalation of violence.

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Karzai is no friend of America and Afghanistan is training US blood and treasure. A few things to consider about the war in Afghanistan, take from the following article: www.nolanchart.com 1) CIA Chief Leon Panetta, National Security Adviser General James Jones, and retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor have all confirmed that there are less than 100 members of al Qaeda remaining in Afghanistan. Many members of al Qaeda have simply fled Afghanistan for neighboring countries such as Pakistan. 2) the US government is indirectly funding the Taliban JUAN GONZALEZ: Aram Roston traces how the Pentagon's civilian contractors in Afghanistan end up paying insurgent groups to protect American supply routes from attack. The practice of buying the Taliban's protection is not a secret. US military officials in Kabul told Roston that a minimum of ten percent of the Pentagon's logistics contracts consists of payments to the Taliban. AMY GOODMAN: That translates into millions of dollars being funneled to the Taliban. This summer, anticipating a surge of US troops, the military expanded its trucking contracts in Afghanistan by 600 percent to a total of over $2 billion. 3) Twice in 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai defiantly spoke of the US presence in his country "If I had to choose sides today, I'd choose the Taliban," Karzai seethed. The "main enemies" of Afghanistan are the Taliban, the United States and the international community, according to Karzai. It's not the first time Karzai had <b>...</b>

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Up to 10000 US troops get ready to leave Afghanistan by the end of the year. In some US towns, families have already started welcoming their loved ones back home as a drawdown of armed forces concludes a 10 year war. Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports from Johnston, Iowa.

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What does the murder of 16 Afghan civilians say about the US strategy in Afghanistan? What repercussions will the latest shooting spree have on the relationship between Afghanistan and the US? Why can't the US pullout its troops immediately, and how is it different from Iraq? CrossTalking with Saul Landau, Gretchen Peters and Cristian Whiton. CT on FB: www.facebook.com

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The material leaked by WikiLeaks is underground military stuff, but it is not high-level decision-making, believes Neil Sheehan, former NY Times reporter who published secret Pentagon papers on Vietnam War 40 years ago. "[The] military are incredibly careless to have put this stuff almost virtually online within their own system. Apparently all of this could have come from one soldier who obtained that. When I was in Vietnam the names of informers were very carefully guarded," remembers journalist. The head of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is about to be under the heat because these leaks contain sensitive materials that is a major embarrassment to the military institutions, Sheehan states. "The [WikiLeaks] material shows just how difficult the war is, how difficult the environment to work is," former reporter stressed. "The American public has very little contact with the reality of the war. We do not have a draft anymore. The sons of the middle class are not being drafted and being sent off to war as occurred in Vietnam. Soldiers in Afghanistan are young men and women who joined [army] because they either want to be a soldier or marine, or because they think they are going to get a college education, and also they will not catch a bullet or an explosive -- it will not happen to them."

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Afghan Taliban announced Thursday they have suspended a diplomatic office in Qatar intended for talks with the United States. The group cited what it described as the Americans' "alternating and ever-changing position" for the decision. Thursday's announcement came shortly after US officials said they had moved a US soldier accused of killing 16 civilians out of Afghanistan and on the day that US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was meeting in Kabul with President Hamid Karzai.Preliminary talks "with the occupying enemy" had already begun over the exchange of prisoners, the Taliban said. "The Americans initially agreed upon taking practical steps regarding the exchange of prisoners and to not oppose our political office, but with the passage of time, they turned their backs on their promises and started initiating baseless propaganda portraying the envoys of the Islamic Emirate as having commenced multilateral negotiations for solving the Afghan dilemma," it added.Hamid Karzai urges US troops to pull out of Afghan outposts after a US soldier allegedly killed 16 villagers.

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A suicide bomb blast at a hospital in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 25, and wounded dozens more. The attack comes a day after a bomb ripped through a market in another part of the country, killing ten. Despite the recent surge of violence in Afghanistan, Barack Obama has announced the withdrawal of over 30 thousand US soldiers by the end of next year. Obama's military commanders are calling the plan risky, and advise a much smaller troop reduction. All this as International investigators say the nearly ten-year-long US mission has failed to reduce corruption among Afghan officials. Fore more RT crosses to the Afghan capital to talk to local journalist Fazelminallah Qazizai... RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com

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The Obama Administration is reportedly considering withdrawing more troops from Afghanistan sooner than originally planned. Mandy Clark reports on the withdrawal and Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Afghan visit.

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Barack Obama is rounding up support for his decision to withdraw more than 30 thousand troops from Afghanistan, by the end of next year. France says it could also pull all of its forces out by the same period. But nearly 70 thousand American troops will remain, amid warnings from US commanders that progress against the Taliban is "fragile and reversible". There's also concern that less troops will NOT mean less collateral damage, as Gayane Chichakyan reports

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Obama's decision to withdraw 33000 troops from Afghanistan is expected to improve the president's approval rating. Nevertheless, many have expressed their discontent with the move -- for different reasons. Antiwar activists aren't that impressed, since they believe the war is far from over. Military officials fear the drawback would significantly undermine their gains on the ground.

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Bombs and gunfire have struck the Afghan capital Kabul... shortly after a visit by Barack Obama. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said the attacks were in retaliation for the US president's visit. Afghan police say suicide bombers attacked a compound where foreign workers live. At least seven people have been killed and almost 20 injured. The US president's visit to Kabul came one year since the killing of Osama Bin Laden by American special forces. In a speech at Bagram airbase, Obama admitted Washington is holding direct talks with the Taliban and said many in the terrorist group are interested in peace. Obama and Karzai also signed an agreement outlining ties in the decade after the planned US troop pullout in 2014. RT's Gayane Chichakyan has more. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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RT sits down with a former Afghan MP-turned human rights champion. Malalai Joya braves death threats and assassination attempts to expose what she calls the dark side of life in her country. Joya claims the NATO occupation has only brought more suffering to the people of Afghanistan. She says her country is suffering from three evils at the moment: overwhelming corruption of the regime, indiscriminate violence of the occupational force and regional warlords whose actions differ little from those of the Taliban.

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Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO military base. Hundreds of Afghans marched towards the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, while on the other side of the capital protesters hoisted the white flag of the Taliban. Read more: www.montrealgazette.com

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was among much anticipated speakers at mass protest in London calling for end to war in Afghanistan and foreign troops pullout. RT managed to talk to him about the military interventions and the Libyan conflict in particular. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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The Afghan war is now into its second decade. But its original aims - to crush al-Qaeda and bring the Taliban to its knees - are no closer to completion amid an escalating nationwide insurgency. This year's already shaping up to be the deadliest in the conflict, not only for coalition troops, but for Afghan civilians as well, as Jason Motlagh reports from Afghanistan. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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The horrifying incident of a US soldier massacring homes full of Afghan civilians is likely to be the final nail in the coffin of international public support for the current western occupation of the country. Watch more interesting video at YWTV.TV: ywtv.tv Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com More on this story: www.youtube.com Photo/Video credits: Article: www.chicagotribune.com OSLO www.youtube.com Columbine www.youtube.com US Marines Face Off With Insurgents Across Helmand River www.youtube.com Longest Machine Gun Burst Ever www.youtube.com Special Forces Helmet Cam Firefight www.youtube.com Sniper Kill Shot www.youtube.com

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Taliban say "erratic" US did not keep promises, while President Hamid Karzai demands foreign troops pull out of villages. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Kabul.

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www.youtube.com 04/23/2012 The US and Afghanistan agree on a deal that could see Washington providing military and economic help to Kabul for another decade after the 2014 pullout deadline. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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A NATO report made public yesterday suggests that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw.Early this year Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar reportedly confirmed having opened peace talks with US authorities, demanding the release of Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay and the complete pullout of US led forces. Of course, US president Barack Obama wants to maintain America's prestige and negotiate a withdrawal that leaves America's credibility intact, which may be fair enough, but what if the Taliban won't compromise? What leverage will the United States have at the negotiating table?

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It's a special-forces entry like no other and guaranteed to spoil the element of surprise, but Afghanistan's new elite soldiers insist they will be no less effective in countering insurgents than controversial night raids by US forces. Under the cover of darkness, Afghan soldiers surround the homes of suspected insurgent targets and shout a demand those inside separate into men and women before storming the door, safeguarding conservative cultural sensitivities. "When we go for an operation we announce eight to 10 times 'Whoever you are come out of your house. We are Afghan security forces and will not harm you. We only want our own target.' As soon as we finish calling we bring women and children to one side and men to the other side," said Colonel Jalaluddin Yaftali, the commander of Afghan Special Forces. "During our night raids we have killed many so-called 'shadow governors' for the Taliban, self-nominated Taliban police chiefs and shadow district governors, as well as their commanders and fighters," Yaftali added. He said his unit planned to number about 3000, but still only half that size, was as well-equipped as NATO forces, with American M4 rifles and night-vision gear. It had also recruited female soldiers to search women-only compounds. Crouching behind a wood barrier, 27-year-old Sergeant Sara Delawar fires her M-4 rifle at a black silhouette target on a training exercise for Afghan Special Forces. Delawar -- fluent in four local languages -- is one of only 12 <b>...</b>

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NATO ministers are considering how to fund Afghan security forces when international troops pull out. At the meeting in Brussels today US officials are expected to press allies both inside and outside NATO for a commitment to pay around a billion euros a year beyond 2014. It comes as Afghanistan's president set another condition for a long-awaited strategic partnership with the United States. He said the accord must spell out the yearly US commitment to pay billions of dollars for the cash-strapped Afghan security forces. The demand threatens to further delay the key bilateral pact and suggests that Afghan president Hamid Karzai is worried that the US commitment to his country is wavering as the drawdown of foreign forces nears. The US already pays the vast majority of the budget to train, equip and run the Afghan security forces and expects to do so for years to come to compensate for Afghanistan's moribund economy. But the yearly Congressional budget process, as well as the American public's weariness with the Afghan conflict, would make it difficult for Washington to commit to a dollar figure years in advance. The strategic partnership agreement is crucial to the US exit strategy in Afghanistan. American officials hope it will both map the course for US forces after the majority of combat troops leave in 2014 and give the Afghan people confidence they are not about to be abandoned by their most important international ally.

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Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Thursday he was "confident" the United States and Afghanistan would work out a treaty allowing a US military presence in the country beyond a pullout in 2014.Duration: 01:21

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The fallout after a US soldier allegedly shoots many civilians in Afghanistan could be severe, says the AP's Kimberly Dozier. The violence is sure to stoke retaliation talk from the Taliban and it could hasten US plans to pull out troops. (March 12) Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP Mobile: www.ap.org Associated Press on Facebook: apne.ws Associated Press on Twitter: apne.ws Associated Press on Google+: bit.ly

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There are a lot questions about the the US Military withdrawing from Afghanistan, but many are asking if the proposed pull-out date of 2014 is too soon. RT blogger and Rethink Afghanistan member Jake Diliberto, gives us his take on the issue. Follow Lauren on Twitter: twitter.com

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What should happen to the soldier? Should the US pull out of Afghanistan now or wait until 2013 - 2014? Is being there a lost cause? What will the White House say? www.foxnews.com

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In Afghanistan, a car caught fire at a British military base, around the same time the US defense secretary's plane was landing. Leon Panetta and his staff were not affected, and authorities are now trying to determine whether it was an assassination attempt.The incident comes as President Obama is hosting his key ally - British Prime Minister David Cameron - for talks in Washington DC. RT talks to London-based activist and journalist Sukant Chandan for more insight. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

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The US has faced twin setbacks in Afghanistan when President Hamid Karzai wanted foreign troops to pull out of rural areas and the Taliban suspended peace talks.

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