Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 3, 2009



Afghan Leader Karzai Vows Inclusive Government -- Yahoo News/Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) – Re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday to form an inclusive government after stern warnings from Western supporters he would have to work harder to root out corruption.

Afghan election officials on Monday canceled a needless presidential run-off vote after Karzai's rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew citing serious concerns about the election.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghan President Karzai promises reform -- Yahoo News/AP
Karzai calls for unity, end to corruption in Afghanistan -- CNN
Karzai Echoes Obama Call for Afghan Battle Corruption -- Bloomberg
Karzai vows to fight corruption after re-election as Afghan leader -- The Guardian
Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai vows to eradicate corruption -- The Telegraph
John Burns Q. and A. on Karzai, Corruption and Afghanistan -- New York Times
Obama Warns Karzai to Focus on Tackling Corruption -- New York Times
Obama Warns Karzai to Clean up Afghanistan's Government -- L.A. Times
Obama Calls Karzai, Urges 'New Chapter' in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
In Kabul, a Collective Sigh of Relief -- Washington Post
SCENARIOS: Options for re-elected Afghan leader Karzai -- Reuters

US Deploying New Armored Vehicle to Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Army explosives expert killed defusing bomb in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan was a day away from two weeks' rest -- Times Online
Two diggers wounded in Afghanistan -- The Age
Afghanistan declares H1N1 emergency, shuts schools -- Reuters

Commentaries And Analysis

A third way in Afghanistan: The case for containment -- Eric T. Olson, New York Daily News
Afghanistan as a bailout state -- Tom Engelhardt, Asia Times
Afghanistan's Saigon trap -- Michael Boyle, The Guardian
Decision Time -- Chris Good, The Atlantic
Afghanistan's Drug War: The Farmers Aren't the Enemy -- L.A. Times opinion
Abdullah Abdullah -- New Yorker
U.S. Options and the Karzai Brothers -- The Editors, Room for Debate, The New York Times
DC Cabbies on Afghanistan -- Lydia Khalil, Washington Post opinion
President Karzai’s Second Term -- New York Times editorial
Afghanistan: Now What? -- Los Angeles Times editorial
Waiting for Obama -- Wall Street Journal editorial

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