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Afghanistan: Wars
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QUETTA: Doctors and relief workers are voicing growing concerns that the psychological impact of the war in Afghanistan is not being addressed as the human cost mounts. There are no accurate figures on how many civilians have been killed, wounded or maimed in Afghanistan since the US unleashed its military might on October 7, but it undoubtedly runs into the hundreds, perhaps thousands.
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Afghanistan was yesterday’s war. The wider world had done the most dangerous of things. It had stuffed this tiny country with massive amounts of weapons, including the precious Stingers, turned over the countryside to the volatile discordant mix of mujahedeen factions — and then had walked away.
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In the 19th century, Afghanistan became a battleground in the rivalry between imperial Britain and czarist Russia for control of Central Asia. Three Anglo-Afghan wars (1839–1842, 1878–1880, and 1919) ended inconclusively. In 1893 Britain established an unofficial border, the Durand Line, separating Afghanistan from British India, and London granted full independence in 1919. Emir Amanullah founded an Afghan monarchy in 1926.
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National Guard and Reserve troops who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan constitute more than half of veterans who committed suicide after returning home from those wars, according to new Department of Veterans Affairs information obtained by The Associated Press. More
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The Associated Press has learned that a classfied Pentagon assessment has concluded that prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have prevented the military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis. (Copyright 2008 by The Asso
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In 2007, to fund the anticipated additional costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, this Mid-Session Review assumes an additional $60 billion in budget authority will be needed later in the fiscal year, for a total allowance of $110 billion. This update ... provides a $50 billion allowance for a portion of additional costs anticipated in 2008 for the Global War on Terror.
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