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		<title>Talking peace with the Taliban &#8211; will it work ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States and some other allied countries (who have forces in Afghanistan) have been battling the Taliban for many years now, and they are not winning the battle. The Taliban get a lot of support among the embittered people of Afghanistan who have seen only years of fighting, who are conservative by themselves, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2010/01/29/talking-peace-with-the-taliban-will-it-work/</link>
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		<title>The Jordanian bomber who destroyed a CIA forward operating base in Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In any war against terrorism, it is not only the military who takes action. It is the intelligence agencies who play a profound role in this war, whether this be civilian agencies such as the CIA, or military intelligence. These agencies have access to huge amount of funds, have access to the latest of technology, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2010/01/09/the-jordanian-bomber-who-destroyed-a-cia-forward-operating-base-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>Iranian protesters could get the death penalty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The conflict in Iran between the moderates and the conservatives has been ongoing for some time now. However, it really flared up after the June elections, when there was a dispute and the incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was granted a victory over main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi. The conservatives have used all the weapons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2010/01/08/iranian-protesters-could-get-the-death-penalty/</link>
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		<title>Having to defend the decision of announcing the withdrawal from Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan is a country which has a long history of not giving an easy time to foreign armies. From the time of the British who spent many battles in there, but could never claim that they had an easy control, to the Soviets who spent a huge military effort over there but finally had to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/12/06/having-to-defend-the-decision-of-announcing-the-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>Beating Al-Qaeda through religious debate about its tactics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a new tactic to reduce the influence of terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda, and by association, others such as the Taleban. These terror groups thrive on the basis of the terror campaigns they unleash on citizens of their country, such as suicide bombings, attacks by machine-gun wielding terrorists, etc. It is difficult for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/11/13/beating-al-qaeda-through-religious-debate-about-its-tactics/</link>
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		<title>Run off in Afghanistan polls on 7 November 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Presidential elections in Afghanistan are key to the stability of the country, and in the fight against the Taleban and foreign militants. Afghanistan and border regions of Pakistan hold the key in the fight against global terrorism, and ensuring that there is an effective Government in Afghanistan is an integral part of that battle. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/10/22/run-off-in-afghanistan-polls-on-7-november-2009/</link>
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		<title>Afghan election scenario gets murkier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the run upto to the Afghan elections and soon after the elections, there were wide-spread allegations of election fraud, of corrupt practices, and downright stealing of the election. The Afghan elections were structured that if no candidate got more than 50% of the vote, there would be a run-off to decide the final winner. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/10/13/afghan-election-scenario-gets-murkier/</link>
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		<title>What will Obama do in Afghanistan ? More troops, or &#8230; ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When people talk about Afghanistan and its history, there is unanimity that no outside country can win inside Afghanistan. The British tried it in &#8216;The Great Game&#8217;s in the 19th century, and they lost troops, but never looked to be in a position where they could claim that they had repressed all discontent. The Soviets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/10/11/what-will-obama-do-in-afghanistan-more-troops-or/</link>
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		<title>EU treaty gets a boost with plus vote by the Irish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[18 months back, the EU treaty was in a bad state. A negative referendum by the Irish people had put paid to the chances of the treaty from proceeding (since it required all the member countries to accept the treaty). Further, there was opposition from the Czech and from Poland, which was in turn impeding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/10/04/eu-treaty-gets-a-boost-with-plus-vote-by-the-irish/</link>
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		<title>Iran nuclear issue: Inspection by the UN of the new complex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most complex problem in international politics today is with respect to Iran. And in this, the situation is not even about the recent elections, or the divided political powers in Iran; it is about the Iranian nuclear program. Iran has consistently maintained that it has a peaceful nuclear program, and this is allowed by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://worldpoliticalblog.com/2009/10/04/iran-nuclear-issue-inspection-by-the-un-of-the-new-complex/</link>
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