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	<language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Cashing in on Karzai &amp; Co.]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4684.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-19</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[SOPnewswire
&nbsp;
11/11/2007
By Arthur Kent Policy Options&nbsp;
The Canadian Forces in Afghanistan have been left exposed at a critical point of their mission, but not due to a lack of public support &ndash; it&rsquo;s the Harper government]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO troops killed in Afghanistan attack ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4683.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-19</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Source Aljazeera news: Foreign forces say Taliban rocket attack on ISAF base in eastern province of Kunar has left two dead and six wounded.

Two NATO soldiers have been killed and six others wounded in a rocket attack on their base in]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Taliban attacks rise in areas that were focus of US Afghanistan surge  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4678.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-17</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KANDAHAR, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>Taliban attacks are jumping in the southern Afghan areas that were the focus of the 2010 U.S. troop surge, posing a renewed challenge to the American-led coalition that hoped to]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan officials to 'finalise' end to Nato blockade]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4676.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-17</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Pakistani cabinet has ordered officials to finalise a deal as quickly as possible to bring an end to a six-month blockade on overland Nato supplies into Afghanistan.But it has stopped short of announcing when the transit lines will reopen.The US]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO invites Pakistan to summit in Chicago Published May 15, 2012 Associated Press   ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4670.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-16</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">ISLAMABAD &ndash; &nbsp;</span>NATO on Tuesday invited Pakistan's president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its western border to U.S. and NATO military]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghanistan blast kills nine, Interior Ministry says]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4669.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-15</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[(CNN)&nbsp;-- A bomb exploded inside a shop in the northern Afghanistan province of Faryab on Monday, killing nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.The bomb went off at 10 a.m. in a market area crowded with civilians, the ministry]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[A story that needs to be heard  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4655.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-13</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Kandahar <span style="color: #ff0000;">Sur</span>gar -- The story of Mohammad Massom, a resident of Kandahar, is a clue of how cruel and unfair life has been for many Afghans through past four decades of war.
&nbsp;&nbsp;
The four decade]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Men in Afghan police uniforms kill 2 NATO troops  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4652.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-13</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>Men wearing Afghan police uniforms shot dead two NATO service members Saturday in southern Afghanistan, authorities said, the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Quotas of Pashtun ‘relatively lesser’ in Afghan Army  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4650.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-12</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Kandahar <span style="color: #ff0000;">Sur</span>gar -- While the Afghan Army is indicated as ethnically imbalanced, experts say there is hope that official will pay attention to the composition of ethnic groups in it.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US service member  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4646.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-12</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. service member in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. The Taliban took credit]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Flash flood in Afghanistan kills at least 17  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4645.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-12</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>A flash flood swept through villages in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 17 people, authorities said.It was the second major flood reported this]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[UN official: Plight of Afghan poor may worsen  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4637.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-10</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>Afghanistan's security situation has overshadowed the glaring humanitarian needs of the nation's poorest, and their plight may worsen as international assistance wanes, a top U.N.]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[More Room for Students at the New Kandahar City Nursing and Midwifery Institute]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4636.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-09</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan has a critical shortage of health care professionals, but Kandahar Province is making significant strides towards training and educating the next generation of providers. Today&rsquo;s inauguration of the Kandahar Nursing and Midwifery]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Annan sounds Syria civil war warning]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4633.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-09</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Kofi Annan, the international envoy, has said his six-point peace plan for Syria is a "possible last chance to avoid civil war".Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy tasked with bringing an end to the violence, said on Tuesday that world powers shared a]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[AP Interview: Pakistan army says US scapegoating]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4628.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-09</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">PESHAWAR, Pakistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>American efforts to talk peace with insurgents in Afghanistan mean Washington can no longer expect Pakistan to attack all the militant factions on its side of the border, some of whom]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[German prosecutors urge 7 years for terror suspect  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4624.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-08</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">BERLIN &ndash; &nbsp;</span>Prosecutors in Germany have asked a court to hand a German-Afghan man a seven-year prison sentence for belonging to al-Qaida and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorist groups.Federal]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Polls open in Syria amid heavy security, scattered violence]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4621.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-07</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[(CNN)&nbsp;-- The opposition urged Syrians to boycott Monday's parliamentary elections, saying a vote for one of the more than 7,000 candidates vying for 250 seats in parliament amounted to a vote for President Bashar al-Assad."We are moving ahead]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Attacker in Afghan army uniform kills NATO soldier  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4620.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-07</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>An attacker wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on international troops Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing one, NATO said. Coalition forces returned fire and killed the]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4612.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-05</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>NATO says that two coalition service members have been killed in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan.
NATO says the two were killed Friday in the country's south. The coalition statement]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan bomb 'kills 20' in Bajaur district market]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4611.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-05</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[A suspected suicide blast in Pakistan's north-western Bajaur district has left at least 20 people dead, officials say.The blast is reported to have targeted security forces close to a market place in Khar, the tribal area's main town. Most of those]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[In Afghanistan, Obama pledges cooperation, vows to 'finish the job']]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4605.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-03</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)&nbsp;-- President Barack Obama, speaking early Wednesday in Afghanistan at the tail end of a surprise visit there, discussed how the war will end and promised a steady drawdown of U.S. troops.Obama committed to pulling]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Taliban announce start of annual Afghanistan offensive]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4602.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-03</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>The Taliban have warned they will officially start their annual "spring offensive" in Afghanistan on Thursday.Wednesday's announcement comes hours after a brazen attack on a foreigners']]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Barack Obama pledges to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4590.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-02</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama has pledged to "finish the job" and end the Afghan war, addressing the US public live from a military base in Afghanistan.Speaking a year after Osama Bin Laden's death, he thanked US troops and hailed plans to end combat]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[At least 6 killed in blasts in Afghan capital  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4585.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-02</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>The Afghan government says at least six people have been killed in blasts in the capital Wednesday morning.Three explosions went off early Wednesday in the eastern part of the capital,]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Bomb in eastern Afghanistan kills 2 children]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Hot-Issues-4581.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-05-01</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>A buried bomb killed two children in eastern Afghanistan who triggered the explosive when they were playing outside near their village, officials said Monday.Both of the children killed]]></description>
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