There is no doubt that this is a difficult time in Afghanistan and a difficult time for our personnel in Afghanistan who are involved in executing a very important mission for our national security.
They understand that a free Afghanistan or a free Iraq will be a major defeat for them.
He was a Marine combat officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now he's a defense analyst who visited Afghanistan for a month this summer.
We have more than 60, 000 U.S. troops involved in a war in Afghanistan, a war that began when the United States was attacked in an attack that was organized on the soil of Afghanistan by al Qaeda, by Osama bin Laden and others, and where 3, 000 people were killed in that attack.
If there is a stability in Afghanistan it's a stability in Pakistan, and peace for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Now, what we also recognized very early on was that it was in our national security interest to have a stable, sovereign Afghanistan that was a responsible international actor, that was in partnership with us, and that that required Afghanistan to have its own security capacity and to be on a path that was more likely to achieve prosperity and peace for its own people.
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Sudeith chalks up this disdain to the fact that most buyers have seen only pitiful little carpets that feature nothing more interesting than a map of Afghanistan and a few hastily woven weapons.
We'll help you defeat these enemies and build a free Afghanistan that will never again oppress you, or be a safe haven for terrorists.
Under the rule of the Taliban and al Qaeda, Afghanistan was a totalitarian nightmare....And Afghanistan was turned into a launching pad for horrific attacks against America and other parts of the civilized world -- including many Muslim nations.
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For almost a decade, Afghanistan has been a central front of these efforts.
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Sgt Rick Clements from Chatburn, who lost both his legs in a blast in Afghanistan, got a special mention in Brig Mike Griffiths' acceptance speech.
"The problem is that everything you do in Afghanistan is now a risky strategy, " said Anthony Cordesman, a national security analyst at Center for Strategic and International Studies who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan.
She also spent five weeks in Afghanistan producing and filming an independent documentary, spending time in a remote village in Central Afghanistan under a strong Taliban control.
Cronies and warlords should have no place in the future of a democratic Afghanistan.
He also said the United States will continue to work for a stable Afghanistan.
Their work is essential to building a stronger Afghanistan for the benefit of all its citizens.
"We have a sound bite about a representative Afghanistan at peace with itself and its neighbors, " says Fick.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has treated nearly a quarter of a million Afghanistan and Iraq veterans for PTSD.
Vanderwork already had served a tour in Afghanistan and loved being a Marine.
Today that same light now shines into a free Afghanistan and into Iraq as it emerges from the shadow of dictatorship.
And somewhere in a cave in Afghanistan, or in a hut on the Afghan-Pakistan border, Osama bin Laden is going to smile.
This was the strongest indication yet that Iran may be seeking to turn a military setback in Afghanistan into a political victory.
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The army also needs funds for infrastructure, such as a sprawling Afghanistan Defence University now being built on the edge of Kabul.
Her athleticism, likeable personality and back story that includes a dad deployed in Afghanistan and a mom working three jobs has everyone hooked.
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With the Obama administration recently unveiling a new Afghanistan strategy, Mr. Gates said it made sense to put new commanders in place there as well.
The Taliban, it says, are not fighting for a united Afghanistan.
In December 2001, a B-1 crashed while returning from a bombing run over Afghanistan to a British base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
And a lawless Afghanistan could again become al-Qaeda's base.
With the Pakistani parliamentary review nearing completion, the President made clear his view that the United States and Pakistan must move forward on important shared interests, including counterterrorism and fostering a stable Afghanistan.
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"After a long and difficult past, we finally are, I believe, at the last chapter of establishing a sovereign Afghanistan that can govern and secure itself for the future, " Mr Panetta said on Thursday.
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