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Jean MacKenzie

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December 10, 2017
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Afghans Overwhelmingly Want US Troops Out – and Soon

Kabul, Afghanistan — First the good news: U.S. forces are still more popular in Afghanistan than Osama bin Laden. Fully 6 percent of respondents in a new poll…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
December 12, 2010
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Amid Violence, Afghans Vote

KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite scattered rocket attacks, kidnappings, and explosions, there was a tangible holiday feel in the air as polls opened Saturday morning in the Afghan capital.…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
September 19, 2010
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Afghanistan Karzai in Panic as Graft Probe Closes in (2)

[GlobalPost editor’s note: Afghanistan’s central bank moved to shore up confidence in the country’s biggest financial institution Wednesday, taking over the Kabul Bank after its top executives resigned…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
September 3, 2010
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Afghanistan: Karzai in Panic as Graft Probe Closes in

Kabul, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai has again challenged the patience of his international backers as he desperately tries to keep an FBI-sponsored corruption investigation from breaching the…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
September 3, 2010
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Karzai’s “Impossible” Decree

A push to oust private security firms from Afghanistan puts “fear of god” into foreign forces. Kabul, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai’s shock decree banning private security companies…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
August 18, 2010
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Afghanistan: In Search of the True Civilian Toll

Rigi, Helmand -The issue of civilian casualties has once again assumed center stage in Afghanistan. The number of civilian war deaths rose 6 percent in the first seven…
by
Aziz Ahmad Shafe &
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
August 9, 2010
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Afghanistan: US Steps Up Prisoner Releases

Jalalabad, Afghanistan – Zahir Daud says he is not angry with the Americans who took 32 months of his life. The only time the slim, dark-eyed former literature…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost | Report
July 24, 2010
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The New York Times’ Story on Minerals in Afghanistan: The Result of Pentagon PR?

Kabul, Afghanistan – The New York Times’ lead story Monday [2] about “nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghaistan” was the kind of journalism that seemed…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost
June 18, 2010
Truthout

What Happened at the Afghan Peace Jirga?

Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s National Consultative Peace Jirga, which ended its deliberations on Friday, was an exceptionally good show. It had drama, excitement, danger, a colorful cast of…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost
June 6, 2010
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Afghan Peace Meeting Hangs in Balance of Karzai-Obama Visit

If Karzai comes home empty-handed from Washington meeting, he could easily turn Peace Jirga against Americans. Kabul, Afghanistan – As Afghan President Hamid Karzai goes off to Washington…
by
Jean MacKenzie,
GlobalPost
May 10, 2010
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