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Alissa Johannesen-Rubin is an American journalist who began covering the Middle East for The New York Times in 2007. Previously, she had been a correspondent for The Los Angeles Times.

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NATO Airstrike Killed 7 Afghan Soldiers, Officials Say

KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said on Saturday that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before that was part of an effort to aid a beleaguered ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  7 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  NATO,  82nd Airborne Division,  Jane Campbell,  United States Navy

Prospect of More U.S. Troops Worries Wary Afghan Public

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan As Americans, including President Obama’s top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are having a similar discussion and voicing serious doubts. Students at Kabul ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  Barack Obama,  Stanley A. McChrystal

Hunt Under Way for 2 Missing NATO Soldiers in Afghanistan

The soldiers were on a routine resupply mission on Nov. 4, but did not return as expected. When soldiers are missing, the concern is that they have either been captured or killed. “We continue exhaustive search and rescue operations to locate our ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NATO,  United States Navy

Afghan Ex-Challenger Calls Karzai Win Illegal

KABUL, Afghanistan The erstwhile rival to President Karzai in the presidential election’s second round held a news conference on Wednesday in which he denounced Mr. Karzai’s newly anointed presidential administration as illegal and said that his ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Abdullah Abdullah

From Iraq, Lessons for the Next War

I came to Iraq three days after Saddam Hussein fled Baghdad. It was April 12, 2003. At the time, Iraqis bristled when asked if they were Sunni, Shiite or Kurd. It made no difference, they said, they were brothers. And, in the heady aftermath of the war, ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Saddam Hussein,  Los Angeles Times

3 U.N. Workers Killed in Fighting in Afghan Capital

KABUL, Afghanistan Attackers stormed a guest house in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing as many as five people, including three United Nations staff members, a United Nations spokesman and an Afghan rescue official said. Smoke rose in central ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Taliban,  NATO,  Jane Campbell,  Barack Obama

8 U.S. Troops Reported Dead in Afghan Attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan Eight Americans died in combat in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, bringing October’s total to 53 and making it the deadliest month for Americans in the eight-year war. September and October were both deadlier months overall for NATO ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  NATO,  Jane Campbell,  Barack Obama

Afghan Rivals Rule Out Power-Sharing Deal

KABUL, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and his top rival for the office said over the weekend that they had ruled out a power-sharing deal before the runoff election. Mr. Karzai’s announcement on Saturday appeared to reflect his confidence that he ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  25 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Hamid Karzai,  Abdullah Abdullah,  United Nations,  NATO

How Baida Wanted to Die

In Baquba, the Iraqi police detective flipped pointlessly through a file on his desk; the daylight was too faint to read by and the electricity had long since gone off. He seemed about to say something. Then a bomb exploded a few blocks away, and his ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  12 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

News Analysis: In New Iraq Role, U.S. Searches for Means of Influence

BAGHDAD Behind the high walls of the American Embassy here, diplomats are casting about to find a new formula to influence politics in Iraq. With most troops now on large bases outside the cities, America’s day-to-day involvement in Iraqi life has ...

From ALISSA J. RUBIN, The New York Times,  5 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Joe Biden,  Barack Obama,  Ryan Crocker,  Christopher Hill,  George W. Bush

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