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BetteDam

NPRshafi Iran is threatening to expel more than 2 million Afghan refugees if Afghan parliament approves the strategic partnership between AFG & US. 10:53 PM May 7th via TweetDeck Retweeted by BetteDam and 6 others
bsarwary #AFG Not sure most Kabulis will appreciate sounds of helicopters flying over several residential areas, shaking windows. 1:15 PM May 1st via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by BetteDam and 3 others
DionNissenbaum RT @USEmbassyKabul The Strategic Partnership Signing Ceremony has concluded. Remarks from Presidents Karzai and Obama were encouraging. 1:10 PM May 1st via web Retweeted by BetteDam
Exactly at this time Attack Osama started. Obama signed strategic agreement with Karzai minutes ago in Kab. What a show. 1:10 PM May 1st via Twitter for iPhone
mrsommerville KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Obama in Afghanistan on unannounced trip to sign agreement on US post-war role. 12:02 PM May 1st via web Retweeted by BetteDam and 3 others
@JaymoJourneyman Of course. 8:43 PM Apr 30th via Twitter for iPhone
@JaymoJourneyman thanks Mark. How's heaven? 8:37 PM Apr 30th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to JaymoJourneyman
antloewenstein Important investigation by @ABCMediaWatch about #Afghanistan, featuring story by @BetteDam abc.net.au/mediawatch/tra… 6:04 AM Apr 30th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by BetteDam and 5 others
@NPRshafi eeh.. One source is no source, right? :) 12:52 AM Apr 30th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to NPRshafi
@xanthekleinig bettedam at gmail.com works. Looking forward to it. Bette. 1:47 AM Apr 25th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to xanthekleinig
@AmiriEhsan ah ok.. Now i understand the hysterical men in latmo! Thanks. 2:00 PM Apr 24th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to AmiriEhsan
Anand_Gopal_ 8 US soldiers died of heroin/opium overdoses during their deployments in Afghanistan in 2010/11 bit.ly/I2GMOW 2:57 PM Apr 21st via TweetDeck Retweeted by BetteDam and 10 others
@femkevanzeijl and in Kabulistan? ;) 8:54 AM Apr 21st via Twitter for iPhone in reply to femkevanzeijl
Our Dutch government fell today. #soyouknow 8:54 AM Apr 21st via Twitter for iPhone
@combatjourno why were they bombing? And where? 8:16 PM Apr 20th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to combatjourno
did he finish school? “@maddow: Gov Romney's new spokesman tweets that I look like a man and "need to put on a necklace is.gd/vK9Bs6 8:15 PM Apr 20th via Twitter for iPhone
maddow Gov Romney's new spokesman tweets that I look like a man and "need to put on a necklace" is.gd/vK9Bs6 is.gd/D9U3F2 2:36 PM Apr 20th via web Retweeted by BetteDam and 1453 others
@AhmadShuja a link to see his/her art would be interesting. 8:11 PM Apr 20th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to AhmadShuja
missy_ryan From @_EmmaGH and hats off to David Gill for great photo: Afghans put faith in elite military unit gu.com/p/3726f/tw via @guardian 4:37 AM Apr 20th via web Retweeted by BetteDam and 1 other
US commander after Afghanistan: 'We are wasting time and money due largely to our own inefficiency' tinyurl.com/c3zn4bj @hdevreij 11:33 PM Apr 17th via web

Name Bette Dam
Location Afghanistan
Web http://www.betted...
Bio Kabul-based journalist for Global Post **** Author book about Karzai (expected this summer)