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MEDIA ALERT
Afghan Opposition Press Conference in Bonn
National Coalition of Afghanistan (Change and Hope) wishes to inform
the media that a high-level delegation of Political Opposition of
Afghanistan will visit Bonn on 1- 6 December 2011.
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MEDIA ALERT
Afghan Opposition Press Conference in Bonn
National Coalition of Afghanistan (Change and Hope) wishes to inform
the media that a high-level delegation of Political Opposition of
Afghanistan will visit Bonn on 1- 6 December 2011.
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MEDIA ALERT
Afghan Opposition Press Conference in Bonn
National Coalition of Afghanistan (Change and Hope) wishes to inform
the media that a high-level delegation of Political Opposition of
Afghanistan will visit Bonn on 1- 6 December 2011.
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MEDIA ALERT
Afghan Opposition Press Conference in Bonn
National Coalition of Afghanistan (Change and Hope) wishes to inform
the media that a high-level delegation of Political Opposition of
Afghanistan will visit Bonn on 1- 6 December 2011.
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MEDIA ALERT
Afghan Opposition Press Conference in Bonn
National Coalition of Afghanistan (Change and Hope) wishes to inform
the media that a high-level delegation of Political Opposition of
Afghanistan will visit Bonn on 1- 6 December 2011.
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Hospital bomb in Afghanistan may have been intended for governor’s office
The truck bomb that exploded at the entrance to a maternity hospital in a remote corner of Afghanistan may have been intended for the district governor’s office and police station next door, officials in the eastern province of Logar say.
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Afghanistan’s National Coalition of Hope and Change Presents the Following Key Points for Upcoming International Bonn Conference
We consider the upcoming international Conference on long-term cooperation of the international community with Afghanistan to be held in Bonn on December 5, 2011 as another important and useful step in developing and stabilizing Afghanistan.
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Afghan Girl Tricked Into Carrying Bomb, Officials Say
KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents tricked an 8-year-old girl in a remote area of central Afghanistan into carrying a bomb wrapped in cloth that they detonated remotely when she was close to a police vehicle, the Afghan authorities said Sunday.
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Taliban use girl, 8, as bomb mule in attack on Afghanistan police post
Taliban insurgents used an eight-year-old girl carrying a bag of explosives to attack a police checkpost in central Afghanistan, the Afghan government said on Sunday
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Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's political crisis worsened Saturday with lawmakers voting to sack the five most senior judicial officials and international consternation growing after a presidential tribunal threw out a quarter of parliament.
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Taliban use women as suicide bomber in Afghanistan: NATO spokesman
The Taliban insurgents have been using women as fighters and suicide bombers in the insurgency-hit Afghanistan, the spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Brigadier-General Josef Blotz said on Monday.
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U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan counters Karzai’s criticism
KABUL — The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, in unusually blunt and personal comments Sunday, responded sharply to President Hamid Karzai’s escalating denunciations of American and NATO forces and aid efforts in Afghanistan.
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Failed suicide attack on Afghan governor kills 2
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Authorities say a suicide bombing targeting a governor in northern Afghanistan has killed two people, including a 14-year-old girl.
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GOP splitting over U.S. role in Libya and Afghanistan
The party, once relatively unified on foreign policy issues, has some key members seeking to cut off funding for the wars. Other Republicans criticize what they see as a growing 'isolationist' agenda within the party.
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Analysis: Issues up in the air on Afghanistan drawdown
WASHINGTON - High-level national security team meetings are called. Military leaders make their case. Members of Congress weigh in. And the news media press for a decision.
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Risks of Reversing the Afghanistan Surge
WASHINGTON - In the 18 months since President Obama ordered a surge of 30,000 troops into Afghanistan, he has scaled back, time and again, Washington’s goals in a country that the British
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Few Taliban Leaders Take Afghan Offer to Switch Sides
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Toor Jan, who used to kill Americans and Canadians here, does not want much from the Afghan government. A home. A job. And, yes, eight security guards.
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U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan counters Karzai’s criticism
KABUL - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, in unusually blunt and personal comments Sunday, responded sharply to President Hamid Karzai’s escalating denunciations of American and NATO forces and aid efforts in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan named most dangerous country for women
Pakistan, India and Somalia ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the global Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of threats ranging from domestic abuse
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Karzai 'to leave office in 2014'
AFGHANI President Hamid Karzai, who has had testy relations with the administration of US President Barack Obama, plans to leave office at the end of his current term in office
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Afghanistan Emerging as Issue for US Republican Presidential Hopefuls
In U.S. presidential politics the consensus among experts is that the domestic economy will be the central issue in next year’s campaign.
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Afghans fearful of push to negotiate with Taliban
Many Afghans fear that the Karzai government's U.S.-backed effort to reconcile with the Taliban may result in too many concessions to the militants, eroding freedoms and undercutting gains in women's and minority rights.
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Gained by blood, threatened by a declaration
On June 1, Afghanistan's Council of Religious Scholars known as the Ulema Shura met with President Karzai and unequivocally demanded the shutting down of two of the country's most prominent media outlets.
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As Local Militias Expand in Northern Afghanistan, Tales of Abuse Follow
KABUL - Arbakai militias are a growing feature of life in northern Afghanistan, and many of them are actually former Taliban insurgents who have declared for the government side.
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Secret US and Afghanistan talks could see troops stay for decades
American and Afghan officials are locked in increasingly acrimonious secret talks about a long-term security agreement which is likely to see US troops, spies and air power based in the troubled country for decades.
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Stress blamed for attacks by Afghan forces on NATO troops
WASHINGTON - The number of attacks by Afghan security forces on U.S. and allied troops has increased dramatically this year, prompting commanders to seek ways to ease combat stress among Afghan troops, according to a NATO investigation obtained by USA TODAY.
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32 Militants, 4 Soldiers Killed in Western Afghanistan
Afghan army officials say their troops have killed 32 insurgents in the western region of the country.
Officials say four Afghan soldiers were killed and at least three other soldiers were wounded Sunday in the fighting in Badghis province.
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May deadliest month for Afghans, U.N. says
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 13 (UPI) -- Those involved in the conflict in Afghanistan must do more to protect civilians, the U.N. mission said after describing May as the deadliest month since 2007.
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Pakistani intelligence 'tipped off' insurgents
WASHINGTON: The director of the CIA has confronted Pakistani intelligence officials with what the US believes is evidence of collusion between Pakistani security officials and militants staging attacks in Afghanistan, a US counterterrorism official says.
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Graham: Pakistani safe havens are biggest threat to Afghanistan mission
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that militant safe havens in Pakistan are the biggest threat to progress in Afghanistan, warning that the U.S. is on a "collision course" with Pakistan unless it steps up action against militants. more |
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At least 21 killed in Afghanistan attacks
At least 21 people were killed in a series of attacks across Afghanistan on Saturday as a U.N. agency announced that May had been the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since 2007.
At least 15 civilians, including children and women, were killed when their crowded minivan struck a landmine in the restive province of Kandahar. more |
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U.N.: May Deadliest For Civilians In Afghan War
Attacks across Afghanistan killed at least 21 on Saturday, including police and soldiers, but mostly civilians.
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C.I.A. Director Warns Pakistan on Collusion With Militants
WASHINGTON — Leon E. Panetta, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, confronted Pakistani intelligence officials face to face with what the United States believes is evidence of collusion between Pakistani security officials and militants staging attacks in Afghanistan, an American counterterrorism official said Saturday. more |
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