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Afghanistan peace negotiator killed in bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb killed a provincial peace negotiator and two police officers in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, dealing another setback to President Hamid Karzai’s attempts to get talks started with Taliban militants...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Taliban
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Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office -NYT
ReutersApril 29 (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, according to the New York Times, citing...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, National Government, Afghanistan, Iran, Government
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Taliban announces spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring...
Tags: NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Religion and Belief, U.S. Embassy
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Global Voices: Author reflects on thwarted Afghanistan invasions
“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Nowhere has that admonishment by 18th century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke been ignored with such disastrous consequences as in Afghanistan. The imperial British...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Pakistan
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Afghan police take first, faltering steps in fight against corruption
ReutersBy Katharine Houreld HERAT, Afghanistan April 26 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's security forces are routinely accused of murder, rape and corruption on a grand scale, but a new anti-corruption police unit's sole conviction last year was a junior policeman who...Tags: NATO, Afghanistan, Prosecution, Civil Rights, Government
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Kerry: Progress, no breakthrough in Afghan-Pakistani talks
BRUSSELS -- Afghan and Pakistani leaders met with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday to try to reverse a deterioration in relations that has threatened Afghanistan’s peacemaking efforts. Invited by Kerry, Afghan President Hamid...
Tags: Government, NATO, David Cameron, Islamabad (Pakistan), National Government
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Afghanistan's Karzai backs clerics' demand for media crackdown
ReutersBy Mirwais Harooni KABUL, April 24 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed with a call from the country's conservative religious council for a crackdown on television stations, calling some of their programmes "immoral and un-Islamic",...Tags: Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Entertainment, Afghanistan, Islam
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Pakistan must play positive role in Afghanistan-NATO
Reuters* U.S.-led talks aims to smooth friction between Afghanistan, Pakistan * Karzai due to take part in Brussels talks By Adrian Croft and David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan must play a positive role in bringing stability to...Tags: NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, U.S. Military
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT April 22
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- TORONTO - Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with an "al Qaeda-supported" plot to derail a passenger train. - - - - BOSTON - Prosecutors charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday with carrying out...Tags: NATO, National Government, Human Rights Watch, U.S. Military, Iran
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Afghanistan says losing patience with Pakistan's failed peace pledges
ReutersKABUL, April 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan has failed to deliver on the promises it made regarding the nascent Afghan peace process and the people's patience is wearing thin, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said on Monday. "Our message to Pakistan is...Tags: Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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U.S.'s Kerry offers to host Afghan-Pakistan talks in Brussels -official
ReutersBRUSSELS, April 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has offered to host a meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior Pakistani officials in Brussels on Wednesday, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Monday. "The...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Pakistan
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REFILE-Afghan, Pakistan, U.S. to meet for talks in Brussels-Afghan official
Reuters(Refiles to correct reporting line) KABUL, April 22 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Brussels on Tuesday to met U.S. Secretary of State of State John Kerry and senior Pakistani officials to discuss the flagging Afghan peace...Tags: Pakistan, John Kerry, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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