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Afghan leader heading to Washington for talks
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Monday for Washington for meetings with President Obama and other top officials that will help shape relations after most U.S. and international troops leave the strife-torn country. The talks...Tags: Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prosecution
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Don't rush out of Afghanistan
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his top advisers visiting Washington this week, huge questions about the future of the NATO mission there consume Afghan and American minds. How fast can we draw down our current total of 68,000 U.S. troops (and...
Tags: Barack Obama, Pakistan, Elections, John Allen, Brookings Institution
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Afghan civilians killed in mosque blast after deadly night raid
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion Sunday in a restive province west of Kabul killed at least seven civilians as they tried to pull bodies from the rubble of a mosque after a night raid by Afghan and NATO special forces, Afghan officials said. It was not...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, International Organizations, Disasters and Accidents
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Pakistanis release 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has released another batch of Afghan Taliban prisoners, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday, a further sign of the Pakistani government's willingness to facilitate efforts by Washington and Kabul to negotiate a peace...Tags: Pakistan, Executive Branch, Government, Central African Republic, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Members of Afghanistan's warring sides gather in France
This post has been updated. See notes below. KABUL, Afghanistan – Members of Afghanistan’s warring sides gathered near Paris on Thursday to begin informal talks about the country’s future as U.S. and NATO forces pull out. It was...
Tags: Paris (France), Kabul (Afghanistan), NATO, Taliban, France
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Afghanistan Taliban appears to be softening stance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Recent pronouncements by the Taliban have raised the possibility that the insurgents may be softening their stance on what a future without U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan might look like. But even among those who...
Tags: Pakistan, National Government, U.S. Department of State, Minority Groups, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Probe ordered into killing of Afghan student
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday ordered a top-level investigation into the killing of an Afghan student who had volunteered to assist with polio vaccinations in villages in the northern province of Kapisa. Karzai appointed a...
Tags: Pakistan, Government, National Government, Polio, Family
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Afghan intelligence chief wounded in attack
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- The chief of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency was wounded Thursday afternoon in an attack at a spy agency guest house in the capital, government officials said. Asadullah Khalid, director of the National Directorate of...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, National Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Parties and Movements, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Obama to nominate John Kerry to be next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his...
Tags: United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Parties and Movements, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 10 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A minivan packed with civilians struck a roadside bomb in the southern Afghanistan province of Oruzgan on Thursday morning, killing 10 people and wounding eight others. Most of the victims were women and children, said Abdullah...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Hajj
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Petraeus thought he was above the law
Gen. David Petraeus' actions over the past several years show that he considers himself more of a prince than a member of the armed forces who answers to his civilian commander-in-chief ("Did Petraeus have to step down?" Nov. 13). In Afghanistan, he...Tags: Pakistan, Judges, David Petraeus, Iraq, Central Intelligence Agency
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