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/ 10 February 2010
Rescuers recovered the bodies of 165 people killed by a series of avalanches on a treacherous Afghan mountain pass, an official said on Wednesday.
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/ 22 January 2010
US General David Petraeus said on Thursday it was "disturbing" that a manufacturer had embossed biblical citations on rifle scopes sent to Iraq.
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/ 18 January 2010
Taliban gunmen launched a brazen assault on the centre of Kabul on Monday, with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at several locations.
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/ 18 January 2010
Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on government buildings in the centre of Kabul on Monday.
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/ 10 January 2010
A Jordanian suicide bomber who carried out an attack in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA agents recorded a "martyrdom" video.
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/ 31 December 2009
A suicide bomber penetrated an army base in Afghanistan to kill eight US CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the spy agency’s largest death tolls.
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/ 15 December 2009
A suicide bomber struck an upmarket district of Kabul on Tuesday near a hotel and guest house frequented by foreigners, killing eight people
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/ 15 December 2009
A loud explosion rocked the Afghan capital on Tuesday, spewing out a huge cloud of black smoke shortly before a conference on tackling corruption.
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/ 14 December 2009
US President Barack Obama says that his decision to pour more US troops into the war in Afghanistan is the most difficult of his presidency so far.
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/ 11 December 2009
The United States military commander in Afghanistan and his diplomatic counterpart presented a united front this week.
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/ 2 December 2009
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is ordering 30 000 more US troops to Afghanistan by next summer to counter a resurgent Taliban.
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/ 1 December 2009
President Barack Obama has given orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit.
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/ 30 November 2009
Violence against women is deeply rooted in Afghanistan, where they are becoming less active in public life, a UN official said on Monday.
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/ 25 November 2009
Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban militia, on Wednesday rejected a call from President Hamid Karzai for peace talks.
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/ 25 November 2009
US President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to ”finish the job” of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan.
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/ 19 November 2009
Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president on Thursday, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country’s security.
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/ 19 November 2009
Afghan President Hamid Karzai begins his second presidential term tarnished by corruption and fraud.
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/ 18 November 2009
Foreign dignitaries began descending on Kabul on Wednesday, the eve of the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai.
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/ 17 November 2009
Nato’s chief said on Tuesday the alliance’s mission in Afghanistan would soon gain momentum, in remarks seeking to allay doubts about the operation.
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/ 13 November 2009
A suicide bomber struck near a United States military base in Kabul on Friday, wounding foreign soldiers and Afghan civilians, officials said.
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/ 5 November 2009
The UN said on Thursday it would start evacuating hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan after an attack by Taliban militants.
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/ 4 November 2009
Technocrats and some existing ministers will be appointed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s new government, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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/ 4 November 2009
Former presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah accused Hamid Karzai on Wednesday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform.
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/ 3 November 2009
Hamid Karzai vowed to form an inclusive government on Tuesday after warnings from Western supporters he would have to root out corruption.
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/ 2 November 2009
The global community is paying a huge price to support a corrupt and unpopular government in Afghanistan, a former UN aide in Kabul said on Monday.
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/ 2 November 2009
With the UN’s reputation in tatters and Washington in denial over Abdullah’s exit, Obama must turn this round or look like a loser.
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/ 30 October 2009
”We’re caught in the middle,” Abdul Rahim tells US Marines as they try to induce his fellow Afghan villagers to turn on Taliban fighters.
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/ 29 October 2009
Carnage in Pakistan and America’s bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama’s dilemma on troop deployments.
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/ 28 October 2009
Taliban militants killed six UN staff in an assault on a guesthouse in Kabul on Wednesday, raising questions about security for the November 7 run-off
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/ 27 October 2009
Afghans vote on November 7 for a second time in their disputed presidential election, hoping to end weeks of political limbo and uncertainty.
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/ 22 October 2009
The candidate who placed third in Afghanistan’s election said on Thursday he was considering urging his supporters to boycott the upcoming run-off.
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/ 21 October 2009
The heads of more than half of Afghanistan’s district election offices will be replaced to prevent fraud in a second-round presidential election.