Posts Tagged ‘afghan’

VIDEO: Miliband visits troops in Afghanistan

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet British troops stationed in Helmand province.

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VIDEO: Miliband visits troops in Afghanistan

For Afghans next to U.S. firing range, unexploded ammunition poses peril

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

The American grenade that nearly killed 10-year-old Shah Mohammed landed on an unmarked firing range in a scrubby desert, in the shadow of the largest U.S. military base in the country. Like hundreds of other U.S. explosives fired here, it was supposed to detonate on impact. Like hundreds of others, it didn’t. Read full article > >

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Hollande defends Afghan exit plan

Friday, May 25th, 2012

President Francois Hollande defends his decision to end France’s military mission in Afghanistan early, during an unannounced visit to Kabul.

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Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A book about the death of a British officer in Afghanistan, once pulped by the Ministry of Defence, is awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing.

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5 Aid Workers Kidnapped

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

In remote area of Afghanistan.

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5 Aid Workers Kidnapped

Aid workers held in Afghanistan

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Two foreign doctors and three Afghan colleagues are kidnapped in the country’s north-eastern province of Badakhshan, officials say.

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Soldier ‘sniper death’ accidental

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A soldier believed to have been killed by a British sniper in Afghanistan was accidentally shot while on active service, a coroner says.

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Crocker to step down from Afghan post

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is expected to step down this summer after a year in the job, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CNN early Tuesday.

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NATO backs Obama’s Afghan exit plan

Monday, May 21st, 2012

NATO leaders signed off on President Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for a 2013 end to combat operations.

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NATO Formally Agrees to Transition on Afghan Security

Monday, May 21st, 2012

The agreement to give the Afghans the lead role in securing their country next summer begins the end of the United States’s involvement in the war.

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Nato endorses Afghan timetable

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Nato leaders endorse plans to hand combat command in Afghanistan to local forces by mid-2013 and withdraw fighting troops by 2014.

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Batons, blood mar NATO summit

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday.

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Batons, blood mar NATO summit

VIDEO: Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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VIDEO: Nato leaders discuss Afghan withdrawal

‘Hard days ahead’ in Afghanistan

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

President Obama tells a Nato summit there are “hard days ahead” in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.

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NATO Summit Opens in Chicago

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Leaders will focus on war in Afghanistan.

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NATO Summit Opens in Chicago