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

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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The international community must “up its game” to secure a lasting political settlement for Afghanistan, the Labour leader Ed Miliband has said during a secret visit to the country

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Miliband fears for Afghan future

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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Hollande defends Afghan exit plan

François Hollande’s surprise visit comes less than a week after he announced that France would pull its troops out of Afghanistan by the end of this year.

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French President in Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai

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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Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize

In remote area of Afghanistan.

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5 Aid Workers Kidnapped

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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Soldier ‘sniper death’ accidental

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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Crocker to step down from Afghan post

CHICAGO — NATO leaders endorsed a plan Monday to wind down the international combat mission in Afghanistan, giving President Obama a concrete exit strategy from an unpopular war as he seeks reelection partly on his record as an effective commander in chief. Read full article > >

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NATO leaders agree on framework to wind down Afghan mission

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 backs Obama’s Afghan exit plan

Nato leaders have formalised an agreement to hand control of Afghanistan to its own security forces in 2013. The summit also confirmed its timetable for a full combat pullout by 2014. Mark Mardell reports.

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VIDEO: Nato to quit Afghan combat role in 2013

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 Formally Agrees to Transition on Afghan Security

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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Nato endorses Afghan timetable

Britain will not desert the people of Afghanistan when troops end their combat role there in 2014, David Cameron says at a Nato summit in Chicago.

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We won’t desert Afghans – Cameron