Posts Tagged ‘kabul’
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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Hollande defends Afghan exit plan
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Opened driving school for women in Kabul.

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Afghan Woman Wants Driving Rights
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Senior Afghan peace negotiator Arsala Rahmani is shot dead in Kabul, dealing a blow to President Karzai’s reconciliation efforts with the Taliban.

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Afghan peace negotiator shot dead
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
A key figure in Afghanistan's efforts to bring the Taliban to peace negotiations was assassinated Sunday in Kabul, authorities said.
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8 NATO deaths in Afghanistan in 3 days
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
KABUL —Afghan commanders have refused more than a dozen times within the past two months to act on U.S. intelligence regarding high-level insurgents, arguing that night-time operations to target the men would result in civilian casualties, Afghan officials say. Read full article > >

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Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Hours before the official announcement that President Barack Obama had landed in Kabul, Afghanistan for a surprise visit, the media — both social and electronic — were already buzzing with reports about the trip.
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Media almost blew Obama’s secret trip
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
US President Obama pledges to “finish the job” on a surprise trip to Afghanistan a year after Osama Bin Laden’s death, as seven die in a Kabul blast

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Obama pledges end to Afghan war
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
But bomb blasts in Kabul follow his trip.
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Obama Vows to ‘Finish the Job’
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
At least six people were killed in an attack on a compound in Kabul used by United Nations workers and other foreigners just hours after President Obama’s brief visit to the country to sign a security partnership pact.
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The Lede Blog: Suicide Bomb Attacks Hours After President Obama’s Visit to Afghanistan
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
President Obama landed in Kabul to sign a strategic partnership agreement with President Hamid Karzai meant to mark the beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan.
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Obama, Under Veil of Secrecy, Visits Kabul to Seal Agreement
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
KABUL — President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, landing on the one-year anniversary of the attack that killed Osama bin Laden and during a pivotal moment in U.S-Afghan relations, as the two countries look to define their military and economic ties beyond 2014. Read full article > >

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Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Massoud Hossaini, 30, was awarded a Pulitzer, the most prestigious US journalism prize, in breaking news photography for his “heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber’s attach at a crowded shrine in Kabul,” the Pulitzer committee said.
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Meet Pulitzer Prize-Winning Massoud Hossaini
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Every morning in this mountain village in eastern Afghanistan , four dozen girls sneak through a square opening in a mud-baked wall, defying a Taliban edict. A U.S.-funded girls school about a mile away was shuttered by insurgents in 2007, two years after it opened. They warned residents that despite a new government in Kabul and an international aid effort focused on female education, the daughters of Spina were to stay home. For a while, they all did. Read full article > >

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In Afghanistan, underground girls school defies Taliban edict, threats
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
KABUL — After more than a year of negotiations, U.S. and Afghan officials reached an agreement Sunday affirming the United States’ commitment to Afghanistan for a decade after its formal troop withdrawal in 2014 . Read full article > >

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Afghanistan, U.S. reach pact on post-2014 American support
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
British special forces were involved in the fight back against the Taliban’s assault on the city of Kabul on Sunday, Afghan security sources have told the BBC.

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VIDEO: British forces in Kabul fight back
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