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Children killed in NATO airstrike: Afghanistan

Civilian deaths have been one of the biggest sources of friction in relations between the Afghan gov...

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`Afghan civilian deaths in war hit 5-year high`

A UN report says last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians, with 3,021 killed in th...

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Taliban modernising, says ex anti-vice enforcer

Maulavi Qalamuddin is former chief of the Taliban`s "vice and virtue" squad which whipped women with...

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Hina Khar`s visit to Kabul good, well-timed: US

On Wednesday, Hina Rabbani Khar visited the Kabul to mend relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan...

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`US, Taliban prisoner release talks fail in Qatar’

For record sake, the United States has neither confirmed nor denied the reports of such a peace talk...

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‘Aghan Prez Karzai seeks Taliban talks in Saudi’

A member of the Taliban`s leadership council, Quetta Shura, also backed the report of talks in Saud...

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Afghan withdrawal must be carefully phased: UK

French President has announced pulling out his country`s combat troops from Afghanistan at the end o...

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Afghans blast French plan to withdraw troops early

France`s plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan a year early drew harsh words Saturday...

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Taliban willing to compromise: Afghan negotiators

Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taliban are willing to significantly soften past hardlin...

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Italy signs deal for long-term aid to Afghanistan

The Italian PM assured Afghan President that Italy will not abandon his impoverished, conflict-scarr...

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Taliban rocket kills woman, child in Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO`s commander for Afghanistan, General John Allen, condemned th...

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Afghan President sends condolences to France

France suspended training missions following the incident, and French President has threatened to wi...

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US envoy in Kabul for talks with Karzai on peace

Marc Grossman`s visit comes in the wake of an announcement by the Taliban that it planned to open a ...

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Karzai says he met with Afghan insurgent faction

Afghanistan`s President has personally met with a delegation from the insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islam...

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Afghan opposition cautiously supports peace talks

Prominent Afghan opposition leaders said today that they support possible US-brokered peace negoti...

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Karzai condemns video of urination on Taliban corpses

A presidential statement described the act as "completely inhumane" and called on the US military to...

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Insurgents try to storm Afghan government building

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said it involved multiple targets.

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Afghan opposition urges caution in Taliban talks

Three prominent Afghan opposition leaders warned against trusting the Taliban in peace talks, saying...

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Karzai demands US hand over Bagram prison

A presidential statement said that keeping Afghan citizens imprisoned without trial violates the cou...

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`Karzai concerned over role in Afghan peace talks`

The hardline Islamists announced this week that they planned to open an overseas political office.

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Karzai, US embassy meet militant delegation

A delegation from Hezb-i-Islami has met with President Hamid Karzai and US embassy officials in Kab...

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Guilty to be punished in girl torture case: Karzai

President Hamid Karzai says police will arrest members of a family accused of torturing and illegal...

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French defence minister backs Taliban talks

France`s defence minister on Sunday backed US efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban.

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Karzai welcomes US `Taliban not our enemy` remarks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed US Vice President Joe Biden`s remarks that the ...

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Karzai welcomes US `Taliban not our enemy` remarks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration saying that...

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Karzai will accept Taliban office in Qatar

Karzai said if the United States insisted that the insurgents establish a liaison office in Qatar, "...

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NATO night raids in Afghanistan must stop: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Afghanistan will not sign a strategic partnership deal with the...

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‘US neared Taliban deal, but Karzai vetoed it’

US had reached a tentative deal with Taliban to allow, among other things, but the agreement failed...

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Pakistan should talk more with Afghanistan: Karzai

Hamid Karzai is urging Pak to open up communications and create a one-on-one relationship with neigh...

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NATO says it will continue Afghan night raids

NATO will continue to carry out nighttime kill-and-capture raids that target suspected insurgents, t...

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Taliban operates from Pakistan: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today said that Pakistan has a key role to play in his government`s p...

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Don’t want role in US-Iran hostilities: Afghanistan

Afghan territory should not be used in a proxy war between the United States and Iran, President H...

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Death toll from Afghan holy day bombs hits 80

Karzai blamed Pak extremists for the unprecedented attack in Kabul, demanding justice from the govt...

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Foreigners fuelling corruption in Afghan: Karzai

Foreigners are fuelling the problem of corruption in Afghanistan, a country ranked as one of the mo...

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`Foreigners fuelling corruption in Afghanistan`

Experts say corruption is an endemic problem among many officials in Afghanistan.

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Karzai blames Pakistanis over sectarian massacre

Afghan officials fear that yesterday`s killings in Kabul could unleash Iraq and Pakistan-style secta...

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Karzai scraps UK visit after bombings kill 59

Afghan Prez Hamid Karzai has cancelled a visit to Britain to fly home after at least 59 people were...

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Pakistan`s boycott won`t affect cooperation: Karza

Karzai said that Pakistan`s boycott of the Bonn conference "will not stop us from cooperating, this ...

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Afghans needs help for ‘at least a decade’: Karzai

Karzai said that his government would battle corruption and work toward reconciliation but it needs ...

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Afghan peace process must be inclusive: Ban

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has expressed concern over the security situation in Afghanistan.

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Karzai accuses Pak of stalling talks with Taliban

Pakistan is boycotting an international conference on Afghanistan starting Monday in Bonn.

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Hamid Karzai leaves for Bonn meet

Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Germany today to attend an international conference on the se...

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Afghan President pardons imprisoned rape victim

Hamid Karzai is pardoning an Afghan woman serving a 12-year prison sentence for having sex out of we...

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Karzai calls Gilani; asks him to rethink boycott

A special meeting of the cabinet chaired by Gilani decided to boycott the Bonn Conference.

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Karzai announces second wave of Afghan transition

The announcement means that more than 50 per cent of Afghanistan will soon be under the control of ...

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Karzai charges NATO with killing seven civilians

The strike was aimed at Taliban fighters planting roadside mines in the area but missed its target...

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Afghan Jirga backs US deal, Washington heartened

Most participants in the Loya Jirga, the four-day gathering, had been selected by government officia...

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Hundreds of Afghans protest long-term pact with US

Over 1,000 university students protested against any agreement that would allow US troops to stay in...

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Afghanistan national assembly backs pact with US

More than 2,000 delegates attended the four-day assembly, known as a Loya Jirga, and discussed negot...

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Two Afghan police killed in clash with foreign troops

Night raids are a major cause of friction between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Western back...

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