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Afghanistan will accept Taliban liaison unit being set up in Qatar
Irish Times KABUL – Afghanistan will accept a Taliban liaison office in Qatar to start peace talks but no foreign power can get involved in the process without its consent, the government's peace council said, as efforts gather pace to find a solution to the … Afghanistan to Accept Taliban Office in QatarVoice of America (blog) Afghanistan would accept Taliban office in QatarSalt Lake Tribune Afghanistan sets rules for Taliban office in QatarCNN New York Times all 401 news articles » |
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Afghanistan 'loya jirga' endorses lingering US presense, but in what form?
Christian Science Monitor In the wake of the latest Afghanistan 'loya jirga,' the challenge will be finding a way to make a strategic bilateral partnership mutually agreeable to both Afghans and the US. By Tom A. Peter, Correspondent / November 20, 2011 Afghan delegates listen … U.S. troops could stay in AfghanistanUPI.com Afghanistan 'loya jirga' sets conditions for new pact with USSalt Lake Tribune More than 1000 Afghans protest possible pact to keep US troops in Afghanistan …Washington Post USA Today all 725 news articles » |
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Afghanistan 'loya jirga' sets conditions for new pact with US
Salt Lake Tribune Kabul, Afghanistan • An overwhelming majority of the participants in a loya jirga, or the grand council of elders, on Saturday backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for a long-term partnership with the United States that would … Hundreds of Afghans protest pact with USUSA Today Afghanistan National Assembly Backs Pact With USNPR Ties with AfghanistanDAWN.com |
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A report on Afghanistan
Dailyrecord.com An Afghan soldier stands guard outside of the compound where the loya jirga, or grand council, is being held in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. Insurgents fired two rockets Thursday toward a site where more than 2000 Afghan elders are … Kabul's unlikely housing bubble seems ready to burstKansas City Star Afghanistan: 10 insurgents killed, 30 detained in HeratThe Muslim News 10 militants killed in AfghanistanMSN India Bath Chronicle -CRIENGLISH.com -Shanghai Daily (subscription) all 28 news articles » |
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'Kill Team' solider David Bram sentenced to five years for war crimes in …
New York Daily News A US Army sergeant, the eleventh "Kill Team" soldier convicted of crimes in the widest-ranging prosecution of war crimes in the ten years of the Afghanistan War, was sentenced Friday to five years in jail for misconduct. David Bram, 27, was found … 11th conviction in Afghan war crimes probeSeattle Post Intelligencer Army sergeant gets five years in Afghan misconduct probeReuters Stryker sergeant guilty of assaulting junior soldier in 11th “kill team” caseTheNewsTribune.com (blog) |
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Army curbs prescriptions of anti-malaria drug
USA Today American troops observe a patrol of US Army and Afghan National Army soldiers and Afghan police on Oct. 3 in Afghanistan. The US Army reduced mefloquine prescriptions for soldiers sent to malaria-prone Afghanistan. … Military dropping anti-malaria drugThe Associated Press |
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IED attacks in Afghanistan claim lives of four Alaska-based soldiers
Stars and Stripes FORWARD OPERATING BASE LINDSEY, Afghanistan — Improvised bombs this week killed four soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, in three separate attacks in an area of Kandahar province known as the … |
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A Marine's Death by Friendly Fire Haunts Afghanistan Outpost
Wall Street Journal SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan—Capt. Matthew Stiger stood facing the battlefield memorial made of a rifle, helmet, boots and Benjamin Schmidt's dog tags. In the long afternoon shadows, he prayed Lance Cpl. Schmidt's family would get … |
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San Jose guardsman, 21, dies in Afghanistan
Sacramento Bee The California National Guard says one of its own was killed in Afghanistan this week. The Department of Defense announced Friday that 21-year-old Specialist Sean Walsh of San Jose died Wednesday from injuries he received from "indirect fire" in Khowst … San Jose soldier is killed in AfghanistanSan Francisco Chronicle San Jose MP killed in AfghanistanExaminer.com San Jose Man Killed in AfghanistanNBC Bay Area KGO-TV all 33 news articles » |
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Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan named by MoD
BBC News Two British soldiers killed when their armoured vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Afghanistan have been named by the Ministry of Defence. Lt David Boyce and L/Cpl Richard Scanlon, from the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, were providing security in … British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan NamedSky News British soldiers killed in Afghanistan explosion named by MoDMetro Two Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan4RFV The Sun -Mirror.co.uk -Islamic Republic News Agency all 21 news articles » |