Thousands of NATO trucks in Pakistan backlog – AFP
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Thousands of NATO trucks in Pakistan backlog
AFP KARACHI — Two months into Pakistan's blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan, thousands of trucks are crowding the port in Karachi where drivers, fed up with waiting, are starting to desert. For a month, directors of transport companies, … No future of Pak-US relationsPakistan Observer 'Pakistanis fuming over US attacks'Press TV US-Pakistan Relations Remain TenseUprising |
Stars’ Afghanistan trips cost £400000 – AFP
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Stars' Afghanistan trips cost £400000
AFP LONDON — The British government spent more than £400000 last year on sending celebrities to visit soldiers serving in Afghanistan, the defence secretary has revealed. Footballer David Beckham is among the stars who have paid morale-boosting visits to … Shooting stars: MoD's £400000 on celebrities visiting AfghanistanTelegraph.co.uk Afghanistan trips by celebrities cost over £400000 in 2011BBC News Celeb Visits To Troops Cost Over £400k In 2011Sky News Huffington Post UK all 14 news articles » |
Stars’ Afghanistan trips cost £400000 – AFP
Telegraph.co.uk |
Stars' Afghanistan trips cost £400000
AFP LONDON — The British government spent more than £400000 last year on sending celebrities to visit soldiers serving in Afghanistan, the defence secretary has revealed. Footballer David Beckham is among the stars who have paid morale-boosting visits to … Shooting stars: MoD's £400000 on celebrities visiting AfghanistanTelegraph.co.uk Afghanistan trips by celebrities cost over £400000 in 2011BBC News Celeb Visits To Troops Cost Over £400k In 2011Sky News Huffington Post UK all 14 news articles » |
Strong support for peace in Afghanistan: US envoy – AFP
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Strong support for peace in Afghanistan: US envoy
AFP KABUL — US envoy Marc Grossman said Sunday after talks with President Hamid Karzai that he had "found strong support for peace" during his trip to Afghanistan. Grossman's visit comes in the wake of an announcement by Taliban insurgents that they plan … Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Sends France CondolencesHuffington Post Afghan government hints at Taliban talksCNN Talks With Taliban a Long Way Off, American Envoy SaysNew York Times Wall Street Journal -Voice of America (blog) all 939 news articles » |
Pakistan blocks US envoy visit: official – AFP
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Pakistan blocks US envoy visit: official
AFP WASHINGTON — Pakistan refused a visit by a US envoy handling reconciliation in neighboring Afghanistan amid rock-bottom relations between the war partners, US officials said Wednesday. Marc Grossman, the special representative on Afghanistan and … Enhancing bilateral trade: Pakistan, Afghanistan to increase trade to $5bn by 2015Pakistan Daily Times Pakistan Delays US Envoy's VisitVoice of America (blog) Pakistan to soon resume oil product exports to AfghanistanPlatts Telegraph.co.uk -PakTribune.com -DAWN.com all 203 news articles » |
Pakistan blocks US envoy visit: official – AFP
AFP |
Pakistan blocks US envoy visit: official
AFP WASHINGTON — Pakistan refused a visit by a US envoy handling reconciliation in neighboring Afghanistan amid rock-bottom relations between the war partners, US officials said Wednesday. Marc Grossman, the special representative on Afghanistan and … Enhancing bilateral trade: Pakistan, Afghanistan to increase trade to $5bn by 2015Pakistan Daily Times Pakistan Delays US Envoy's VisitVoice of America (blog) Pakistan to soon resume oil product exports to AfghanistanPlatts Telegraph.co.uk -PakTribune.com -DAWN.com all 203 news articles » |
Perry urges no criminal charges over Marines’ video – AFP
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Perry urges no criminal charges over Marines' video
AFP WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said on Sunday it would be "over the top" to file criminal charges against four US Marines who urinated on dead militants in Afghanistan. The incident, captured in a video posted online that … Perry: Administration Overreacting to Marines Urinating VideoFox News Perry accuses Obama of 'disdain for military' in handling case of videotaped …Washington Post Perry: WH handling of Marine video is "over-the-top"CBS News The Associated Press -NPR all 315 news articles » |
Eleventh Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan – AFP
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Eleventh Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan
AFP TBILISI — A Georgian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the defence ministry in Tbilisi said Saturday — the 11th from the ex-Soviet state to die serving alongside NATO-led forces fighting the Taliban. Corporal Besik Niniashvili was killed by a … UK soldier killed in AfghanistanBBC News Soldier killed in Afghanistan blastTelegraph.co.uk Georgian Soldier Killed In AfghanistanRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Daily Mail -Civil Georgia all 189 news articles » |
French defence minister visits Afghanistan – AFP
 Sydney Morning Herald |
French defence minister visits Afghanistan
AFP KABUL — French defence minister Gerard Longuet arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday for a two-day visit to meet troops ahead of the New Year. During his trip Longuet will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. … Gerard Longuet went to Afghanistan with the French contingentSan Francisco Luxury News 565: The deadly cost of AfghanistanSydney Morning Herald Roadside bombs kill 2 NATO soldiers, 4 Afghan civilians as joint raids go …Washington Post |
Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan – AFP
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Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan
AFP KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan Friday, the provincial head of the criminal investigation unit said. Also in the volatile south, a member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance … Afghanistan: Taliban blamed as attacks kill 12San Francisco Chronicle NATO soldier, 4 Afghan civilians killed as joint raids kill and capture …Washington Post Afghanistan: Taliban claim killing of two French soldiersSan Francisco Luxury News Sacramento Bee all 249 news articles » |
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