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Afghans to take over greater security role
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai’s...
Tags: Armed Forces, The Pentagon, Defense, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan
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US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House
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British soldier in Afghanistan victim of apparent 'inside' attack
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A British soldier was shot and killed when a man believed to be a member of the Afghan National Army turned his weapon on foreign troops and his Afghan colleagues in a restive southern province, officials said Tuesday. Monday&...
Tags: Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom
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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term...
Tags: David Petraeus, Republican Party, Wars and Interventions, National Security, Democratic Party
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U.S., Afghan officials discuss troops' post-2014 legal jurisdiction
KABUL, Afghanistan — In a second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Afghanistan here on the presence of U.S. forces beyond 2014, the two sides have held preliminary talks on legal jurisdiction over American troops, the lead American...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Afghan leader heading to Washington for talks
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Monday for Washington for meetings with President Obama and other top officials that will help shape relations after most U.S. and international troops leave the strife-torn country. The talks...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Don't rush out of Afghanistan
With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his top advisers visiting Washington this week, huge questions about the future of the NATO mission there consume Afghan and American minds. How fast can we draw down our current total of 68,000 U.S. troops (and...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, U.S. Elections, Brookings Institution, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Afghan civilians killed in mosque blast after deadly night raid
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion Sunday in a restive province west of Kabul killed at least seven civilians as they tried to pull bodies from the rubble of a mosque after a night raid by Afghan and NATO special forces, Afghan officials said. It was not...
Tags: U.S. Army, Emergency Incidents, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Air and Space Accidents
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Pakistanis release 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has released another batch of Afghan Taliban prisoners, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday, a further sign of the Pakistani government's willingness to facilitate efforts by Washington and Kabul to negotiate a peace...Tags: Afghanistan, Politics, Taliban, Executive Branch, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Members of Afghanistan's warring sides gather in France
This post has been updated. See notes below. KABUL, Afghanistan – Members of Afghanistan’s warring sides gathered near Paris on Thursday to begin informal talks about the country’s future as U.S. and NATO forces pull out. It was...
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, France, Kabul (Afghanistan), Paris (France)
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Afghanistan Taliban appears to be softening stance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Recent pronouncements by the Taliban have raised the possibility that the insurgents may be softening their stance on what a future without U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan might look like. But even among those who...
Tags: Afghanistan, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Justice and Rights
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