During Eid celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered to extend the Afghan government's June 11 ceasefire and start peace talks. The United States supports such talks, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. As Presid

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By Michael Kitchen Afghan kidnappers holding three foreign United Nations workers hostage say they are now considering whether to kill, hold or release their captives. The Afghan government is hopeful

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The commander of all NATO forces says he is more concerned about his troops in Afghanistan earning the support of the Afghan people and building the size and competence of their security forces than he is about defeating Taliban forces in battle. U.S

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US to review Afghan air strikes 美国回顾阿富汗空袭 A top US military commander has announced a review into the American use of air strikes in Afghanistan. 美国一高级军事司令官宣布回顾对阿富汗的空袭 Gen David Petraeus, head of US Central Command (美

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By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 26 September 2007 U.S.-led coalition forces say they have killed at least 169 Taleban insurgents in southern Afghanistan after they came under attack during combat patrols. Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks in the pa

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By Greg Flakus Fort Riley 25 March 2008 US troops at Fort Riley, in the Midwestern state of Kansas, are training for deployment in Afghanistan along with 31 soldiers from Afghanistan's National Army. Some 300 US soldiers are in the current exercise a

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 21 July 2007 The Afghan Foreign Ministry is denying claims by Taleban militants that they have killed two German hostages. Earlier Saturday, a Taleban spokesman said the hostages were killed when a deadline passed for the G

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BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Tens of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer(纳税人) funds are indirectly being paid to Afghan warlords to secure(保护) convoys carrying supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a congressional

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NATO says a man dressed in an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire on coalition soldiers, leaving one dead. The NATO statement says coalition forces returned fire killing the shooter Sunday in southern Afghanistan. The shooting is the latest in a

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Germany reveals Afghan troops withdrawal timetable BERLIN, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Germany plans to cut the number of its troops in Afghanistan from 4,760 to 3,300 by the end of February 2014, top government officials said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Gui

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Afghan Taliban commander killed

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U.S. President Barack Obama said he is concerned about the green on blue attacks, the recent killings of NATO troops by Afghan security forces. At a news conference Monday, Obama said he has spoken to senior military leaders who are in Afghanistan ta

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U.S. President Barack Obama said in his weekly address that the core U.S. objective for going to war in Afghanistan is within reach. The president said Saturday the goal of ensuring that al-Qaida will never be able to use Afghanistan again to launch

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London 15 October 2010 - An Afghan fashion designer(时装设计师) named Zolaykha Sherzad has given a contemporary(当代的 ) edge to traditional Afghan style. She's recently brought her designs to London and they're proving quite a hit with t

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai have signed an agreement setting the course for U.S.-Afghan relations after the wars end. President Obama made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan Tuesday, arriving under the cover of

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A UK journalist abducted in Afghanistan has been freed by Nato troops in a dramatic pre-dawn raid. New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was kidnapped on Saturday along with Afghan interpreter Sultan Munadi while investigating a Nato air strike. M

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The European Union has sparked controversy by deciding not to release a documentary on women prisoners in Afghanistan. Exploring the phenomenon of moral crimes, the film underscores the harsh realities facing Afghan women, despite legislation to prot

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General Stanley McChrystal will liken the US military to a bull charging at a matador [the Taliban] - slightly weakened with each cut it receives. His review is also expected to say that protecting the Afghan people against the Taliban must be the t

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KABUL,March 23 (Xinhua) -- Criminal charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) were formally preferred Friday against U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who killed 17 Afghan civilians earlier this month, said the U.S. forces in Afg

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Poppy cultivation(栽培) and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says opium(鸦片) cultivation has dropped by 22% in a year and production by 10%. The biggest falls

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