By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 June 2007 Pakistan this weekend is closing two camps for Afghan refugees. The U.N. refugee agency is urging the government of Pakistan to make sure the closure goes peacefully. Violent clashes occurred in mid-May when Pakist

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The Obama administration's new proposal for strengthening the Afghan government, training more security forces and ending the country's grinding insurgency is a key focus at meetings this week in Europe. But while the plan has broad political suppor

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The U.S. Department of Defense is sending agricultural teams to Afghanistan to supplement the war effort nad help Afghans rebuild their country's largest and most important economic sector. Pentagon officials said the Agricultural Development Teams

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Afghanistan's Warring Sides Seek Advantage Prior to Possible Talks The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is approaching its 10-year anniversary with no end in sight to the fighting. There are efforts, however, to negotiate a political settlement to the con

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By Gary Thomas Washington 30 May 2006 A sudden eruption of violence in Kabul Monday was sparked by a traffic accident involving a U.S. military vehicle. U.S. officials blame a failure of the truck's brakes for the accident. But, the incident added t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 March 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it is resuming the voluntary repatriation of Afghans who have been living in Pakistan. These assisted returns will take place in two phases and are linked to the recently concluded re

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 26 September 2006 watch Afghan Crisis Group report War-torn Afghanistan The Washington D.C.-based International Crisis Group works to resolve violent struggle around the world and help regions recover afterward. It dis

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US Troops to Hand Over Lead Fighting Role to Afghans Obama said American troops in Afghanistan will move to a supporting role several months earlier than expected. Our troops will have a different mission, training, advising, assisting Afghan forces.

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Red Cross officials are backing local reports that U.S.-led airstrikes in western Afghanistan earlier this week killed dozens of civilians. The U.S. military is sending investigators to the scene and President Hamid Karzai has pledged to take up the

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US Study Says Afghans Not Ready to Manage Forces Afghan uniformed police in Helmand Province learn to read and write under an internationally funded literacy program. It is one of many in parts of the country that are now under Afghan government cont

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 26 October 2009 NATO officials in Afghanistan say three coalition helicopters crashed Monday in two unrelated incidents, killing at least 11 U.S. troops and three American civilians. NATO officials say one helicopter crashe

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 09 November 2009 As U.S. President Barack Obama debates with his advisers on whether to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan, Afghans have their own opinions. This year has been the deadliest for foreign troops

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 19 June 2007 Iran is forcibly repatriating tens of thousands of Afghan nationals, calling the undocumented workers a drain on the Iranian economy. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the United Nations s

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As Afghanistan continues its struggle to defeat Taliban insurgents and rebuild its infrastructure, the nation is finding strong support from the middle of the United States, in the state of Nebraska. Since 1973, long before Afghanistan gained world

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The United Nations chief in Afghanistan is making an appeal to the Taliban not to disrupt food aid heading to hungry Afghans. The representative of the world body on Monday also lashed out at the increasing number of pessimistic voices predicting th

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 12 October 2009 A group of Afghan asylum seekers who survived an explosion that killed five people in the Timor Sea are to be granted refugee status in Australia. The government, however, has signaled it will deport anyone conv

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