By Gary Thomas Washington 31 January 2007 In a statement issued in Berlin Wednesday, Afghanistan and its international donor partners called for stepped-up efforts to restore security and strengthen governance in Afghanistan. At a conference in Lond

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Vera: I cant believe that Stan has been arrested. I know that he wasnt always on the up-and-up, but hes being accused of influence peddling and taking bribes. Keigo: Stan has been getting kickbacks for years. Everybody knew that if you wanted to get

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By Benjamin Sand Balakot, Pakistan 05 October 2006 A year after last October's massive South Asian earthquake, aid agencies are warning that nearly two-million people are facing a second Himalayan winter without proper shelter. VOA's Benjamin Sand r

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 25 July 2006 Afghan woman sits over sacks of flour after getting them from CARE International at the food distribution center in Kabul, March 19, 2006 Afghanistan is seeking nearly $80 million to help fight an imminent foo

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 November 2006 India and Pakistan have resumed a peace process that was halted earlier this year by deadly train bombings in Mumbai. Anjana Pasricha reports from the Indian capital, where the talks between the South As

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 26 December 2006 A Pakistani soldier keeps position inside a bunker as he monitors Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Kundi Gar post (16 Dec 2006 photo) Pakistan has announced plans to fence and mine sections of its frontier w

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 March 2007 Pakistani cricket fans are reacting with outrage over news that the country's cricket coach was murdered shortly after the team's surprising loss in the World Cup. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sa

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 29 June 2006 Pakistan has reacted sharply to comments U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made about coming elections, saying the country does not need advice on its democratic process from outsiders. --------- Senior Cabi

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 27 June 2006 Condoleezza Rice (left) with Pakistan President Musharraf Pakistan says it is sending up to 10,000 more troops to strengthen security along the porous border with Afghanistan and check militant infiltration. The mo

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Pakistan has rejected as baseless and irresponsible Afghan allegations that its spy agency was behind a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. The two countries are allies in the U.S-led war on terror, but accusations that Taliban i

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By Jim Malone Washington 16 June 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Monday he will visit Iraq and Afghanistan sometime before the November election. Obama made the comment after a phone conversation with Iraqi Foreign Minister

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President-elect Barack Obama has said that very soon after his inauguration on Tuesday he will meet with top U.S. military leaders to discuss priorities. During the election campaign he said he would give the military a new mission in Iraq. But prio

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President Obama meets with his national security team, including top military officers, Wednesday to begin to chart a new U.S. policy toward Iraq and Afghanistan. US soldiers celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the 44th president of the U

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Authorities in Pakistan have banned protests and rounded up hundreds of lawyers, opposition politicians and other activists before a planned rally against the government in the capital. Protesters want to reinstate the country's former Supreme Court

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 14 May 2007 Pakistani troops have been told to shoot on sight if need be to control political violence in the southern city of Karachi. Pakistani authorities have banned political rallies in the city, where at least 38 peop

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 November 2006 Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill amending the country's controversial laws governing rape and adultery. The legislation, which has one more hurdle to clear, would overturn Pa

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By Gary Thomas Washington 13 June 2008 Relations between the United States and Pakistan have hit some bumpy spots over efforts to curb terrorist acts by Islamic extremists. The rocky relationship was recently highlighted with the accidental deaths o

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 10 April 2006 Pakistan has banned a tribal militant group, the Baluchistan Liberation Army, after declaring it a terrorist organization. The underground group has been accused of

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 02 July 2007 Pakistani officials are denying reports that the government has eased travel restrictions on disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan. He has been under strict house arrest since 2004 after he confessed to selling n

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By Jennifer Glasse London 14 October 2009 The British prime minister says he plans to send an extra 500 troops to Afghanistan, if NATO coalition partners follow suit and the Afghan government speeds up training its own forces. Britain's PM Gordon Br

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