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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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met Wednesday at the White House. Mister Obama described the day as extraordinarily productive. He said the three nat

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By Scott Stearns Riga, Latvia 28 November 2006 President Bush during his press conference in the Grand Hall at Latvia University, Tuesday, 28 Nov. 2006 in Riga, Latvia U.S. President George Bush says more NATO troops are needed to battle Taleban mil

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy traveled to Afghanistan Tuesday, after 10 French troops were killed and 21 wounded in the deadliest attack in several years on French forces deployed abroad. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA. The French troops

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By Siri Nyrop Kabul And Balkh Province, Afghanistan 27 May 2008 Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. Last year, the country's drug trade was a$4-billionbusiness, half of which alone was produced in the south where the figh

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The head of the U.S. Central Command and former U.S. commander in Iraq, Army General David Petraeus, says progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan under President Barack Obama's new strategy will not be easy. General Petraeus, other military and Pentago

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton convened a three-way meeting with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan Wednesday, saying they face a common threat, task and challenge posed by Islamic extremism. Clinton stressed U.S. regret over the death

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 18 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets embassy staff during a 'meet and greet' event at the US embassy in Kabul, 17 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Afghanistan to join foreign dignitar

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By Jennifer Glasse London 17 November 2009 Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (file photo) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that he would like to host a summit next year to chart a timetable for the handover of security in various

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For the first time in four decades, Afghanistan will run its own election. But there will be outside assistance - the most important being the tens of thousands of NATO-led troops in the country backing the Afghan forces providing security and logis

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Authorities in Afghanistan say that a powerful bomb explosion in a central province has killed 25 people, including at least 15 school children. President Hamid Karzai has condemned the blast as a savage and anti-Islamic attack. The violence comes a

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Forces Removing Equipment From Afghanistan Keep Eye on Russian Route LONDON How to remove millions of tons of equipment from a landlocked country with primitive infrastructure? Thats the challenge facing international military forces in Afghanistan a

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 February 2006 A man with a double leg amputation begs in a street in Kabul (File photo - April 1, 2004) Afghanistan has welcomed the decision by leading Western creditors

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 August 2006 Supporter, center, kisses and shows his respect at the western stronghold of a regional warlord and former governor of Herat, Ismail Khan, left, during meeting in his residence in Herat in Afghanistan (File

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By Paula Wolfson Bucharest 02 April 2008 NATO leaders have devised a plan to bolster alliance forces in parts of Afghanistan where the threat of combat is high. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports it was one of the first signs of consensus to emerge from the

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By Sonja Pace London 08 February 2008 There has been no shortage of dire predictions recently of the potentially disastrous consequences if NATO does not pull together to put more troops and equipment on the ground in Afghanistan. Senior U.S. officia

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 December 2007 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that NATO's anti-Taliban tactics in Afghanistan are not working. The newly elected leader said it is critical that security in the troubled country be stabilized.

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 03 May 2006 Destroyed police jeep is seen at the explosion site in Jalalabad, May 3, 2006 Violence continues to escalate in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, a provincial governor

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By Paula Wolfson White House 21 May 2007 The situation in Afghanistan dominated talks between President Bush and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Bush family ranch in Texas. VOA's Paula Wolfson, reports the president wants NATO to

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By Kent Klein Washington 06 October 2009 Senator Harry Reid speaks at White House after meeting President Obama on Afghanistan, 6 Oct 2009 The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate says lawmakers in both parties will support whatever decision President Ba

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