Saturday 28th January, 2012
France to Resume Training, but Will Withdraw from Afghanistan Next Year
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will pull its troops out of Afghanistan next year -- a year earlier than planned. Friday's announcement came following talks with Afghan President Hamid ...
Taliban delegates arrive in Qatar for peace talks with US-Afghan officials
A team of senior Taliban diplomats has reportedly arrived in Qatar in preparation for the opening of a political office and to host negotiations with America, and Afghan government officials. The ...
Karzai want troops out of Afghanistan
NATO soldiers stand guard at the site of a suicide car bomb blast that struck a convoy of NATO troops September 21, 2007 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein, Getty ...
Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
IC WalesA British soldier from the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The soldier was serving as a part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj ...
French forces to leave Afghanistan a year early: Sarkozy
West AustralianPARIS (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that France would pull its forces out of Afghanistan a year earlier than planned, a week after the killing of four French servicemen by a renegade ...
France, Karzai urge NATO Afghanistan exit
West AustralianFrance and Afghanistan will ask NATO to hand over all combat missions to the Afghan military in 2013, a year earlier than planned, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.It signalled a sharp break by ...
French Troops To Restart Military Operations In Afghanistan
Spero NewsFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has said France will resume its training mission in Afghanistan. Sarkozy, speaking at a news conference in Paris after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ...
Face of Defense: Lieutenant Leads EOD Unit in Afghanistan
Defense LinkBy Navy Chief Petty Officer Oscar TroncosoInternational Security Assistance Force Regional Command North CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2012 – Leading one of the most dangerous units in ...
Mass. Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Laid To Rest
WBZNORWOOD, Mass. (AP) -- Family and friends are paying final respects to an Army medic from Norwood who died in Afghanistan. A graveside service ...
UK Soldier Shot Dead While On Afghan Patrol
Orange NewsA British soldier has died after suffering a gunshot wound while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. The 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment soldier was ...
In pictures: Afghan bread and a cup of tea
Gulf Newswent to capture the essence of Afghan bread and found that there is much effort and skill involved in its making. The bakery of Haji Niayz Mohammad has been operating for 30 years. It is located in ...
France to Speed Troops’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan
New York TimesFrance announced Friday a significant acceleration of France’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying combat troops would leave a year early, by the end of ...
France's Sarkozy Orders Early Afghanistan Withdrawal
IBTimesAfghanistan mission in 2013, a year earlier than scheduled. French security duties in the Kapisa province, where the majority of French soldiers are stationed, will be transferred to Afghans. ...
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
BBCA British soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was shot on Friday while on patrol in the Khar ...
France to resume Afghan training
BBCFrench troops will resume training Afghan soldiers on Saturday but Paris will pull out most of its troops from the country by the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy has said. The withdrawal ...
Taleban may soften stance for peace talk
Arab NewsKABUL/PARIS: Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taleban are willing to significantly soften past hard-line ideologies, with its leaders already laying the ground for possible peace talks in ...
Flere angrep mot hjelpearbeidere i Afghanistan
NettavisenKabul (NTB): Tallet på angrep mot utenlandske hjelpeorganisasjoner i Afghanistan økte fra 2010 til 2011. Økningen gjaldt alle typer angrep fra afghanske væpnede styrker, ...
Combined Force Captures Taliban Facilitator
Defense LinkCompiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012 – A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator and ...
Karzai meets Sarkozy as French threaten early pullout
The StarPARIS (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets Nicolas Sarkozy later on Friday hoping to convince Paris not to accelerate its troop withdrawal and clinch a partnership agreement for ...
Karzai Meets Sarkozy After France Threatens Afghan Withdrawal
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Evangel honors graduate killed in Afghanistan
St. Louis Post-Dispatcho Students and faculty Evangel University are remembering a graduate who died this week in Afghanistan. The Army says 1st Lt. David Johnson was killed Wednesday by a roadside bomb while he was ...
France mulls Afghan move as Karzai visits
The Miami HeraldPARIS -- France's president is expected to announce whether he will order an accelerated pullout of French troops from the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan after a meeting with the Afghan ...
AFGHANISTAN: Time running out for displaced farmers
IRINDrought in parts of Afghanistan is causing food insecurity and displacement MAZAR-I-SHARIF, 27 January 2012 (IRIN) - Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than ...
Taliban willing to compromise, Afghan negotiators say
asharq alawsatKABUL, (Reuters) - Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taliban are willing to significantly soften past hardline ideologies, with its leaders already laying the ground for possible peace ...
Taliban Peace Talks: U.S, Afghanistan and NATO Facing Uncertainties?
IBTimesObama Administration's efforts to kickstart peace talks with the Taliban are underway but the hard-core Islamist group may find it difficult to accept some of the tough conditons laid out by ...
Taliban recruits Afghan soldier
The HeraldTHE Taliban said yesterday it had recruited an Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers a day earlier, raising fears the militant group had managed to deepen its infiltration of the ...
Afghanistan can rely on Italy: Monti
Global TimesItaly will continue to provide support for Afghanistan, Prime Minister Mario Monti said here on Thursday after signing a cooperation agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. "Italy has ...
Taliban Talks Frighten Afghan Americans
New America MediaEditor’s Note: The U.S. has lost the Afghanistan war, says Fariba Nawa. Will Taliban brutality end gains for women and minorities? FREMONT, Calif.--As the United States and the Taliban ...
US envoy Grossman may have met Taliban reps in Qatar
NDTVWashington: Special US Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman appears to have met Taliban representatives in Qatar when he was in the Gulf nation early this week, but the State ...
Pakistani elite preparing to restore full cooperation with US in Afghan War
wsws.orgPakistan's military released a sternly worded report Monday that vehemently rejected Washington's account of last November's lethal NATO air assault on two Pakistani border posts in ...
Calamitous Night Raids Continue as Torch Passes to Afghan Army
Common DreamsUS forces have begun training Afghan soldiers to take over the much contested 'night raids' in Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been a continuous opponent of night raids as ...
France to stay in Afghanistan despite killings
Daily NationFrance appeared to lessen the prospect of an early withdrawal from the 10-year war in Afghanistan on Saturday, stressing its commitment to the country after an Afghan soldier killed four of its ...
Lewis-McChord soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Seattle TimesA combat brigade from Joint Base Lewis-McChord has suffered its first casualty during a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. Killed by a bomb that went off while he was on foot patrol in Kandahar ...
Withdraw Irish Soldiers from Afghanistan before it’s too Late
Infowars Ireland26 Jan, 2012 Irish soldiers serving with NATO/ISAF forces in Afghanistan are increasingly in danger of being killed by Afghan soldiers, who are supposedly their allies. France ...
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Kills 4
New York TimesAfghanistan on Thursday, killing four Afghans, including a child, and wounding 31 others, the provincial governor’s office and the British government said. Three British citizens were hurt in ...
Afghan Olive Farms Waiting for Water
Environment News ServiceBy Hejratullah Ekhtiyar JALALABAD, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, January 26, 2012 (ENS) - The southeastern Afghan province of Nangarhar was once home to thousands of hectares of olive groves, but ...
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