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Chatter Afghanistan slams inconsistent US peace talks
The Afghan government suspends security negotiations with the US, Brazil sends in security forces to deal with growing protests, Barack Obama prepares to be ein Berliner, and North Korea has a little Hitler ...
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Combined Force in Kandahar Arrests Taliban Leader
From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release KABUL, Afghanistan, June 19, 2013 A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and another extremist in Kandahar City, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, today, military officials reported. The Taliban leader is responsible for attacks on Afghan and coalition ...
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Karzai sets new conditions for talks with Taliban
View Photo Associated Press/Rahmat Gul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a press conference during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Afghan ...
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Afghanistan suspends discussions on coalition withdrawal after being left out of US-Taliban peace talks
Statement from President Hamid Karzai indicating breakdown in talks comes on the same day as handover of nationwide security control to Afghan ...
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Obama voices hope Afghan peace talks will go on
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he always expected "friction" at Afghan reconciliation talks but voiced hope they could still take place despite a row over the name of a new Taliban office in Doha."My hope is that despite those challenges the process will proceed," Obama said after the Afghan government cut off security talks with Washington.Afghan President Hamid ...
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Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul June 18, ...
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The Talibans Qatar office is a positive step but not a prologue to peace | Michael Semple
Taliban announcement that they are going ahead with opening their political office in Qatar , as a base from which they can dialogue with all and sundry, is an important development. It is also one which has been a long time in coming. No one should underestimate the amount of diplomatic effort which has gone into making this happen.The Karzai-Obama declaration in January, the ...
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Afghanistan to shun Qatar peace talks until process Afghan-led
Qatar ," Karzai said in a statement, referring to a body he set up in 2010 to seek a negotiated peace with the Taliban. Karzai also said the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar showed the United States had failed to honor promises made to the Afghan state about the role of that office. (Reporting by Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni; Writing by Dylan Welch; Editing by Robert ...
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Video Eye Opener Four Americans killed in Afghanistan
Four American troops have been killed in Afghanistan and the country's leader walks away from talks with the United States. Also, President Obama visits a historic spot for American leaders with a new message for the world. Plus, obesity is now recognized as a disease. All that, and all that mattered, in today's "Eye ...
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Afghan president Karzai suspends talks with US
Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai suspended talks with the United States about American forces staying in Afghanistan after 2014 in protest to U.S. peace talks with the ...
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Pentagon source says four killed in Afghan attack were Americans
Four Americans were killed in a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, Afghanistan, a Pentagon source said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told CNN Tuesday the four NATO coalition members killed in the attack were all Americans. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force confirmed the attack on Bagram but identified the victims only as "NATO ...
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Four US soldiers killed at Bagram as US seeks talks with Taliban
The Taliban killed four US soldiers at Bagram Airbase overnight, as the US sought talks with the militant group, infuriating Afghan President Hamid ...
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Afghan forces take over doubts loom
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan security forces are now officially in charge of protecting their country from the insurgents whom the U.S.-led coalition of foreign troops has been fighting here for more than 11 years, President Hamid Karzai announced during a ceremony Tuesday, even as news broke that the Taliban were opening a long-discussed political office in Qatar, clearing a potential path to ...
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U.S. meeting with Taliban nears but will new threats derail peace talks
Qatari Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali bin Fahd al-Hajri, right, and Muhammad Naeem a representative of the Taliban attend a press conference at the official opening of the Taliban office in Doha, ...
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China welcomes developments in Afghan reconciliation FM spokeswoman
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday that China welcomes the positive development of the ongoing reconciliation process in Afghanistan.Hua's comment came after the Afghan Taliban on Tuesday set up a liaison office in the Qatari capital of Doha in order to initiate talks with international organizations.The Taliban will use the Doha office to maintain contact with the ...
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Karzai suspends talks with U.S. over Taliban move
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find ways to end the nearly 12-year ...
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Suspension of US and Afghanistan security talks
simultaneous US-Taliban negotiations . In specific, Karzai was annoyed by the US decision to engage in direct negotiations with the Taliban, who officially opened a political office in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday. On 19 June, Aimai Faizi, President's spokesman told AFP. "There is a contradiction between what the US government says and what it does regarding Afghanistan peace talks...The ...
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Taliban kills four US troops in Afghanistan
The Afghan Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four US troops on the same day that peace talks between America and the group were ...
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In some countries groups that have always been considered extremist have become a real force to be reckoned with. The Taliban is one of them. Even the U.S. government that is fighting against Taliban is forced to recognize it as a legal organization. Thi
In some countries, groups that have always been considered extremist have become a real force to be reckoned with. The Taliban is one of them. Even the U.S. government that is fighting against Taliban is forced to recognize it as a legal organization. This means that the existing issues should be solved with its representatives. Is it possible to appease the Taliban? Some scientists believe ...
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Four U.S. Soldiers Killed In Afghan Attack
The Taliban says it fired the rockets into Bagram Airfield that killed four U.S. soldiers. The attack north of Kabul came just hours after Taliban leaders said they were ready to start peace talks with the United States in Qatar later this week. In a statement, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said militants fired "two big rockets" into the Bagram compound late on June 18. ...
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Taliban claims responsibility for attack on US military base in Afghanistan
CAIRO, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on the US military base Bagram, situated 50 kilometers away from Afghan capital Kabul. Earlier sources from the US administration said four American military were had been killed as a result of a terrorist act in Afghanistan. A statement by the Taliban said that last night gunmen struck the base with "two ...
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Karzai threat to Afghan peace talks
In a terse statement Mr Karzai said negotiations with the US on what American and coalition security forces will remain in the country after 2014 have been put on hold. He did not say how long the suspension would last.The statement followed the announcement by the US and ...
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Notorious Haqqani Network to be Represented at Taliban-US Talks
Suspected Haqqani network insurgents are presented to the media at Afghan Directorate of Security headquarters in Kabul on Thursday, May, 30, 2013. An official said intelligence agents captured six militants with suicide vests and heavy weaponry who were planning a major attack in the capital. A seventh was killed in the raid on their hideout. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - A Taliban delegation that ...
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Hamid Karzai suspends talks on US-Afghanistan security pact
Hamid Karzai. Negotiations on a bilateral security agreement (BSA) between the US and Afghanistan began earlier this year. Photograph: S ...
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Afghan govt halts talks with U.S. on security pact
London The Afghan government said Wednesday it was suspending talks with Washington aimed at nailing down a future security agreement between the two nations due to "inconsistencies" by the Obama administration in its actions and remarks about U.S. involvement in peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban. A statement from the Office of the National Security Council of Afghanistan ...
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Why should American troops remain in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is widely regarded, even by its own people, as a puppet state, and has little hope of breaking away from US influence in the foreseeable future, there is wide-spread resentment toward foreign troops, and increasingly loud calls in the states for a withdrawal of troops. But, like or not, these two countries have been tied together irrevocably, even before the war on terror.
Since the invasion of Afghanistan by allied forces in 2001, the country’s destiny has in many ways not been its own. Read more
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