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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan News.Net http://www.afghanistannews.net/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:08 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:08 -0500 30 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban during hid visit to Qatar next week to meet the Gulf state's leaders, a http://www.afghanistannews.net/story/203227351 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:06 -0500 ANI http://www.afghanistannews.net/story/203227351 Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, has reportedly sent US President Barack Obama a letter, indicating an interest to initiate peace talks. http://www.afghanistannews.net/story/203220988 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:09 -0500 ANI http://www.afghanistannews.net/story/203220988 The Afghan Taliban deny that their leader Mullah Omar has written to US President Barack Obama last July.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238946&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:47 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238946&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for nearly 80 percent of the civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan last year, said a U.N. report released Saturday. ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238816&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:24:56 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238816&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c WASHINGTON — There has probably never been a war in which there has been as much on-the-job improvement in the care of the wounded than there has been in the United States' war in ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238981&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:59 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238981&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c WASHINGTON - The United States' plan to wind down its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected relies on shifting responsibility to Special Operations forces that hunt insurgent ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238482&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:10:05 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238482&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Qatar next week to talk with officials from the Gulf Arab state on the Afghan reconciliation process, a senior government official said on ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238856&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:40:33 -0500 Arab News http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238856&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c By Fozil Mashrab TASHKENT - The commissioning last month of the 75-kilometer railway line from Hairatan on the Uzbekistan border to Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan is being hailed on both sides of ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238885&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:02 -0500 Asia Times http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203238885&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203237329&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:47:34 -0500 Voice Of America http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203237329&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c FORT HOOD, Texas -- A 49-year-old brigadier general who died Friday in Afghanistan of apparent natural causes is likely the highest-ranking military officer to die there, according to military ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203235731&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:27:04 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203235731&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c SEATTLE -- The U.S. Army dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face court-martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, according to a statement issued on Friday by his ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203235726&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:18 -0500 The China Post http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203235726&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c The number of civilians killed in the war in Afghanistan rose for a fifth straight year in 2011 to a record 3,021, a U.N. report said. Of those, the report said, 77 percent were caused by the ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203235729&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:20 -0500 UPI http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203235729&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c French foreign legionnaire, chief sergeant Svilen Simeonov, a Bulgarian, was among the 4 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week. Photo by the Embassy of France to ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233935&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:26 -0500 Novinite http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233935&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233689&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:50:54 -0500 Voice Of America http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233689&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233937&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:36:19 -0500 Voice Of America http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233937&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will personally attend a meeting with Taliban figures in Saudi Arabia, working around Western efforts to coordinate the peace ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233928&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:51:50 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233928&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta urged the international community on Saturday to help pay for strong Afghan security forces despite worldwide economic pressure. The United States is spending ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233283&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:50:07 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203233283&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Afghanistan More than 3,000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011, the fifth year in a row the number has risen, the United Nations said on Saturday in a report likely to revive ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231962&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:05:29 -0500 ABC Australia http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231962&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c NATO's top official said Friday that the alliance expects regional powers to contribute to a multibillion dollar fund to finance the Afghan army and police after they assume full responsibility ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231964&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:02:34 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231964&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c (02-04) 01:24 PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan officials say they are hopeful that the country's largest airport will reopen after being closed due to heavy snowfall. Transportation ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231975&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:48:16 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231975&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Children gathered around a fire last week in the Nasaji Bagrami refugee camp in Kabul, where 14 Afghan infants have frozen to death in the past ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231973&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:46:52 -0500 New York Times http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231973&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan were "baseless allegations.""The ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231968&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:46:29 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231968&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231972&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:54:03 -0500 Voice Of America http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203231972&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c New Zealand troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014, despite requests for on-going support in the war-torn country. Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman hasconfirmed that New ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203228973&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:37:03 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203228973&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c McClatchy Newspapers MAHMUD RAQI, Afghanistan -- The Afghan soldier accused of killing four French troops last month bribed an Afghan army recruiter to forge his enlistment papers, deserted ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203223301&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:44:58 -0500 Star-Telegram http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203223301&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c The military operation has caused displacement of about 70,000 people from the region. The deceased soldiers were identified as Mohammad Hussain Mohmand, Sanaullah Khattak, Nadir Khan, Irfan, Jannat ... http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203223137&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:09:58 -0500 Asia News Network http://feeds.afghanistannews.net/?rid=203223137&cat=6e1d5c8e1f98f17c