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Karzai Seeks Stronger Ties With India As Tensions With Pakistan Rise
October 04 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyAfghanistan and India -- united by mutual suspicions of neighboring Pakistan -- are expected to build closer relations today as Afghan President Hamid Karzai starts a two-day visit in New Delhi....
Kandahar Mayor killed in suicide bombing
July 27 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyThe mayor of Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar has been killed by a suicide bomber in the latest in a spate of attacks targeting key local officials within the power base of Afghan President H...
White House: Obama to decide soon on US Afghanistan troop cut
June 07 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyJune 07, 2011 The White House says President Barack Obama expects to decide "fairly soon" on the number of U.S. troops that will be withdrawn from Afghanistan starting in July. White House...
Lack of Afghan Political Strategy Worrisome as West Prepares to Relinquish Security
March 10 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyMarch 10, 2011 By Muhammad Tahir According to the Lisbon Treaty signed in November 2010, the international community will transfer full responsibility for Afghanistan’s security to the Af...
Defence Secretary pays New Year visit to troops in Afghanistan
January 06 by Defence IQDefence Secretary Liam Fox has made his first visit to Afghanistan in 2011 to focus on the progress being made towards handing over security responsibility to the Afghan government. Accompanie...
Taliban in high-level talks with Karzai government, sources say
October 06 by Defence IQBy Karen DeYoung, Peter Finn and Craig Whitlock Wednesday, October 6, 2010; 2:43 AM Taliban representatives and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai have begun secret, high-level t...