U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is prepared to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, if Afghans wanted it. The international military coalition plans to transfer security control of Afghanistan to local forces.
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Afghans try to storm NATO base
August 25th, 2010 |
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Hundreds of Afghans gathered at the gate of a NATO-run base in western Afghanistan on August 25. They were chanting and throwing stones after it was reported that an Afghan policeman had been killed in a clash with Spanish troops, RFE/RL reports.
U.S. military chief to reassure Afghans
June 26th, 2010 |
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U.S. military chief Admiral Mike Mullen says that the replacement of the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan won’t change the way the war is being fought. Mullen is in Afghanistan for meetings with military and civilian leaders following the departure of General Stanley McChrystal. Ahead of the trip, Mullen said “nothing changes” about the strategy or the mission.
Karzai says US never gave Afghans ‘blank cheque’
January 13th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai denied on Tuesday the United States had ever given his country a “blank check” but said he was grateful for the “little money” sent by Washington to Afghanistan. In an interview with ABC News, Karzai was asked how he felt when he heard US President Barack
Afghans caught between Taliban and US promises
October 30th, 2009 |
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“We’re caught in the middle,” Abdul Rahim tells US Marines as they try to induce his fellow Afghan villagers to turn on the Taliban fighters in their midst. As Rahim mulls the Marines’ offers, he sums up the no-win situation that rural populations find themselves in, trapped in a vicious
Afghans race to organise November 7 election
October 21st, 2009 |
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Facing Taliban threats and approaching winter snows, Afghan election officials must now scramble to organise a runoff presidential election on November 7 after a grim President Hamid Karzai bowed to intense US pressure and acknowledged that he fell short of a first-round victory. UN
Afghans race to organise November 7 election
October 21st, 2009 |
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Facing Taliban threats and approaching winter snows, Afghan election officials must now scramble to organise a runoff presidential election on November 7 after a grim President Hamid Karzai bowed to intense US pressure and acknowledged that he fell short of a first-round victory. UN
UN warns Afghans over poll fraud
September 8th, 2009 |
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The UN has called for a crackdown on Afghan poll fraud, amid mounting concerns about irregularities from last month’s presidential election. UN envoy Kai Eide said results from all ballot boxes in areas where there is any evidence of fraud must be annulled.
Afghans mourn dead as outcry over NATO bombing
September 5th, 2009 |
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Afghans on Saturday mourned the dead from a NATO bombing that killed scores of people and renewed an outcry over civilian casualties at the hands of Western troops in an eight-year war. The air strike destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban at a time when witnesses said villagers
Afghans head to polls
August 20th, 2009 |
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Streets in Afghanistan were mainly quiet and tense early on Thursday as Afghans headed to the polls for an anxiously awaited presidential election that Taliban fighters have vowed to disrupt. Shops and business were closed and around-the-clock squads of extra police checked the few cars omn the
Afghans to vote under threat of violence
August 18th, 2009 |
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Afghans vote on Thursday to choose a president for only the second time in history in an election overshadowed by Taliban threats to attack polling centres that could to keep voters away in droves. Thousands of US and Nato troops pushed into militant strongholds months before polling day but as
US Stops Giving Militant Death Tolls In Afghanistan
July 26th, 2009 |
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The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing how many militants have been killed in fighting with US-led forces, officials said Friday.
[The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing how many mil…