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No leads on French shooter in Afghanistan, Pakistan
No leads on French shooter in Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Afghanistan – Taliban Divisions Damage Peace Talks: Peace Council
Detainee Deal Stalls Taliban Talks
Afghan officials likely to press for veto power over night raids in formal talks
Toulouse siege: live
The Taliban arrested two senior leaders in Ghazni for engaging the Afghan High Peace Council. The Taliban killed three children in Ghazni, and a policeman and a British soldier in Helmand.
French shooting suspect not jailed in Afghanistan: governor
Besieged gunman boasted he brought France to its knees
A third Taliban commander, who was not previously named, was among those killed in the March 13 airstrike.
US on track for Afghan deal by NATO summit: Clinton
President Sarkozy wants the suspect captured alive. Authorities are scrambling to determine how he escaped notice after returning from Afghanistan.
Five disasters we’ll face if US retreats from Afghanistan
Pakistan committee calls for end to US drone strikes
US says Afghan mission is winding back
US report criticizes Turkey for serious limitations on religious freedom
US officials are considering allowing Afghan judges to review and approve proposed raids.
Omar Khalid also wants to secure the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Pakistan and impose sharia in the country.
US Readies for Spring Clash With Taliban
Afghan progress on track, insists top general
Afghan killings suspect owes $1.5M in fraud case
Obama focused on defeating al-Qaida in Afghanistan: White House
The Taliban killed two policemen in an IED attack in Herat. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF forces killed three women and children in a night raid in Faryab; ISAF said the civilians were used by the IMU as human shields.
US Simulation Forecasts Perils of an Israeli Strike at Iran
US envoy expects setbacks in Afghanistan
Pakistani police claim Bagh was killed during an operation in the contested tribal agency. Bagh’s spokesman denied the report.
Rightsize military, World Bank asks Kabul
US Permanent Bases Not Part of US-Afghan Pact: Faizi
Drones at Issue as Pakistan Tries to Mend US Ties
In June 2011, President Obama announced the withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan, with the goal of being substantially out of the country by the end 2014. The plan for getting there is becoming clearer.