Afghan general cautious on peace talks
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An anti-Taliban general who fought alongside U.S. forces during the 2001 invasion predicted Thursday that a proposal for peace talks will be snubbed by the Islamic militia's hard-liners and foreign fighters but may entice some insurgent factions.
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NATO defense chiefs meeting in Seville on Thursday are unlikely to make major new offers of troops or equipment to battle insurgents in Afghanistan despite growing U.S. pressure, alliance sources said.
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A prominent Hamas official tried to open discussions with Israel to ease confrontation in the Gaza Strip but was rebuffed, a Palestinian official familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.
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Afghanistan&#39;s Islamist Taliban militia will have to be involved in the country&#39;s peace process, Defence Minister Des Browne told delegates at the Labour Party conference.
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Several insurgent groups have approached the Thai army for talks to end nearly three years of unrest in the Muslim-majority south, but they must first impose a ceasefire, the region's top general said on Thursday.
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MPs express concern about the "tone and timing" of the Afghan president's comments about the UK.
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The western Afghan city of Herat was calm Monday following bloody clashes between supporters of the powerful ousted governor and U.S. and Afghan forces sent to keep the peace.
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Hamid Karzai's government says EU and UN officials held negotiations with insurgents
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As the war-weary Afghans are getting closer to the first-ever presidential polls, the spiraling violence is going to hamper the ongoing stabilization process in the post-war nation, observers here believe.
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Civilian deaths due to military action by foreign and local troops in Afghanistan seriously undermine global efforts to bring peace to the war-battered nation, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday.
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Two battles killed more than 165 Taliban fighters and a U.S.-led coalition soldier in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday as President Hamid Karzai prepared to discuss the escalating violence with President Bush in New York.
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KARACHI, Pakistan -- A veteran Afghan warlord wanted by the United States has distanced himself from the Taliban and given his strongest indication yet that he was open to talks with President Hamid Karzai.
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NATO's estimate of Taliban killed this month has created skepticism and worry in Afghanistan, with local officials saying that either the militant force has grown bigger than imagined &#151; or too many innocent Afghans are being killed.
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President Hamid Karzai is concerned about a death sentence handed down to a journalist in Afghanistan, but he will not intervene until the courts have their final say, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates raised concerns about Iranian arms coming into Afghanistan with President Hamid Karzai Monday, but the Afghan leader said relations with Iran had never been better.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged his Islamist Taliban foes to negotiate peace on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by UK troops may be re-taken by the Taleban, the Nato commander warns.