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22 Dec 2011

Big security challenge in Afghanistan

US-led foreign combat troops are expected to pull out of Afghanistan within three years, but a decade into their mission, security still remains precarious. In Sar Howza in Paktika province, a new district governor has been appointed - the second in just four weeks - after the previous governor was killed in a Taliban attack.
US-led foreign combat troops are expected to pull out of Afghanistan within three years, but a decade into their...
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6 Dec 2011

Bonn talks on Afghanistan – Doomed to fail?

While the Taliban fell just days ofter the 2001 Bonn conference, its critics point to the freezing out of the group from the talks as a major blunder, something Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN special envoy to Afghanistan, referred to as the "original sin".
While the Taliban fell just days ofter the 2001 Bonn conference, its critics point to the freezing out of the group from...
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5 Dec 2011

Afghan conference beset by boycotts

An international conference tasked with seeking a way forward for Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014 is under way in the German city of Bonn, but the absence of the Taliban and Pakistan from proceedings has dampened hopes of success.
An international conference tasked with seeking a way forward for Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO combat troops...
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5 Dec 2011

Karzai: The Efforts in Afghanistan Are a Shared Responsibility

NATO foreign ministers are gathered in Bonn on Monday to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan. SPIEGEL spoke with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who will be leading the conference, about how much international involvement will be required following the 2014 withdrawal and about his rocky partnership with the US.
NATO foreign ministers are gathered in Bonn on Monday to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan. SPIEGEL spoke with...
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5 Dec 2011

Power Plays in Afghanistan Laying the Groundwork for Civil War

The Bonn conference on Afghanistan aimed to paint an optimistic future for the war-torn country. But the country's inhabitants have no illusions: They know that their military cannot protect them, and that the warlords are jockeying for position. Meanwhile, the Taliban are just waiting for the Americans to leave.
The Bonn conference on Afghanistan aimed to paint an optimistic future for the war-torn country. But the country's...
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2 Dec 2011

Afghanistan faces $4bn defence funding shortfall

Afghanistan's security forces face a $4bn ( 2.5bn) funding shortfall after 2014 - when they are supposed to take over the main responsibility for fighting the insurgency - raising questions over whether the Kabul government will have the resources to keep the Taliban at bay, the Guardian has learned
Afghanistan's security forces face a $4bn ( 2.5bn) funding shortfall after 2014 - when they are supposed to take over...
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29 Nov 2011

Haqqani Militants Use Death Squads in Afghanistan

As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work of counterintelligence units of the Haqqani militant network and Al Qaeda, charged with killing suspected informants and terrorizing the populace on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work...
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27 Nov 2011

Afghan Troops Will Expand Security Control

Afghan forces will assume control of their own security in 18 new areas, some of them still troubled by insurgents, bringing half of the country s population under the government s nominal authority, Afghan officials said Sunday.
Afghan forces will assume control of their own security in 18 new areas, some of them still troubled by insurgents,...
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20 Nov 2011

Afghans protest against long-term US pact

Hundreds of Afghan students have blocked a main highway in the eastern city of Jalalabad, protesting against any agreement that would allow US troops to remain in the country after a planned transfer of authority in 2014.
Hundreds of Afghan students have blocked a main highway in the eastern city of Jalalabad, protesting against any...
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19 Nov 2011

Afghan council endorses US security pact

Delegates at an Afghan national assembly have endorsed a proposal by Afghanistan's president for a long-term security pact with the United States, officials said. More than two-thirds of the delegates said on Saturday they will support President Hamid Karzai's call for a security agreement, but only if the US accepts certain conditions.
Delegates at an Afghan national assembly have endorsed a proposal by Afghanistan's president for a long-term security...
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16 Nov 2011

Afghan president backs US pact in tribal elders talks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a meeting of tribal elders that a security pact with the US is in the best interests of both nations. He was addressing the gathering, or loya jirga, in the capital, Kabul, amid tight security. The president said that any deal with the US could only work if Afghan sovereignty was respected.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a meeting of tribal elders that a security pact with the US is in the best...
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14 Nov 2011

Taliban ‘has Afghanistan loya jirga security plan’

The Taliban in Afghanistan says it has obtained a government security plan for the grand assembly of leaders, or loya jirga, which opens in Kabul this week. The document includes what appears to be a detailed list of security arrangements for senior figures.
The Taliban in Afghanistan says it has obtained a government security plan for the grand assembly of leaders, or loya...
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8 May 2011

Taliban’s Kandahar raid into second day

Afghan security forces are battling Taliban insurgents for a second successive day inside the southern city of Kandahar. Two security personnel and three civilians have been killed, and 46 other people have been injured.
Afghan security forces are battling Taliban insurgents for a second successive day inside the southern city of Kandahar....
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21 Mar 2010

Afghan Cops Make Big Problem for … Afghans

Poor marksmanship is the least of it. Worse, crooked Afghan cops supply much of the ammunition used by the Taliban, according to Saleh Mohammed, an insurgent commander in Helmand province. The bullets and rocket-propelled grenades sold by the cops are cheaper and of better quality than the ammo at local markets, he says. It's easy for local cops to concoct credible excuses for using so much ammunition, especially because their supervisors try to avoid areas where the Taliban are active. Mohammed says local police sometimes even stage fake firefights so that if higher-ups question their outsize orders for ammo, villagers will say they've heard fighting.
Poor marksmanship is the least of it. Worse, crooked Afghan cops supply much of the ammunition used by the Taliban,...
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