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Local forces back in control in one of Afghanistan provinces

Posted in Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , on July 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Bamiyan (map, from bbcimg.co.uk) is the first of seven areas has been handed over by Nato to Afghan security forces. The handover is part of a plan announced in March by Afghan president Hamid Karzai. (more…)

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Karzai : US apology for civilian deaths is ‘not enough’

Posted in Americas, Middle East, news, tagged , , , , , on March 6, 2011| 1 Comment »

People rallied to condemn the killing of civilians by Nato and the Taliban.After nine children were killed on Tuesday in a Nato air strike in Afghanistan, the country’s president Hamid Karzai has told the US commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan that his apology is “not enough”. (more…)

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Possible fraud in Afghan elections

Posted in Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , on September 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

As election officials in Afghanistan continue to tally votes after a crucial parliamentary poll, fears of fraud are growing. (photo, from aljazeera.net) (more…)

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Nato-led offensive against Taliban

Posted in Middle East, news, politics, world, tagged , , , , , , on February 13, 2010| 1 Comment »

The biggest offensive in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 has been launched, and Nato-led forces say they are making good progress. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

More than 15,000 US, UK and Afghan troops swept into the Helmand districts of Marjah and Nad Ali among clashes, in a bid to secure government control. (more…)

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MPs reject many of Karzai’s new nominees

Posted in economy, Middle East, news, politics, world, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2010| 3 Comments »

More than half of Hamid Karzai’s new nominees for cabinet posts have been rejected by the Afghan parliament. In this new vote, 10 of 17 new nominees were rejected (photo, from bbc.co.uk). This vote came two weeks after MPs turned down most of Karzai’s first choices. (more…)

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Karzai submits new list of ministers to parliament

Posted in Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , on January 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Afghan president Hamid Karzai, has presented a new list of cabinet ministers to parliament (photo, from aljazeera.net). A week ago, legislators rejected two-thirds of the president’s nominees. (more…)

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Afghan army in need of US funds for 15 years

Posted in Americas, economy, Justice, Middle East, news, politics, world, tagged , , , , , , on December 8, 2009| Leave a Comment »

15 years is what it will take to Afghanistan before being able to pay for the cost of its own security forces, warned president Hamid Karzai.

After talking with visiting US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (photo, from aljazeera.net), the Afghan president said he hoped the US and the international community would continue funding them. (more…)

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