New attack on Afghan leadership
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There has been more violence in Afghanistan where one of the country&#39;s vice presidents has narrowly avoided assassination. Attacks are escalating as Afghanistan prepares
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The Kabul bombing came amid a sharp escalation of violence in Afghanistan.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (24/12/04) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has used his recent election victory to squeeze leaders of Uzbek and Tajik militias out of their cabinet posts.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - A renegade Afghan commander  seized ground in fresh fighting in the western province of  Herat on Tuesday, sources said, despite the deployment of  troops from Kabul to support the besieged governor.
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The Taliban warned on Monday its fighters  will launch attacks to disrupt the swearing in ceremony of  President Hamid Karzai to be attended by Vice President Dick  Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Criticism aimed at Britain and allies by Afghanistan's government threatens to undermine public backing for military action, lawmakers warned Thursday.
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Afghan warlords are involved in intimidation which could threaten October's elections, Human Rights Watch says.
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NATO's top commander today urged members of the alliance to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where he said fighters of the deposed Taliban movement are waging an insurgency of surprising intensity.
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A string of attacks on many of the country's leaders indicates a potent new strand of militancy in Pakistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives yesterday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after a rocket was fired at President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it was landing at a school in southern Afghanistan.
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New reports on Afghanistan warn that Nato is not winning against insurgents and the country faces a humanitarian catastrophe.
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A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives Monday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after an assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai.
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QALAT, Afghanistan -- Malik Ali Mahmad and his small security team were on high alert last Tuesday night. They had recently been sent to establish a government outpost in an isolated, Taliban-plagued district, Khaki Afghan, and there were rumors that the Islamic militia was planning a retaliatory raid.
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Signs of a new spring offensive by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have begun to emerge, but NATO commanders are still short more than 1,000 combat troops, despite repeated requests to allied nations, the top commander said Friday.
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As Afghanistan prepares to swear in its first popularly elected president, Afghan and US forces are launching a winter operation to contain anti-government insurgents threatening the new government.
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An attempt to shoot down President Hamid Karzai's helicopter just three weeks before Afghanistan's elections is indicative of the fraught security situation which is threatening the success of the polls, analysts said.
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A group of Western and Afghan aid organizations in Afghanistan has launched a blistering attack on foreign troops for not doing more to prevent civilian deaths in their hunt for Taliban fighters and other insurgents.