Expelled EU, UN diplomats leave Afghanistan
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The second most senior European Union official in Afghanistan and a top UN political advisor left the country Thursday after being expelled by the government for posing a threat to national security.
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A UN election worker with dual British and Irish nationality was among three foreigners kidnapped in Afghanistan today. The three were seized at gunpoint in the capital Kabul this morning sparking fears of Iraq-style atrocities.
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Up to 90,000 Afghans have been displaced by fighting between NATO-led forces and Taliban rebels in southern Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency has said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 27 Afghanistan formally expelled a senior U.N. official and the acting head of the European Union's mission there for allegedly meeting with Taliban militants. via Earth Times
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PARIS, Dec. 17 -- France on Sunday announced the withdrawal of its 200-member contingent of elite special forces from Afghanistan -- all of its ground forces directly engaged in anti-terrorism operations in the country.
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WASHINGTON - In a surprise announcement, UN Ambassador Jack Danforth said yesterday that he is leaving the key diplomatic post he has held for just five months to return to life in St.
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Britain's Paddy Ashdown says he has withdrawn his name from the list of possible UN envoys to Afghanistan.
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France has decided to pull its special forces out of Afghanistan after a NATO-led stabilisation force extended operations to the whole country, the French defense ministry said on Sunday.
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The bombing of a U.N. election office in Afghanistan that injuring six policemen drew calls from a U.N. union Friday for a withdrawal of staffers from the embattled nation.
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Three foreign UN workers who were taken hostage last month in Afghanistan have been released unharmed, officials say. A senior Afghan official told the BBC one of the kidnappers had been killed and four others seriously wounded in a military operation.
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President Hamid Karzai is under the influence of foreign powers and troops led by NATO and the U.S. must set a firm date for their departure from Afghanistan, a government-run daily newspaper said on Saturday.
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Spain will pull its 500 troops out of Afghanistan after the Afghan elections, Defense Minister Jose Bono told local media on Monday.
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EU-led peace monitors end their mission in Indonesia's Aceh province following successful local elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai has named a new Cabinet, sacking the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nationâs first democratically elected president.
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Nato says a two-week operation has driven Taleban militants from a stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The bombing of a UN election office in Afghanistan that injured six policemen yesterday has drawn calls from a UN union that the world body consider withdrawing its staff from the embattled nation.
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Two diplomats accused of dealing with the Taleban are kicked out of Afghanistan after the failure of talks.