France cuts Afghan numbers
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France announces it will withdraw 200 special troops from eastern Afghanistan within the next few weeks.
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France is considering sending forces to join the fight against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and planned talks Friday with Canadian officials requesting 1,000 troops to support its beleaguered soldiers in volatile Kandahar province
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - France and Germany  rejected any merger of the NATO and U.S-led missions in  Afghanistan on Wednesday after Washington urged the alliance to  study taking command of all military operations there.
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Leaders of France, Australia and Italy traveled to Afghanistan over the weekend to meet with President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the conflict-ridden country.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda
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Ivorian government forces withdrew from rebel positions yesterday, easing fears of a resumption of all-out civil war, as France and other countries continued to fly out thousands of foreigners.
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President Karzai  cuts short a trip to  south-eastern Afghanistan as a rocket strikes  as he comes into land.
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Nicolas Sarkozy touches down in Kabul for a visit to French troops and talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is calling for the U.S. and NATO to cut back on airstrikes in the battle against Taliban and al-Qaida militants, saying too many civilians have been killed.
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The Spanish government confirmed Monday it had ordered the withdrawal of 500 troops from its contingent collaborating with the International Security Forces (ISAF) in 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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France ends a 47-year freeze on pensions for 80,000 troops from its former colonies
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The UK has been replaced by France as the top destination for asylum seekers in the industrialised world, says the UN.
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New York (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The UN Security Council narrowly approved a US-French resolution late Thursday aimed for an immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces - an indirect reference to 17.
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POIANA BRASOV, ROMANIA - Germany and France have rejected an appeal by the United States to have NATO take over the American-led combat mission in Afghanistan.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated France&#39;s desire to pull its troops out of Afghanistan, but signalled it would not abandon its allies there, in an interview published Tuesday.
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The leaders of France and Australia were both set to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday and visit with their respective country's troops participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said.