Afghan "Peace Convoy" tries to coax Taliban rebels
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In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.
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NATO leaders could agree to move troops around Afghanistan in emergency cases, as commanders demand more flexibility to fight the Taliban-led insurgency, the alliance's secretary general said.
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Afghan army and police surrounded the Taliban kidnappers of 23 Koreans on Sunday while tribal elders tried to mediate between the militants and government negotiators, a Kabul-based Western security analyst said.
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While visiting Afghanistan, PakistanÂs president promised to help combat the Taliban insurgency, which operates from his country.
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Afghan and coalition forces have kept up a hunt for rebels who briefly captured two southern districts last week, killing 13 Taliban in the latest strikes.
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Islamic militants are flouting a recent peace deal and fortifying alliances with Al Qaeda and foreign fighters, creating a virtual Taliban mini-state.
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Afghan authorities launch a new push to get people to hand over Stinger missiles from the 1980s war.
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - Taliban fighters are continuing to reinforce a key southern town against an expected NATO offensive more than a week after taking it over, ending a controversial four month truce.
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NATO military chief General Ray Henault pressed alliance member states to send men and equipment to Afghanistan, where NATO troops are battling a revived Taliban insurgency.
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Concern grows over the progress of operations against Taliban and its effects on the unity of Nato
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The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledge to co-operate in the fight against Islamic militants.
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Britain lobbied U.N. officials on Thursday with a proposal for the world body to lead a comprehensive "campaign plan" for peace in Afghanistan, where NATO-led troops are struggling against Taliban insurgents.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have  exchanged proposals on how to organize meetings of tribal  leaders on both sides of their restive border in an effort to  end Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency, a Pakistani official  said.
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Hundreds of Taliban fighters could abandon their insurgency in Afghanistan as a result of peace talks under way between local commanders and President Hamid Karzai's government, a provincial governor said on Saturday.
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Six years after the fall of the Taliban, the fighting in Afghanistan is growing more intense &#151; but so is talk of peace.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday his government is working very hard on peace talks with the Taliban that would draw the insurgents and their supporters "back to the fold."
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The U.S. military said Monday it was  ready to help the Afghan government quell factional infighting  in western Afghanistan, where 21 people died in clashes at the  weekend.