France to withdraw special forces from 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 government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has raised the possibility of France rejoining the military wing of NATO. via Political Gateway
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BERLIN In a surprise announcement, Poland said Monday that it would withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2005, leaving the US-led multinational forces the task of finding replacements to fill a crucial security role in south-central Iraq.
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Two European diplomats who went to one of Afghanistan's most volatile regions have been asked to leave Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.
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The commander of Ivory Coast's ground  offensive against rebels in the north ordered troops to  withdraw from the frontline on Sunday as France flew in more  soldiers to its West African former colony.
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The Yanks are leaving - and many French didn't even realize they were here. The last U.S. military contingent in France said adieu to the country on Friday with a fittingly low-key ceremony.
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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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Afghanistan has ordered a top European Union official and a United Nations staffer to leave the country for threatening national security, government and diplomatic officials said Tuesday.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (14/10/04) - Germany and France have rejected calls for merging the NATO-led International Stability Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan with other Western forces serving under the auspices of âOperation Enduring Freedomâ, the
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 27 -- The Pakistani army announced Saturday that it would withdraw hundreds of troops from a tense tribal region near Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden and his top deputy were believed to be hiding.
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Canada will pull its 2,500 troops out of Afghanistan early next year unless NATO sends in significant reinforcements, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday, signaling Ottawa has lost patience with what it sees as foot-dragging by allies.
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KABUL, Dec 8  - NATO-led troops in Afghanistan will not scale back their presence before parliamentary elections in the war-torn country next spring, French junior foreign minister Renaud Muselier said Wednesday.
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French soldiers from International Security Assistance Force patrol in a residential area of Kabul, Afghanistan&#39;s capital, on Saturday, Oct.30.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France was flying in hundreds of extra soldiers to Ivory Coast and the West African nation said it was pulling back its troops following the worst violence seen between France and its former colony in decades.
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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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France and Germany agreed on Monday to scrap a cumbersome dual management structure at European aerospace group EADS in a shakeup aimed at pulling the aviation giant out of crisis.
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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.