UN, EU try to fix Afghan 'misunderstanding' on diplomats
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The United Nations and European Union were Wednesday trying to settle a "misunderstanding" that led Kabul to order the expulsion of two senior European diplomats after claims they contacted Taliban militants.
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The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Monday it agreed with a joint UN-Afghan election board that nullifying Saturday&#39;s national election in Afghanistan was unjustified despite some irregularities in the
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Negotiations on the fate of three UN workers, including an Irish woman, kidnapped in Afghanistan have snagged over ransom demands, officials said today.
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants, officials said.
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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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EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels reacted with outrage to reports of irregularities in the election, which they said failed to meet international standards.
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NATO defense ministers will hold talks with their Afghan counterpart on Friday as the United States urges allies to devote more resources to support the government in Kabul.
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Nato's chief warns of big challenges in Afghanistan, as top US and UK diplomats visit the country.
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants
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Face-to-face talks began on Saturday between Afghan militants holding three U.N. workers hostage and representatives of the Afghan government and the United Nations, a member of the militant group told Reuters.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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PESHAWAR: The Norwegian Refugee Council has said "it is time for all to start listening to the Afghans as a military solution is not possible to end the crisis in the war-ravaged country". "We want NATO to take ...Comment
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NATO defense ministers discussed a US-backed proposal on Wednesday to merge Afghan peacekeeping and anti-terrorism operations under a joint command, despite criticism of the plan by Germany and France.
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The U.N. Security Council tried to bridge deep divisions Wednesday over the future of Serbia's breakaway province Kosovo, but EU diplomats said they expected no last-minute compromise.
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Nato's secretary general says its members cannot "run away" from Afghanistan, as it hold talks in the Netherlands.
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The British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett holds talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Officials from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan hold talks on managing the movement of Afghan refugees.