US brokers Afghanistan ceasefire
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US officials broker a truce between rival factions in the south-western Afghan city of Herat after heavy fighting.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania, Oct 13  - The United States persuaded its NATO allies Wednesday to consider ways to merge Alliance-run and US-led forces in Afghanistan, despite deep reservations notably from Germany and France.
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The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior U.S. commander here said Sunday.
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Pakistani forces and Islamic militants in South Waziristan agree a 10-day ceasefire for talks to end fighting.
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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.
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Two US soldiers have been killed in a gun battle in southeastern Afghanistan, the US military has said. Six Afghan and two other American troops were slightly wounded in the exchange, in the province of Paktika.
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A breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan's disputed elections was reached when the main rival to President Hamid Karzai said he would accept the result after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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US forces kill 22 suspected Taleban militants in southern Afghanistan, the American military says.
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The United States, which has just doubled its combat troops in Afghanistan, takes over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday amid warnings of a bloody spring offensive by the Taliban.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Since the US military expelled the Taliban three years ago, it has battled the regime's diehard fighters in the barren mountains and dusty wastes of southern Afghanistan. Now the United States is extending an olive branch to moderate elements of its shadowy foe.
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The British governmentâs recognition of the Ulster Defence Associationâs ceasefire officially came into effect today. It came hours after the UDA, Northern Irelandâs largest loyalist paramilitary group
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A bomb ripped through a US patrol in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two American soldiers and wounding another, a reminder of the country&#39;s insecurity after a newly resolved hostage drama.
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The United States on Thursday launched a public-private partnership to promote an independent and fair judicial system in Afghanistan, which has been battered by decades of war and turmoil.
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Kabul, Afghanistan - A bomb ripped through a US patrol in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two American soldiers and wounding another, a reminder of the country&#39;s insecurity after a newly resolved hostage drama.
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The US may scrap or divert $152 million earmarked for aerial poppy eradication in Afghanistan this year.
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The US military denied reports that the coalition in Afghanistan had launched air strikes to quell fighting in the west of the country.