Diplomatic row as Afghans expel European pair
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A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday  between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul declared  "persona non grata" a Briton and an Irishman working for the EU  and the U.N., accusing them of threatening state security by  meeting Taliban insurgents.
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The Afghan government and Western officials are seeking to capitalize on a recent attack against the entrenched governor of the western province of Herat by removing
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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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Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, was on Thursday forced to issue a retraction after saying he had made &quot;direct contact&quot; with Hamas, listed by the EU as a banned terrorist group.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing threats to national security, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The arrests were announced earlier but no nationalities given.
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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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Britain said on Monday it would expel four diplomats from the Russian embassy in London and suspend visa negotiations in retaliation for Moscow's refusal to extradite a suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
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Spain will pull its 500 troops out of Afghanistan after the Afghan elections, Defense Minister Jose Bono told local media on Monday.
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Two high-ranking officials from the EU and the UN - one British, the other Irish - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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Italian authorities say they have lost contact with two of their soldiers serving in western Afghanistan.
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Russian foreign ministry to expel four British diplomats in the latest round of the ongoing diplomatic dispute with the UK.
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Iran has expelled a German diplomat for  "non-diplomatic activities," the Iranian Foreign Ministry said  on Sunday, in what may be retaliation for the expulsion of an  Iranian diplomat from Germany in July.
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Russia said on Friday it was expelling a Latvian diplomat after the Baltic state expelled one of Moscow's diplomats in a row over an apparent spying case.
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NATO and Afghan government forces have   forced Taliban troops out of a southern Afghan district after a   two-week operation in which NATO said hundreds of militants   were killed.
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Britain said Monday it will expel four Russian diplomats over Moscow&#39;s refusal to extradite a key suspect in the murder of ex agent Alexander Litvinenko, raising the spectre of a Cold War-style standoff.
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The United Nations and European Union were 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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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a US proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but US and other officials