South Korea troops to pull out of Afghanistan on schedule
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President Roh Moo-Hyun on Saturday urged the immediate release of South Koreans kidnapped by armed insurgents in Afghanistan as Seoul said it would withdraw troops from the war-torn country by the end of 2007.
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SEOUL : The United States has agreed to a phased pullout of troops from South Korea over five years rather than the abrupt cutback of one third of its forces by the end of next year, a news report said.
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The United States agreed under  pressure from South Korea on Wednesday to stretch out over an  additional three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 U.S.  troops from that country.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have held for nearly six weeks, provided Seoul pull out its troops and stop Korean missionary work in Afghanistan by year-end.
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The United States and South Korea plan to  announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the  number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to  protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.
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The United States, under pressure  from South Korea, has agreed to stretch over an additional  three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 American  troops, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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The United States agreed under pressure from South Korea Wednesday to stretch out over an additional three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 US troops from that country.
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The U.S.-led United Nations Command plans to relocate its armistice team this month from Seoul to the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone border with North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
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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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Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on Wednesday start releasing the 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group said.
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President Hamid Karzai is under the influence of foreign powers and troops led by NATO and the U.S. must set a firm date for their departure from Afghanistan, a government-run daily newspaper said on Saturday.
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SEOUL - The United States has agreed to delay its troop withdrawal from South Korea and will leave missiles and attack helicopters in place to deter any attack from the North, the allies said yesterday.
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The Pakistan army said Saturday it will 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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President Bush is expected to  announce on Monday the withdrawal of about 70,000 troops from  Europe and Asia in a major realignment of the U.S. military  presence to better fight the war on terrorism.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants threatened yesterday to kill at least 18 kidnapped South Korean Christians, including 15 women, within 24 hours unless the Asian nation withdraws its 200 troops from Afghanistan.
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Afghan troops on Tuesday prepared to deploy to a town in southern Afghanistan that one official said had been overrun by Pakistani militants.
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South Korea will call for the removal of hundreds of guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two Koreas at a summit of their leaders next week, a leading daily reported on Thursday.