US commander visits Uzbekistan
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The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov on Thursday, the first visit by a high-level U.S. military officer since the authoritarian leader evicted American troops amid Western criticism of a bloody government crackdown.
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U.S. Admiral William Fallon plans to visit Uzbekistan soon, he said on Tuesday, in what would be the first high-level attempt to mend ties since relations broke off in 2005.
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Third of three parts. SARKANI, Afghanistan -- A full moon rose over a jagged mountain range here on the border with Pakistan as US Army Staff Sergeant Michael Nye peered warily into the gathering darkness.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Al-Qaida is present along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan and is encouraging Afghan insurgents to disrupt upcoming presidential elections, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, Lt.
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MOSCOW, Sept. 9 -- A U.S. Air Force major who disappeared while on an off-base trip in Kyrgyzstan, where she was stationed, surfaced late Friday and reported that she had been abducted, U.S. and Kyrgyz officials said Saturday.
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US chief nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday in the most high-ranking visit there by a US official in nearly five years, officials and reports said.
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In the relatively calm south, the commander of a British battle group that is preparing to move to riskier areas to support US efforts to fight the insurgency was due to talk about the deployment.
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the U.S. commander in Afghanistan has launched a review of the American mission there with a major focus on counterterrorism, a senior U.S. military official said Sunday. U.S. intelligence shows that al Qaeda has carved a safe haven in the region, and attacks by the Taliban have increased.
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Authorities in Uzbekistan have arrested a prominent human rights advocate, a fellow activist said Wednesday, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissidents and government critics in the tightly controlled former Soviet state.
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SEVILLA, Spain -- The new American commander of NATO presented a new list of military requirements for Afghanistan yesterday that included a request for more combat troops for the country's restive southern provinces.
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A U.S. Air Force officer is missing after a trip to a shopping mall in Kyrgyzstan, a U.S. military statement said Wednesday.
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Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev held talks Tuesday with visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on the prospect of bilateral cooperation and regional security, the Uzbek government said in a press ...
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US Army Spc Thomas Wilson, left, speaks to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, not pictured, during Rumsfeld&#39;s visit to Camp Buehring, 120 km (74 miles) north of Kuwait City, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 -- U.S. officials believe that Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the fiercely anti-American leader of the Mahdi Army militia, has traveled to Iran, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV told reporters at a briefing Wednesday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - A commander of Colombia'slargest rebel army was handed over to U.S. authorities at aBogota airport for extradition to the United States Friday oncocaine smuggling and kidnapping charges.
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The chief of Nato is touring Central Asia in a sign of the region's growing strategic importance to the West.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A commander of Taliban  guerrillas in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan was  captured last week while trying to hide in a well and handed  over to U.S. forces, the provincial governor said on Monday.