Envoy Warns of Afghanistan Rebel Strike
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Afghan forces backed by 9,000 NATO troops are poised to provide security as national elections approach, but a spectacular offensive by anti-government rebels cannot be ruled out, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Friday.
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US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, speaking less than two weeks before historic elections, denounced Afghanistan&#39;s warlords yesterday as &quot;forces of the past&quot; and said they must either reform or face imprisonment.
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Iranian arms are entering Afghanistan and reaching Taliban insurgents in such quality and quantity that the Tehran government must know about it, the U.S. ambassador to Kabul said on Tuesday.
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US envoy William Burns travels to Syria to warn Damascus over its troops in Lebanon and alleged links with militants.
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Australia's new government has warned NATO and its allies they will lose the war against hardline Taliban forces in Afghanistan unless they urgently change tactics, a report said Monday.
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Sri Lankan rebels warned of a "bloodbath" if international mediators are unable to restrain government forces, after holding talks on Monday with Norway's ambassador in the strife-torn northern part of the country.
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Sudan risks falling into Somalia-style anarchy if peace talks aimed at ending separate crises in Darfur and the south fail and embolden more factions to take up arms, the top US envoy to Sudan said Friday.
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UK-based envoy Akhmed Zakayev warns of more bloodshed in Chechnya unless peace talks are held.
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A U.N. envoy urged Iraq's government on Saturday to halt a slide into civil war and stop the "cancer" of sectarianism from destroying the country, warning that the carnage of this week could tear Iraq apart.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  The US ambassador helped broker a cease-fire Tuesday to halt the latest bloody infighting in Afghanistan, persuading a warlord to pull away from a provincial capital as US warplanes circled overhead.
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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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MOGADISHU -- A warlord urged Somalis yesterday to attack Ethiopian peacekeeping troops being sent to support the Somali government when it returns from Kenya this month, after last year's peace accord.
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Criticism aimed at Britain and allies by Afghanistan's government threatens to undermine public backing for military action, lawmakers warned Thursday.
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German Chancellor SchrÃ¶der will travel to Afghanistan next week despite a rocket attack near the German embassy in Kabul. The attack came a day before the country&#39;s first free presidential elections.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned the United States, Britain and Iraq that a planned assault on Fallujah could undermine planned elections in January, diplomats said.
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President Hamid Karzai accused NATO and U.S.-led troops Saturday of carelessly killing scores of Afghan civilians and warned that the fight against resurgent Taliban militants could fail unless foreign forces show more restraint.
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British foreign secretary calls on Karzai's government and its allies to raise their game