Afghanistan Expels Diplomats
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Kabul declared âpersona non grataâ a Briton and an Irishman working for the European Union and the U.N.
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A senior United Nations official and another from the European Union left Afghanistan on Thursday after the government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of holding talks with the Taliban and for paying cash to the group.
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Norway closed its embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday because of "terror threats," a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
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Iran has expelled a German diplomat for  "non-diplomatic activities," the Foreign Ministry said on  Sunday, confirming a German news agency report.
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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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Norway closed its embassy in the Afghan capital because of terror threats Sunday, nearly a month after a Norwegian journalist was among eight people killed in a suicide attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul.
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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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A media watchdog said Pakistan had expelled a reporter for the New York Times Magazine who interviewed Taliban leaders and visited Baluchistan province on the Afghan border but the government denied he was deported.
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One of the two diplomats threatened with expulsion from Afghanistan is from Northern Ireland.
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A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday  between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul ordered  the expulsion of a Briton and Irishman working for the EU and  the UN, accusing them of threatening state security.
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The goverment confirmed Thursday it is to withdraw more than 600 troops from Bosnia-Hercegovina, amid claims it is being forced to &quot;scratch around&quot; for extra manpower to send to Afghanistan.
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Russia will expel four British diplomats in response to London&#39;s expulsion of four Russian diplomats amid a flaring bilateral row, a foreign ministry official said Thursday.
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Iran has expelled a German diplomat for "undiplomatic" behavior, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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Foreign officials hold emergency talks with Afghan authorities over two diplomats ordered to leave the country.
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Pair deported after Kabul government denounces them for 'negotiating' with Taliban
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Russia will expel a Latvian diplomat, the Foreign Ministry said Friday in apparent retaliation for Latvia's expulsion of a Russian diplomat this week.
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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.