UK-US in Afghan war talks
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Gordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan.
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The United States said it expected European countries to come up with offers of help in Iraq and Afghanistan at a NATO meeting on Thursday to discuss the alliance's role in the insurgency-hit countries.
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NATO allies with troops fighting in Afghanistan agreed Friday to develop a master plan for efforts to stabilise the country over the next five years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.
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US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair have urged NATO countries to send extra troops to insurgency-hit Afghanistan, and drop conditions on the use of their forces which are complicating the mission.
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The US secretary of state and UK foreign secretary arrive in Afghanistan on an unexpected visit.
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NATO is facing a "real test" in Afghanistan but progress is being made to tackle the Taliban insurgency, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on a visit to London on Wednesday.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett met Afghan President Hamid Karzai amid tight security Wednesday, a day after a suicide blast during a visit by US Vice President Dick Cheney killed up to 20 people.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Kabul on Thursday for an unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
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Gordon Brown asks the international community to share the burden of the conflict in Afghanistan.
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Countries with troops in southern Afghanistan will discuss on Friday how to tackle rising violence by Taliban insurgents and mounting U.S. calls for bigger contributions to NATO's Afghan mission.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - NATO defense ministers  will discuss on Wednesday a controversial call by the United  States under which the alliance would take over military  operations in Afghanistan.
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Britain said Monday it was not "engaged" with the Taliban, after a report that relations between London and Kabul have soured due to a secret British plan to train former Taliban fighters.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband flew to the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday for a firsthand look at the front lines of the NATO-led fight against Afghan insurgents.
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A top US envoy visiting Afghanistan has said there should be no negotiations with kidnappers of three UN workers. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said the US believed talks would only &quot;encourage more&quot; abductions.
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The US is calling on Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan. US officials are proposing the separate US and Nato missions there should merge under Nato command
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RAWALPINDI, October 06 (Online): Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) have expressed the desire to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is in Washington for talks with Condoleezza Rice.