Expelled EU diplomat defends Taliban dialogue: report
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An Irish diplomat who was expelled from Afghanistan for talking to Taliban-linked insurgents defended his actions Saturday, insisting that dialogue could persuade militants to abandon violence.
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A senior British diplomat defends Nato's operation in Afghanistan, saying the overall strategy is working.
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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 them of holding talks with the Taliban and for paying cash to the group.
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PARIS, Jan. 16 -- Some of the United States' closest NATO allies expressed anger and astonishment Wednesday at published statements by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates describing their forces as poorly trained for fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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BRUSSELS Frits Bolkestein, one of the European Union&#39;s most outspoken commissioners, stirred controversy Tuesday after he seemed to try to raise concerns that admitting Turkey to the EU would make Europe more Islamic.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied reports of discontent between the United States and NATO allies over Afghanistan, a day after a newspaper quoted him criticizing NATO's counterinsurgency skills.
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The United States has "irrefutable evidence" that Tehran is transferring arms to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, a top U.S. diplomat told CNN Wednesday, noting that NATO forces have intercepted some of the arms shipments.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied reports of discontent between Washington and NATO allies over Afghanistan, a day after a newspaper quoted him criticizing NATO's counterinsurgency skills.
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The Dutch government says US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was misquoted on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
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Rights groups have urged  European Union lawmakers not to dilute on Wednesday a report  that accuses their governments of colluding with the CIA on  alleged secret flights of terrorism suspects in the bloc.
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Afghanistan has ordered the expulsion of a Briton working for the EU and an Irishman working for the United Nations, accusing them of posing a threat to national security, officials and diplomats said on Tuesday.
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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has criticized Afghanistan's parliament for granting immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of war.
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Nato's secretary general says the expulsion of western officials out of Afghanistan was "unfortunate".
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The second most senior European Union official in Afghanistan and a top UN political advisor left the country Thursday after being expelled by the government for posing a threat to national security.
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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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Dutch officials said Wednesday they summoned the U.S. ambassador to explain remarks reportedly made by Defense Secretary Robert Gates about NATO troops in Afghanistan.
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BERLIN - The general commanding the European Union's police training mission in Afghanistan is returning to Germany three months after his appointment because of wrangling with the European Union, NATO, and officials inside the Afghan Interior Ministry, senior Western diplomats in Kabul said yesterday.