Urgent talks on Afghan expulsions
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Foreign officials hold emergency talks with Afghan authorities over two diplomats ordered to leave the country.
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The international community and the Afghan government alike must raise their game this year to stop Afghanistan from tearing itself apart, Britain's Foreign Secretary said Sunday.
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Hundreds of Taliban fighters could abandon their insurgency in Afghanistan as a result of peace talks under way between local commanders and President Hamid Karzai's government, a provincial governor said on Saturday.
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Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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The United Nations appealed Thursday to the Taliban-linked kidnappers of three of its staff in Afghanistan to release them in time for a Muslim festival starting this weekend.
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The United Nations said Wednesday it was in talks with the Afghan government over a "misunderstanding" that led Kabul to order the expulsion of two senior European diplomats after claims they had contact with the Taliban.
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Worsening security is pushing Afghanistan towards a crisis, the country's main opposition group said on Thursday, days after a deadly Taliban raid near the presidential palace.
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Two high-ranking officials from the EU and the UN - one British, the other Irish - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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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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CAIRO, November 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The abductors of three UN representatives in Afghanistan have extended the ultimatum to Kabul until Tuesday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to address tribal leaders Thursday on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country's booming drug trade, an aide said.
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The abduction of three foreign election workers in Afghanistan could force aid groups to reduce their international staff in a country that just finished counting votes in its first direct presidential election.
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The Afghan government is ready for peace talks with the Taliban, but will not accept preconditions demanded by the Islamist rebels such as the withdrawal of all foreign troops, the presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
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KABUL : Islamic militants holding three foreign UN workers said they expected to hold fresh talks with the Afghan government while President Hamid Karzai expressed hope the trio would be released &quot;very soon&quot;.
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Afghanistan's election vote count is delayed until the shape of an inquiry into alleged flaws is announced.
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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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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett was in Afghanistan Wednesday for talks amid tight security a day after a suicide blast during a visit by US Vice President Dick Cheney killed at least 14 people.