UN, EU try to fix Afghan 'misunderstanding' on diplomats
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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.
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The European Union and the United  Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to agree  a peaceful, democratic end to a violent political crisis that  has killed 500 people since a disputed December 27 election.
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The European Union agreed on Tuesday to rethink its practice of inviting Cuban dissidents to diplomatic receptions in Havana after the invitations soured relations between Cuba and the bloc.
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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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The U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, is helping to persuade Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai's rivals to drop a threat not to recognize the result.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot tries to defuse a row over a EU statement on Russia's handling of the hostage crisis.
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A senior EU official and another from the United Nations left Afghanistan on Thursday after the Afghan government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of holding talks with the insurgent Taliban and for paying cash to the group.
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European Union foreign ministers sought Friday to present a united front over the status of Kosovo, playing down divisions over how much autonomy the Serbian province should win.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a U.S. proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but U.S. and other officials said the alliance would go ahead and ...
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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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A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul declared "persona non grata" a Briton and an Irishman working for the EU and the U.N., accusing them of threatening state security by meeting Taliban insurgents.
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The United States will urge European allies to help speed up a long-promised expansion of Nato's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers starting Wednesday, diplomats said.
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Officials from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan hold talks on managing the movement of Afghan refugees.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, speaks with Andrus Ansip, Estonian Prime Minister, during a meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec.Comment
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The European Union took over a mission to train Afghanistan&#39;s police force in a ceremony overshadowed by the killing of 35 people in a suicide attack on a police bus hours earlier.
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Two officials from the EU and the UN, one of them a British national, are told to leave Afghanistan.
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Hamid Karzai's government says EU and UN officials held negotiations with insurgents