Afghan expulsions 'unfortunate'
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Nato's secretary general says the expulsion of western officials out of Afghanistan was "unfortunate".
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The death of the children may well add to the crescendoing anger many Afghans feel about civilian casualties from American and NATO military operations.
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Up to 90,000 Afghans have been displaced by fighting between NATO-led forces and Taliban rebels in southern Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency has said.
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Afghanistan could degenerate into a "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 27 Afghanistan formally expelled a senior U.N. official and the acting head of the European Union's mission there for allegedly meeting with Taliban militants. via Earth Times
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Conditions in Afghanistan have deteriorated markedly since 2005, with rising violence, government corruption and misguided U.S. efforts contributing to growing unease  among the population, according to a report released yesterday based in part on 1,000 interviews with ordinary Afghans.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - The man who runs the western Afghan province of Herat has many problems, but he says his biggest headache has nothing to do with the Taliban.
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Evidence emerges of increasing concern over the scale of British army casualties in southern Afghanistan.
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A United Nations official and an EU diplomat ordered out of Afghanistan on allegations of posing a national security threat left the country on Thursday, the two organisations said.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing threats to national security, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The arrests were announced earlier but no nationalities given.
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Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan's historic presidential elections on Saturday will fall far short of internationally-accepted standards, analysts say.
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KABUL -- Clutching scarves nervously around their faces, the women whispered details of Taliban atrocities taking place in their native Helmand province: A translator's body found in a sack, carved into pieces. A police officer taken hostage, blinded and garroted with wire. A woman shot and hanged...
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The majority of people in the UK are against the British military's presence in Afghanistan, a BBC poll suggests.
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Insecurity and intimidation are putting October elections in Afghanistan at risk, a new report says.
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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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The diplomatic row over the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi could see tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats and withdrawal of British cooperation in key areas.