Afghanistan heading toward crisis, says opposition party
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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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NATO military authorities told allied defence ministers that two more battalions and support forces are needed to put down a Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, officials said.
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In the hours after President Hamid Karzai announced his cabinet at least five people were killed in a burst of Taliban-led violence across Afghanistan, officials said, highlighting how authorities have yet to quell an insurgency.
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A Pakistani mullah whose mosque held two policemen hostage has warned President Pervez Musharraf that a Taliban-style opposition movement is emerging to challenge his already crisis-hit regime.
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Opposition parties are demanding an urgent government statement on Iraq, with speculation that the Black Watch are about to start patrolling some of the most dangerous areas of the country.
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Voters and analysts fear that ballot-box clash of Karzai and rival candidate from different ethnic group could bring disaster.
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Afghans should stand on their own feet to save their country from further foreign meddling, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, listing a lack of rule of law and the drugs trade as the main challenges.
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The runner-up in the Afghan presidential election, Yunus Qanuni, says he is forming a new political party.
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Â· Fears for press as aides talk of 'creeping coup'Â· Leader deploys new team to counter rising criticism
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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MPs express concern about critical comments made by the Afghan president about the UK.
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The leader of an opposition party has called for the withdrawal of Canadian troops fighting a &quot;George Bush-style counterinsurgency war&quot; in Afghanistan, saying the conflict kindles insecurity here.
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Afghanistan&#39;s Islamist Taliban militia will have to be involved in the country&#39;s peace process, Defence Minister Des Browne told delegates at the Labour Party conference.
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Analysts fear emergency rule may be imposed as anger grows on streets and in ruling party.
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Critics say President Karzai and the West must redouble efforts to boost security and reconstruction.
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Afghanistan&#39;s historic election was plunged into crisis on Saturday after 14 of the 18 candidates demanded voting be stopped because of irregularities, casting a pall over the enthusiasm of voters who turned out in force across the troubled country.
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The bloodiest fighting since the Taliban's fall, abject failure to control the drug trade and gaping disparities between rich and poor are shaking the credibility of Afghanistan's U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai.