Diplomatic row as Afghans expel European pair
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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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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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Hamid Karzai's government says EU and UN officials held negotiations with insurgents
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Pair deported after Kabul government denounces them for 'negotiating' with Taliban
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Afghanistan has ordered a top European Union official and a United Nations staffer to leave the country for threatening national security, government and diplomatic officials said Tuesday.
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Russia said on Thursday it would expel four British diplomats from Moscow, retaliating for Britain's decision earlier this week to send home four Russian diplomats.
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Britain ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats on Monday over Moscow's refusal to hand over the main suspect in the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, further escalating tension between Russia and the West.
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants, officials said.
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London - Britain has withdrawn its ambassador to Uzbekistan after he made renewed allegations about the use of information obtained under torture in the country, which lies to the north of Afghanistan.
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The Russian government expels four British diplomats, in the continuing Alexander Litvinenko murder row.
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Sudan has expelled the European Commission envoy and the Canadian charge d&#39;affaires for &quot;interfering in its affairs,&quot; the official SUNA news agency reported Thursday.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a US proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but US and other officials
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Italian authorities say they have lost contact with two of their soldiers serving in western Afghanistan.
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Foreign officials hold emergency talks with Afghan authorities over two diplomats ordered to leave the country.
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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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Russia expelled four British diplomats  on Thursday and suspended cooperation with London on fighting  terrorism, as a bitter row over Moscow&#39;s refusal to extradite a  murder suspect escalated.