France to withdraw special forces from Afghanistan
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France plans to pull a contingent of 200  special forces out of Afghanistan at the start of 2007, the  French defense ministry said on Sunday.
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The United States plans to withdraw  about 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in a major realignment  of American military presence prompted by the end of the Cold  War and the beginning of the war on terrorism, U.S. officials  said on Saturday.
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Nicolas Sarkozy touches down in Kabul for a visit to French troops and talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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The leaders of France and Australia were both set to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday and visit with their respective country's troops participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said.
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Spain will pull its 500 troops out of Afghanistan after the Afghan elections, Defense Minister Jose Bono told local media on Monday.
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France has called off its search for four French mountain climbers missing in the Nepalese Himalayas, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
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A suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul killed a French soldier with NATO&#39;s International Security Assistance Force, a top police officer told AFP.
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The government was expected to announce Thursday the withdrawal of all its 600 troops from Bosnia amid opposition claims it is being forced to &quot;scratch around&quot; for extra manpower to send to Afghanistan.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 27 -- The Pakistani army announced Saturday that it would withdraw hundreds of troops from a tense tribal region near Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden and his top deputy were believed to be hiding.
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The handover is part of a deal to disband the insurgent force and end weeks of fighting with American forces.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - France and Germany  rejected any merger of the NATO and U.S-led missions in  Afghanistan on Wednesday after Washington urged the alliance to  study taking command of all military operations there.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Kabul on Saturday on a suprise trip to Afghanistan, with plans to meet his country's troops here and the Afghan president.
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France has no plans to pull its troops out of Afghanistan and will remain loyal to its allies serving in a multinational force there, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday
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Two European diplomats who went to one of Afghanistan's most volatile regions have been asked to leave Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.
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NATO and Afghan government forces have   forced Taliban troops out of a southern Afghan district after a   two-week operation in which NATO said hundreds of militants   were killed.
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The Yanks are leaving &#151; and many French didn't even realize they were here. The last U.S. military contingent in France said adieu to the country on Friday with a fittingly low-key ceremony. With European forces taking over peacekeeping in Bosnia, the Americans are being redeployed elsewhere, thus ending a chapter of unsung cooperation between Paris and Washington.
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France is facing a "high and permanent" terrorist threat, the country's interior minister says.