US brokers Afghanistan ceasefire
502514
US officials broker a truce between rival factions in the south-western Afghan city of Herat after heavy fighting.
18006
ISN SECURITY WATCH (13/10/04) - The US government is trying to convince its European partners to do more in Afghanistan and to put NATO in charge of overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in the country.
597285
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior US commander in Kabul said yesterday.
531607
A suspected Taleban leader killed in Afghanistan was freed from US custody in Guantanamo Bay, the US admits.
357263
The U.S. military said Monday it was  ready to help the Afghan government quell factional infighting  in western Afghanistan, where 21 people died in clashes at the  weekend.
644441
The US military in Afghanistan said Saturday that a Taliban-linked militant leader wanted by Washington had been killed in neighbouring Pakistan.
515036
PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- NATO said yesterday that it would take control of military operations across all of Afghanistan in what US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hailed as a ``bold step forward."
239446
The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior U.S. commander here said Sunday.
640496
The United States on Thursday launched a public-private partnership to promote an independent and fair judicial system in Afghanistan, which has been battered by decades of war and turmoil.
751316
KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 18, 2004  A cease-fire between warring militias in western Afghanistan held on Wednesday, officials said, easing a conflict that has sounded alarm bells from Kabul to the United Nations about the need to improve security ahead ...
27341
Afghanistan is set to reestablish its role as a &quot;land bridge&quot; linking much of Asia and drive growth in the four trillion dollar broader regional market, a top US official said.
492612
KABUL, Afghanistan - The US ambassador to Afghanistan appealed to Taliban militants on Thursday to make peace with American forces and respect the victory of Hamid Karzai in the country&#39;s first presidential election.
421455
The US is to urge Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
759334
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- As the US Black Hawk helicopter skimmed low over the desert, the signs of approaching spring were everywhere: melting frost in the hollows, the first shoots of green in the nearby fields, shrinking snowcaps on distant peaks.
624698
NATO allies with troops on the frontline in Afghanistan agreed Friday to develop a master plan for efforts to stabilise the country over the next five years, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
398918
KABUL - US envoy Richard Armitage has held talks in Kabul on Wednesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on regional security issues and efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
375876
The United States has brokered a  cease-fire between a renegade Afghan militia leader and the  embattled governor of the western province of Herat,  Washington's envoy to Kabul said Tuesday.  "Our expectation is that the agreement that has been made will  be honored," said ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, adding that the  cease-fire was due to take effect at 4 p.m.