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Hamid Karzai has extended his lead in the race for the Afghan presidency, but is still short of the 50 per cent needed to avoid a run-off, elections officials have said.
With more than 60 per cent of votes tallied, Karzai, the incumbent, held 47.3...
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is weighing an expected request for more U.S. troops against concerns that an expanded American presence could be perceived by Afghan civilians as an occupation army and not a liberating force battling a determined...
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The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has urged the entire nation to join an ambitious three-week-long peace campaign, which kicked off yesterday (1 sep 2009) when Afghan celebrities, UN staff and civil society representatives held hands at...
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GORDON BROWN has made a flying visit to Afghanistan, calling the campaign to secure the country’s recent election worthwhile. It’s true that the fact a vote of any kind has been held is an achievement. But with Richard Holbrooke, US special...
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By Peter Graff – Sun Aug 30, 6:54 am ET
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s election fraud watchdog said on Sunday it is probing 567 allegations of abuse it considers serious enough to affect the outcome of the Aug 20 vote, more than double the...
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Afghanistan’s presidential elections, due this year, were delayed by several months today and serious concerns remain about whether the polls can be held even by the new date in August.
President Hamid Karzai’s term officially expires in...
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WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will give President Barack Obama his formal recommendation on new U.S. troop deployments to Afghanistan within days, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
“I would think in the coming...
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Facing growing public anger over the rising civilian death toll from the war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has proposed a solution — increasing Afghanistan’s supervision over U.S. and NATO military operations on its...
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Sri Lanka will tour Pakistan next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board have confirmed.
The PCB had invited Sri Lanka after India refused to travel to Pakistan for a scheduled tour, a fall-out of the terror attacks in Mumbai last month.
India were to...
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U.S. President Bush laid the blame for recent fighting in Gaza squarely at the feet of Hamas, accusing militants of waging a campaign of violence against Israel with little regard for its people.
“Since Hamas’ violent takeover in the...
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