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AFGHANISTAN
UK's Brown proposes conference to discuss handover timetable
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured) said in a speech Monday that he wanted London to host a meeting to discuss a handover to Afghan forces as early as 2010.
AFGHANISTAN
Rockets slam market as French general meets Afghans, 10 civilians killed
A rocket attack on a crowded marketplace in north-eastern Afghanistan on Monday killed 10 civilians and wounded 28 others as a French general attended a meeting of tribal elders nearby, French and Afghan officials say.
AFGHANISTAN
Suicide blast near US-run NATO base in Kabul wounds three
Three foreign soldiers were wounded in a suicide car bombing near a US-run NATO military base in Kabul on Friday, police have said.
AFGHANISTAN
UN to relocate foreign staff
The United Nations says it will relocate around 600 non-Afghan workers, more than half of its foreign staff in the war-torn country, following an attack by Taliban militants in the capital last week in which five foreign UN workers were killed.
AFGHANISTAN
UN to relocate 600 foreign staff, spokesman says
The UN has said it would relocate or evacuate more than half of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, following an attack by Taliban militants in which five foreign UN workers were killed in the capital in October.
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ITALY
Bodies of troops killed in Afghanistan arrive home
Italy held a ceremony at Ciampino Airport in Rome Sunday, as the bodies of the six soldiers who died in a suicide attack targeting NATO troops in Kabul arrived home. On Saturday, a separate ceremony took place in Kabul.
ITALY
Emotional farewell for Italian troops slain in Afghanistan
Soldiers from 40 nations paid silent homage to the six Italian soldiers killed in Thursday’s attack at a somber ceremony in Kabul Saturday. The bodies of the slain troops are on their way home for Monday’s funerals.
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide attack
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside Kabul's military airport on Tuesday that killed two Afghan civilians and injured four foreign soldiers. The attack was the second of such scale in less than a month.
AFGHANISTAN
Suicide bomb strikes outside Kabul airport
A suicide bomber targeted Kabul's military airport on Tuesday morning, killing two Afghan civilians and injuring four international soldiers, officials and the military said.
AFGHANISTAN
From Panjshir to Kabul, in testosterone zone
FRANCE 24’s Leela Jacinto arrives at Presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign headquarters just as the first post-election salvo is fired in the new war of words.
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