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| Mar.2 |
Afghanistan |
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UN concern over Afghan elections A senior UN official says it will be nearly impossible to hold credible elections in April, as ordered by President Karzai
| Mar.5 |
Belgium |
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Clinton pushes for Afghan meeting US Secretary of State has called for a high-level conference on Afghanistan, including Iran, at the end of March
| Mar.6 |
Afghanistan |
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More young girls face rape in Afghanistan U.N. and rights groups: Rapes targeting girls as young as 7 are on the increase; conditions for women are little better than under the Taliban
| Mar.12 |
Kabul |
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Taliban poised at the gates of Kabul A top Taliban commander said his insurgents are poised and ready to attack Kabul and could strike virtually anywhere in the city | |
| Mar.15 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban threaten to kill aid workers A top Taliban commander is saying that under the insurgent group's new 'constitution' they will execute aid workers as spies
| Mar.21 |
Afghanistan |
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Six dead in car bomb attack Map of Jalalabad City Nangarhar Afghanistan 5 civilians and one police officer died in a car bomb attack targeting a police checkpoint at a temporary Afghan National Police checkpoint
| Mar.23 |
Helmand |
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NATO-led troops kill senior militant The troops killed Maulawi Hassan and nine of his associates in an operation that targeted his house
| Mar.25 |
Afghanistan |
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Bus hit by roadside bomb, 8 dead Map of Khost Afghanistan At least 8 others were wounded when a roadside bomb struck a mini-bus in eastern Afghanistan
| Mar.26 |
Washington |
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Obama 'to increase Afghan force' President Barack Obama plans to send an extra 4,000 US troops to help train the Afghan security forces in addition to 17,000 already due | |
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Washington |
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Director: Better Afghanistan intel needed Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair: The United States needs to improve its level of intelligence support for military operations
| Mar.27 |
Washington |
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US rethinks Afghanistan strategy Obama has confirmed a fundamental rethink of US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan to combat an 'increasingly perilous' situation | |
| Mar.30 |
Hague |
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World urged to help Afghanistan Delegates from more than 70 countries are set to meet to discuss Afghan reconstruction, days after the US announced major policy changes | |
| Mar.31 |
Netherlands |
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Clinton backs talks with moderate Taliban Secretary of State endorsed Afghan plans to hold reconciliation talks with moderate Taliban members | |
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