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Reuters - NATO said on Saturday it would hand over security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 but the head of the alliance said it would…

Reuters - The head of NATO said on Friday the alliance would start turning security over to Afghan forces next year under a plan to cease the combat role of…

Reuters - The handover from NATO-led forces to Afghans should start in the first half of 2011 but poor security in some areas could see it run past a 2014…

Reuters - NATO leaders will endorse a plan this week to bring troops home from Afghanistan gradually despite a dispute between President Hamid Karzai and the alliance’s commander that highlights…

Reuters - The military handover from NATO-led forces to Afghans could run past an end-2014 target date in some areas because of lingering security problems, a senior NATO official in…

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday rejected suggestions that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was increasingly at odds with the United States over war strategy.

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Reuters - A bomb in a graveyard in northern Afghanistan killed a parliamentary candidate and a retired policeman and wounded five, including a mayor, on Tuesday, an intelligence official said.

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Reuters - The Taliban in Afghanistan remain utterly opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation, their leader said on Monday after NATO forces suffered their worst losses in…

Reuters - The head of NATO said on Monday there was no alternative to pursuing military operations in Afghanistan if the aim was to press the Taliban into talks with…

Reuters - The Taliban in Afghanistan remain utterly opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation, their leader said on Monday after NATO forces suffered their worst losses in…