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NATO to stress global role despite Afghan bruising (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - NATO leaders will recommit the alliance to playing a global military role when they meet to agree a new mission statement this week, despite the bruising and demoralizing…

Toll from Afghan clash rises to five, worst in six months (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

French soldiers are seen in Surobi district in Afghanistan. Two foreign soldiers have been killed fighting Taliban-linked insurgents in Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force has said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Monday raised the death toll from a weekend clash with insurgents in the volatile east to five, making it the deadliest attack…

Karzai wants U.S. to cut back Afghan military operations (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Afghan president Hamid Karzai speaks during his visit to Paktika province November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the U.S. military to scale back the visibility and intensity of its operations in Afghanistan and end night raids that he said incited…

Convoy attacked in Afghan capital: reports (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Interactive graphic on Afghanistan as President Hamid Karzai convinces an binternational/b conference in Kabul that his government can assume responsibility for security by 2014.(AFP iactiv)Reuters - A NATO convoy was attacked near the parliament building in the Afghan capital on Friday, police and the coalition said, the first attack in Kabul in three months…

NATO says troops may have killed 3 Afghan civilians (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating whether its troops had inadvertently killed three Afghan civilians on Wednesday while its forces fought insurgents in the south…

U.S. says Afghan handover in 2014 realistic (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrols in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s plans to assume responsibility for his country’s security by 2014 is a realistic goal and one that NATO should endorse at a summit in…

Afghan polls protesters warn of possible violence (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - Disgruntled lawmakers and candidates in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election, marred by allegations of fraud, renewed protests on Sunday over the poll and warned of possible violence if a fresh…

Afghan candidates, lawmakers in new poll protest (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - Scores of disgruntled lawmakers and candidates in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election, marred by allegations of fraud, renewed protests on Sunday over the September poll and called for a fresh…

Afghan campaign destroys hundreds of houses: rights group (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrols in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Fighting between U.S.-led forces and the Taliban has destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses during a crucial campaign in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a human rights group said…

Afghan campaign destroys 100s of houses: rights group (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Fighting between U.S.-led forces and the Taliban has destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses during a crucial campaign in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a human rights group said…