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NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his cou...
NATO vows to stick by Afghans as they take control
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
NATO leaders vowed Monday to stand by Afghanistan as it takes control of its own destiny, backing a plan to hand Afghans the lead for security in the war-torn c...
Afghans fear economic meltdown as NATO exit looms
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
As NATO discusses its exit from Afghanistan at a summit in Chicago, Afghans fear that a meltdown in their corruption-plagued economy could follow the consequent...
Pakistan, US signal optimism on supply routes deal
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
US and Pakistani leaders Monday signaled optimism that a deal on reopening vital supply routes to NATO convoys was within reach as Islamabad ordered negotiators...
Risks fall on UN after military withdrawal from Afghanistan
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
The United Nations will be left holding another very dangerous baby state when international troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, many experts and diplomats believ...
World backs strategy to end Afghan war in two years: Obama
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama said Sunday the world backed his plan to end the Afghan war in two years, as President Hamid Karzai promised a NATO summit his bloodie...
Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
With Pakistan so far unwilling to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan, NATO faces a potential logistical nightmare as it prepares for a costly withdrawal of mil...
World behind strategy to exit Afghanistan: Obama
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama said Sunday the world backed his plan to end the Afghan war in two years, as President Hamid Karzai promised a NATO summit his bloodie...
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Two NATO soldiers were killed in an attack in Afghanistan Sunday as alliance leaders gathered in Chicago for a summit dominated by plans to pull troops out of t...
NATO chief urges Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan
May 19, 2012 (AFP)
NATO's chief urged Islamabad to back efforts to stabilize Afghanistan as he prepared for talks Saturday with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, on the eve of...
UN wants 'strong' pledges for Afghanistan at NATO summit
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
The United Nations wants this weekend's NATO summit to make "strong" pledges to cover the estimated $4.1 billion a year cost for Afghan security forces once int...
Afghans seek $4.1 billion a year from NATO summit
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
Afghanistan goes to the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday with a firm demand for $4.1 billion a year for its security forces after Western troops pull out in 201...
US wants $1 bn a year for Afghanistan, Poland says
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
The US wants allies to contribute $1 billion each year to help fund Afghanistan's security forces after the planned exit of foreign troops by the end of 2014, P...
Obama to meet Karzai in Chicago Sunday
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Chicago Sunday, as he launches a NATO summit that will mark a "critical milestone" in endin...
Pakistan clears way for NATO summit, supply routes
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan's cabinet is expected Wednesday to agree to the president attending talks on Afghanistan in Chicago and approve the lifting of a blockade on overland N...
Threats sent to embassies in Pakistan: police
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
Several Western embassies in Islamabad received letters on Wednesday containing suspicious powder and threats to poison supplies for NATO soldiers in Afghanista...
Pakistan backs quick deal on NATO supplies
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan said Wednesday it had ordered officials to finalise an agreement as quickly as possible on lifting a six-month blockade on overland NATO supplies into ...
NATO leaders eye final two years of troubled Afghan war
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
After a decade in Afghanistan, NATO leaders gather for a key summit Sunday hoping for a show of unity in the final two years of combat -- even though allies are...
Pakistan signals end to blockade of NATO supplies
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Top Pakistani leaders will Tuesday discuss ending a blockade of foreign military supply routes into Afghanistan and repairing US relations, signalling a rapproc...
Pakistan poised to reopen NATO supply lines
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan on Tuesday looked poised to end a nearly six-month blockade of NATO ground supply routes into Afghanistan, succumbing to a key demand of the West ahead...
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