Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

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Angela Merkel makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said.

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Afghan bus, tanker crash 'kills 30'

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Afghan bus, tanker crash 'kills 30'

A passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker in Afghanistan before dawn Friday, killing at least 30 people, many of them heading for the poppy harvest, officials said.

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NATO air strike kills 11 Afghan children, officials say

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

An air strike in Afghanistan carried out by NATO forces has killed 11 children in the eastern part of the country, officials said on Sunday. Afghanistan’s president condemned the loss of civilian lives.

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NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago

A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, NATO said on Tuesday. No immediate details about the cause of the accident were released.

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Afghan leader alleges US-Taliban collusion

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials during a problematic visit by the new Pentagon chief.

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Afghanistan marks Women's Day with film festival

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Afghanistan's first international women's film festival opened in the western city of Herat on the eve of International Women's Day.

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Taliban kill 17 captured Afghan soldiers

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Taliban militants have killed 17 captured Afghan soldiers in Badakhshan, a relatively peaceful province in the far northeast of the country, officials said on Wednesday.

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Afghan leader orders US special forces out of province

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Afghanistan's president has ordered US special forces out of a strategic province over allegations of torture and murder by Afghans working with them, in another sign of deteriorating ties between Kabul and Washington.

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Armless Afghan teen dreams of swimming in the Olympics

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Armless Afghan teen dreams of swimming in the Olympics

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Obama says 34,000 US troops to leave Afghanistan

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Obama says 34,000 US troops to leave Afghanistan

President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that 34,000 troops would be pulled out of Afghanistan in the next year, and vowed that by the end of 2014 the US war in the country would be over.

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IMF, Afghanistan agree path to fresh aid

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

The IMF has said it had reached agreement with Afghanistan on the reform path needed to unlock the next aid installment for the war-ravaged country.

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Lacking air power, Afghans to rely on mortars: US

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago

Afghan forces will have to rely increasingly on mortars and armored vehicles instead of air power once NATO-led forces withdraw from the country in 2014, a senior US general has said.

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Cold kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps: Amnesty

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Cold kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps: Amnesty

Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

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Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during tour

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Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during tour

Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during sorties against the Taliban while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan where he was a gunner in Apache attack helicopters.

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US to speed up transfer of security to Afghans, Obama says

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Báo Dân Trí English 4 month(s) ago

US President Barack Obama said Friday that NATO will speed up the transfer of responsibility for security to Afghan forces this spring, citing the "progress" made by Afghan troops following talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington.

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