Afghanistan News

U.S. hunts al-Qaida in Afghanistan

BAGRAMI, Afghanistan – Hundreds of U.S.-led troops have launched an offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban militants in an area of eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden once hid, officials said Wednesday. A bomb attack near the capital, meanwhile, killed three German police officers assigned to protect their country’s embassy, and …

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SKorean hostages taste freedom but fears over others

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) – Two South Korean women freed by Afghanistan’s Taliban began Tuesday to make the long journey home, where their families spoke of their joy but worried over the fate of 19 other Pale, tearful and clutching Muslim headscarves, the women were handed over to international aid agency …

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Agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan to Fight against Terrorism

Within the last four days, Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf has welcomed more than 600 Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders in a joint peace meeting to find solutions for the problems of violence and instability in both side of the Pakistani-Afghan border.

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Afghan, Pakistan talks end with pledge to fight terrorism

KABUL (AFP) – Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended Sunday with calls to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries in their respective tribal regions and to fight the opium trade financing Islamic militants.Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, addressing 700 tribal delegates at the end of a landmark “peace jirga” aimed at defeating the common …

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Pakistan, Afghan seek militant dialogue

KABUL, Afghanistan – Working to soothe relations with neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan’s president said Sunday that a “particularly dark form” of terrorism confronts the region, while tribal leaders called for engaging in dialogue with the Taliban to confront extremism.Speaking at the close of a four-day meeting of tribal leaders meant to …

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Taliban say two SKorean hostages freed

Afghanistan’s Taliban said Saturday it has freed two women among 21 South Korean hostages captured more than three weeks ago by the hardline militia. Two spokesman for the insurgents said both women were ill and had been freed unconditionally as a “gesture of goodwill,” just hours after the conclusion of …

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Conflicting claims on Taliban-held Korean hostages

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban said on Saturday they had freed two female South Korean hostages, but local and national government officials said they had no knowledge of such a release. “Today at 6.30 pm (1330 GMT), we released two of the female Korean hostages who were seriously ill, …

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Pakistan may declare state of emergency

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The government of embattled Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday it may impose a state of emergency because of “external and internal threats” and deteriorating law and order in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border.

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