French President Francois Hollande said Thursday the withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan would begin within weeks, as he paid tribute to four soldiers killed at the weekend. full story ![]()
The Afghan government ordered U.S. Special Operations Forces to immediately cease operations in Wardak—one of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces—and pull out in two weeks, in President Hamid Karzai's latest showdown with the international military coalition.
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The U.S. says it has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan.
azstarnet.com (4 months and 8 days ago)
The U.S. says it has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan.
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Six French stores pull beef products over fears they may contain horsemeat, as France investigates if the food firms knowingly misled consumers.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The U.S. says it has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan....
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. says it has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan.
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Moment of reckoning for French troops in Mali by Jamey Keaten The Associated Press Published Feb 20, 2013 10:12PM MDT Paris • It’s crunch time in Mali for the French military. Radical Islamist fighters spent weeks on the run from Malian cities under a French ground and air assault — but they’re brazenly fighting back this week at French troops. The French, meanwhile, are...
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A French photographer kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago fled his captors on Monday and was now safe in the hands of officials from his embassy, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says a French freelance photographer kidnapped nearly four months ago in Kabul has been freed.
boston.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
KABUL (Reuters) - A French photographer has been freed more than three months after being taken hostage in Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
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