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US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has confirmed that Saudi Arabia has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban and that the United States would support any Saudi initiative. Separately, US Secretary of State Hillary...
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Barack Obama is expected to send 34,000 more US troops to Afghanistan when he unveils his long-awaited strategy for the Afghan conflict next Tuesday, US media reports said today. The Politico website said the US president would make a prime time address...
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Mr Obama met top advisors on Monday night in what could be one of his last major meetings on the topic. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president "has the information he wants and needs to make his decision". Mr Obama is weighing a request...
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It seems the government's advance warning systems failed to alert decision makers about the possibility of a US-China "gangup" on South Asia. The buzz is that the PMO is upset with our diplomatic missions in Washington and Beijing, which missed signals...
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The U.S. does not want to address the problem of drug production in Afghanistan, said Russia’s anti-narcotics chief after talks with U.S. Special Envoy for Af-Pak Richard Holbrooke. “My meeting with Holbrooke unfortunately confirmed our fears that they...
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Afghanistan authorities and international forces are securing the capital Kabul against Taliban attacks expected to coincide with the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, scheduled for Thursday. AFP. "There will be no air movements in or out, except...
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Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit here, the US has said preparations are underway to ensure "a good, substantive schedule" for the Indian leader, the first state guest of the Obama Administration. "We all look forward to the visit of the...
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Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke's India travel plans are still being worked out, the State Department said on Thursday. Holbrooke, who has not been to India since July, is scheduled to visit India this month. At...
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Slovakia, Friday agreed on priorities for Afghanistan through 2010 and a security transition concept when the time is right. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen after the meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital...The ministers "agreed that we need...
Tags: Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Barack Obama, Nato, presidential runoff, NATO, Richard Holbrooke
US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said that the military aid to Pakistan was without any conditions and the US Congress, like the Kerry-Lugar Law (KLL), had bound the US administration to fulfill the reporting requirement...
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