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  WASHINGTON (PAN after 2014. This in fact would be one of the key topics of discussions when US President Barack Obama meets his Afghan

WASHINGTON (PAN): Visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his US counterpart Barack Obama would meet at the White House on January 11, a presidential spokesman

WASHINGTON (PAN): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who returned to work on Monday after a month of illness, will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai

WASHINGTON (PAN beyond 2014 when the security transition is scheduled to be complete.  “Troop numbers in itself is not to tell the entire story on

WASHINGTON (PAN is to enable Afghans to fully manage their own security.  “Our intention and the intention of the Afghan government is that US troops

WASHINGTON (PAN commander, would be a “significant blow” to the insurgents, if confirmed, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Nazir was among 10 people killed in

KABUL): An Afghan policewoman, in what is seen as the first-ever insider attack by a female officer,  shot dead a US advisor at the heavily-fortified

WASHINGTON (PAN‘s stability after the withdrawal of US forces in 2014, a Congressional report has warned. “The administration view is that Afghan stability after the

WASHINGTON (PAN fighters, the Department of Defense announced Friday.               It said Staff Sgt Joseph Chamblin would be tried by special court martial at Marine Corps

WASHINGTON (PAN): US President Barack Obama would meet his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in early January to discuss the future presence of American troops in

WASHINGTON (PAN. US Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, on Thursday announced that Obama intends to nominate General Lloyd Austin as next CENTCOM Commander. Austin, who currently

WASHINGTON (PAN): The White House on Thursday said the Obama Administration is working with President Hamid Karzai’s government to address corruption in the country.  “The