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2009-03-05
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed in Brussels that an international ministerial conference beheld on March 31 to contribute to stabilizing Afghanistan and fighting Taliban-led insurgency.
"If we move forward with such a meeting, it is expected that Iran would be invited as a neighbor of Afghanistan."
-- Hillary Clinton said.
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2009-03-05
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"Afghanistan is something that presents a great challenge, not just for our country, but for the rest of the world ... Obviously we hope that all of Afghanistan's neighbors are available and that the dialogue is constructive and moves us forward.
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I would expect that Iran would be invited as a neighbor and that we hope, if they decide to come, that they bring constructive solutions and ideas in working with the international community to address the challenges."
-- Robert Gibbs, White House spokesman, told reporters.
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2009-03-04
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In Afghanistan, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) rejected President Hamid Karzai's order of holding the presidential polls in April, months earlier than the date set by the commission.
The election commission on Wednesday ruled that April election is impossible due to security, logistic and financial problems. The commission, with 100 million dollars in pocket, still needs 223 million dollars to organize the upcoming election.
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2009-02-20
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In Kyrgyzstan, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a decree to close the Manas airbase, operated mainly by the U.S. Air Force, in northern Kyrgyzstan. The base had been used since 2001 to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan.
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2009-02-17
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"I think it's still possible for us to stamp out al-Qaeda to make sure that extremism is not expanding but rather is contracting.
I think all those goals are still possible [ ... ]
-- Barack Obama, President of the USA, in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp
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2009-02-17
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"I am absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region, solely through military means. ... We're going to have to use diplomacy. We're going to have to use development."
-- Barack Obama, President of the USA, in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp
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2009-02-17
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In the USA, the White House announced that 17,000 more troops would join the existing 65,000 Western troops in Afghanistan “to stabilise a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires.”
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2009-02
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In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai, who has declared his intention to run for a second term, issued a decree ordering the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to move the presidential election forward to adhere to the Afghan constitution.
The President's five-year office term will end on May 21, and the presidential election should take place 30 to 60 days before that date in accordance with the constitution of the post-Taliban country.
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2009-01-25
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In Afghanistan, president Hamid Karzai condemned a US operation within Afghanistan that he said killed 16 Afghan civilians.
The US said the raid, on Saturday in Laghman province, killed 15 armed militants, including a woman with an RPG. But Afghan officials said they killed civilians, including two women and three children. In Laghman's capital, hundreds of protesters demanded an end to overnight raids.
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2009-01
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In Afghanistan, the Independent Election Commission (IEC)announced that the presidential election would be postponed to Aug. 20 because of logistical and security worries.
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