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Two diplomats accused by Afghan officials of making contacts with the Taleban have left the country after talks to stop their expulsions failed.
One is a high-ranking British UN employee, Mervyn Patterson. The other is the acting head of the EU mission..
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Gordon Brown has said Britain is "winning the battle against the insurgency" in Afghanistan, as he outlined his long-term strategy to MPs.
The prime minister said Britain and its coalition partners were "isolating and eliminating the leadership of the..
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Afghan army troops have captured the Taleban-held town of Musa Qala without meeting resistance, the Nato-led force in Afghanistan has said.
The insurgents have pulled out of what was the only major Afghan centre in Taleban hands, reportedly melting awa..
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A group of South Koreans held hostage by Taleban militants in Afghanistan have said they were beaten and ordered at gunpoint to convert to Islam.
At a news conference in Seoul, the former captives also said they were made to work "like slaves" during t..
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Fighting has erupted in the area where a group of South Korean hostages are being held by the Taleban, suggesting an operation has begun to free them.
Local officials told the BBC there had been fighting between government and Taleban forces in Ghazni..
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Taleban rebels threatening to kill a group of 23 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan say they have extended the deadline for their demands to be met.
The rebels have given officials until 1900 local time (1430 GMT) to trade Taleban prisoners for the h..
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Armed members of a Nigerian Islamist group known as the Taleban have stormed a police station in the northern city of Kano, killing at least 13 people.
A police source told the BBC there were between 300 and 500 people, some of whom were heavily armed...
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President Hamid Karzai says he expects an Italian journalist captured in Afghanistan by the Taleban, Daniele Mastrogiacomo, to be released soon.
"I hope the matter is resolved today," Mr Karzai said in Berlin after talks with German Chancellor Angela M..
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Nato and Afghan forces have launched an operation to drive Taleban insurgents from the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar.
Troops backed by helicopter gunships are patrolling west of the Arghandab river, a Nato statement said.
There have bee..
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The Taleban have threatened to blow up telephone masts across Afghanistan unless mobile phone companies agree to switch off their signals at night.
They say that US and other foreign troops are using the signals to track down insurgents.
The Taleban..
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The Afghan authorities say they have arrested one of a group of Taleban attackers who stormed the luxury Serena hotel in Kabul on Monday evening.
They say two of the attackers died in the raid as well as a number of hotel guards and guests.
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Taleban fighters in Pakistan's northern district of Swat have paraded 48 paramilitary troops they captured in fighting this week.
The soldiers said they surrendered when their positions on a hilltop were surrounded by armed militants.
More than 2,50..
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Two foreigners and two Afghans working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been kidnapped in central Afghanistan, police say.
They say that the abductions took place in Wardak province.
They were reported to have taken place..
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The US-led coalition force in Afghanistan says that more than 120 Taleban fighters have been killed in separate clashes in the south.
They say that more than 65 insurgents were killed in Uruzgan province on Tuesday night, and at least 60 were killed in..
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Taleban rebels in Afghanistan have freed eight South Korean hostages from a group of 19 they have been holding for five weeks.
Three women hostages were released first, in the central town of Ghazni.
Four women and one man were later freed a few mil..
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Taleban militants in Afghanistan have said they are optimistic about the outcome of negotiations over 21 South Korean hostages they are holding.
Speaking on the second day of direct talks with a government delegation from South Korea, the Taleban negot..
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US President George W Bush and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai have agreed not to bargain with the Taleban over South Korean hostages, the White House said.
A US presidential spokesman said there would be no "quid pro quo" over the 21 captives, after a news..
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The Taleban have agreed to face-to-face talks with South Korean officials to discuss the fate of 21 Koreans, held by the militant group for two weeks.
A location is yet to be agreed after the Taleban refused to meet at a venue under the control of Nato..
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A second South Korean hostage has been killed by the Taleban in central Afghanistan, local police say.
They said the bullet-riddled body of the man was found at the side of the road in the village of Arizo Kalley, in Ghazni province.
The Taleban sei..
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At least 16 South Korean citizens have been abducted by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan, officials say.
A government spokesman in Seoul said there were women among the kidnapped.
Afghan officials have confirmed the incident. They said the Koreans..
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