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Afghanistan Deports EU, UN Diplomats

Pair accused of meeting, paying Taliban leaders

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 27, 2007 11:50 AM CST

(Newser) – Two veteran diplomats left Afghanistan today after failing to refute accusations that they’d met with the Taliban, Reuters reports. A UN spokesman said the men were only “speaking to people on the ground,” and would return, but Afghan officials were resolute about... Read full story »

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