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Kabul stories: 52 news summaries

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Euro Envoys Booted by Afghanis for Taliban Talks

Diplomatic row over alleged Taliban meeting

Dec 26, 07 7:43 AM CST
(Newser) - European officials were scrambling today to block Afghanistan's ordered expulsion of two high-ranking foreign officials because of an alleged link to Taliban insurgents, the BBC reports. Afghan authorities claim that the men, one an Irish envoy from the EU and the other a British UN official, met with Taliban members... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Kabul • diplomat • Musa Qala • Helmand province

UK Wants to Talk to Taliban

Brown to announce major revision of Afghan strategy, rankling Washington

Dec 12, 07 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Just back from Kabul, Gordon Brown is poised to announce a major strategic revision in Afghanistan that will involve dialogue with the Taliban. Senior British officials believe that treating the loose-knit organization as a unified terrorist actor is counterproductive, the Independent reports, and they want to move from fighting militants... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • Taliban • London • White House • Gordon Brown • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • terrorist • British military

Afghanistan Aid Squandered, Charity Says

Despite billions in donations, poverty remains rampant

Nov 20, 07 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The US approved another $6.4 billion in aid for Afghanistan this year, but a leading charity says too much development funding is being wasted on short-term quick fixes. An Oxfam assessment attests that "non-Afghan resources" and "high expatriate salaries and living costs" are soaking up aid, leaving... More »

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Afghanistan • Kabul • foreign aid • Oxfam

Laura Bush Will Skip APEC Trip to Australia

First Lady's pinched nerve could indicate surprise stops for president

Aug 27, 07 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Laura Bush plans to sit out the president's trip to Australia early next month for the APEC summit, due to a pinched nerve. Washington Post blogger Mark Silva speculates that the First Lady's decision may presage other stops being added to the president's itinerary for the trip, which comes just... More »

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Dick Cheney • Australia • Laura Bush • Kabul • Islamabad • APEC • pinched nerve

Police Raid Frees Kabul Hostage

Kidnappers call themselves 'a special network,' police say they are not Taliban

Aug 19, 07 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan police stormed a secret location in Kabul today and freed a German aid worker held by kidnappers this weekend, CNN reports. Her abductors had circulated a video of her asking for the release of unknown prisoners and pleading for her own freedom. The captors said only that they are... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages

Korean Hostage Talks Fail

Taliban says demands not met; group is considering the fate of 19 captives

Aug 18, 07 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the 19 remaining Korean hostages await news of their fate, negotiations to secure their release have failed, according to a Taliban spokesman. The terror group says its principal demand—the liberation of insurgents being held by coalition forces—was not met; South Korean officials have insisted Seoul has no... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • South Korea • Seoul • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • negotiations • hostage

Body of Second Korean Hostage Found

More will die unless prisoners are freed, kidnappers warn

Jul 31, 07 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan police have found the body of a second Korean hostage killed by the Taliban, Reuters reports. The man was shot in the head, and his body found in a clover field close to the spot where 23 Korean missionaries were kidnapped last week. The kidnappers have threatened to kill... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • missionaries • Ghazni • hostage

Force May Be Used to Free Korean Hostages

In phone call, female hostage pleads for release

Jul 28, 07 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the 22 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan spoke to a Reuters reporter today, saying she and the other remaining hostages are continually moved to different locations. She appealed to both the Taliban and the Afghan government to free them. A senior Afghan official said force “certainly”... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • Islamic extremists • counterterrorism • Korean hostages • Christian missionaries

Captive Pleads for Rescue
From Taliban

Woman says she and 21 other South Korean hostages are ill

Jul 27, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A South Korean woman pleaded to be rescued with her fellow hostages yesterday, saying all of church volunteers being held captive by the Taliban are sick and the situation is growing worse. Her captors listened to her conversation with an Afghan reporter, the BBC reports; the 32-year-old nurse wept as... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • hostage

1 Killed, 8 Freed in Afghanistan Hostage Crisis

Taliban threatens to kill more South Koreans

Jul 25, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban has killed one of the 23 South Koreans it's holding captive today, and vowed to murder the rest by 1 AM local time if the Afghan government does not release insurgents. CNN reports that 8 hostages have been freed, however, while the slain captive's bullet-riddled body was discovered... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • kidnapping • Kabul • hostage

The Last Jew in Afghanistan

Jul 19, 07 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kabul resident Zabolon Simantov is quite literally the last Afghan Jew. He is the sole remaining member of a community that once numbered 4000.  He stays, he says, to keep the country's Jewish history alive. In this all-Muslim country, he has been pressured to convert and is cautious in... More »

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Kabul • Judaism • Zabolon Simantov

Coalition Bombs Kill 7 Afghan Boys

Police capture suspect in deadly Kabul bus blast as violence worsens

Jun 18, 07 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worsening widespread concerns about civilian deaths in Afghanistan, a U.S.-led coalition bombing killed seven boys yesterday at a compound in the eastern part of the country. The target, which contained a mosque and a school, was suspected of housing Al-Qaeda militants. "We had a misunderstanding," the... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • civilian casualties • children • suicide bombing • Paktika • Kabul • bombing • coalition troops • bus bombing

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