Zitat:USA wollen afghanische Armee nur noch "unterstützen"
Ein wenig mehr Klarheit für die US-Truppen
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Zudem werden die Taliban ein offizielles Büro in Doha, der Hauptstadt Katars bekommen - und damit als Verhandlungspartner im Aussöhnungsprozess in Afghanistan gestärkt.
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Zitat:Afghanistans Präsident Karsai will zivile Opfer verhindern
Armee darf keine NATO-Luftschläge mehr anfordern

Immer wieder sind bei NATO-Luftangriffen in Afghanistan Zivilisten getötet worden - zuletzt waren auch mehrere Kinder unter den Opfern. Jetzt hat Präsident Hamid Karsai seiner Arme verboten, ausländische Luftunterstützung anzufordern. Die NATO-geführte ISAF-Truppe zeigte sich mit der Anordnung einverstanden.
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Stand: 17.02.2013 15:11 Uhr

Zitat:U.S., Taliban are colluding, Afghan president says

On Line: 10 March 2013 17:55
In Print: Monday 11 March 2013
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Karzai said two suicide bombings that killed 19 people on Saturday -- one outside the Afghan Defense Ministry and the other near a police checkpoint in eastern Khost province -- show the militant group is conducting attacks to demonstrate that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace after their current
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“The explosions in Kabul and Khost yesterday (Saturday) showed that they are at the service of America and at the service of this phrase: 2014. They are trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in Afghanistan, we would be facing these sorts of incidents,” he said during a nationally televised speech about the state of Afghan women.
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Karzai said in his speech that any foreign powers that want to keep troops in Afghanistan need to do so under conditions set forward by Afghanistan.

“We will tell them where we need them, and under which conditions. They must respect our laws. They must respect the national sovereignty of our country and must respect all our customs,” Karzai said.
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Zitat:Rückkehr in die Provinz Badachschan
Bundeswehr muss afghanischer Polizei helfen

Die Bundeswehr schickt wieder Soldaten in die nordostafghanische Provinz Badachschan. Die Situation in der Region sei "sehr ernst", sagte der Kommandeur des ISAF-Regionalkommandos Nord, Generalmajor Jörg Vollmer, der Online-Ausgabe der "Welt".
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Stand: 31.03.2013 14:30 Uhr

Zitat:Kämpfe in Afghanistan
NATO tötet offenbar zehn Kinder bei Luftangriff

Bei einem NATO-Luftangriff im Osten Afghanistans sind nach Angaben der Provinzregierung zehn Kinder und eine Frau getötet worden. Der Sprecher des Provinzgouverneurs, Wasifullah Wasifi, sagte, bei dem Bombardement seien am Samstag auch mehrere islamistische Kämpfer getötet oder verletzt worden.
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Stand: 07.04.2013 16:39 Uhr

Zitat:NATO airstrike kills 18, including 10 children in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Apr 8(MNA) – At least 18 people, including as many as 10 children, have been killed in an air strike in eastern Afghanistan.
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Zitat:Terror in Afghanistan
Junge US-Diplomatin stirbt bei Taliban-Anschlag

Noch vor kurzem begleitete sie US-Außenminister John Kerry bei dessen Besuch in Kabul - nun ist Anne Smedinghoff tot. Die junge Diplomatin fiel einem Anschlag der Taliban zum Opfer. Mit ihr starben vier weitere Amerikaner und ein afghanischer Arzt.
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Zitat:Taliban entführen elf Hubschrauber-Passagiere
zuletzt aktualisiert: 22.04.2013 - 15:29

Kabul (RPO). Taliban-Kämpfer haben nach der Notlandung eines Hubschraubers nach eigenen Angaben in der ostafghanischen Provinz Logar mehrere Menschen entführt. Aufständische hätten direkt nach der Landung am Sonntag elf Ausländer festgenommen und den Helikopter in Brand gesteckt, erklärte Taliban-Sprecher Sabihullah Mudschahid am Montag.
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Über die Nationalität der Entführten gab es widersprüchliche Angaben. Laut Darwesh handelt es sich um sieben in einem Bauprojekt beschäftigte Türken, zwei ukrainische Piloten sowie einen afghanischen Übersetzer. Die Agentur Interfax meldete unter Berufung auf die russische Botschaft in Afghanistan, dass ein Russe an Bord gewesen sei. Lokale Medien berichteten von zwei Russen. Der Taliban-Sprecher wiederum sagte, sie hätten US-amerikanische Militärangehörige sowie zwei Übersetzer in ihrer Gewalt.

Zitat:Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:36PM GMT
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A helicopter operated by the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has crashed in the troubled southern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
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Zitat:‘Taliban kill 5 policemen, capture 15’
Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:55AM GMT

Taliban militants have killed five Afghan policemen and captured 15 others in Almar district in Afghanistan’s northern province of Faryab, Press TV reports.

The incident took place after around 300 Taliban militants launched an unprecedented massive attack on the area on Friday, Almar Governor Mohammad Saleh Saleh said
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Zitat:5. Mai 2013 08:40
Bombenanschläge in Afghanistan
Offensive der Taliban fordert zahlreiche Tote

Die Taliban hatten eine Frühjahrsoffensive angekündigt - nun lassen sie ihren Worten Taten folgen. Sieben US-Soldaten sterben am Ende einer todesreichen Woche in Afghanistan.
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Zitat:Bomb attack kills at least six US-led troops in Afghanistan
Thu May 16, 2013 2:53PM GMT
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A powerful bomb explosion has ripped through a US military convoy in Kabul, killing at least six US-led soldiers and several Afghan civilians.
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Zitat:IED blast killed 3 not 4 US troops in southern Afghanistan, ISAF says
Wed May 15, 2013 12:2AM GMT

A roadside bomb has killed three US soldiers -- and not four as earlier reported -- in southern Afghanistan, an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) official has announced.

On Tuesday, an improvised explosive device (IED) ripped through the soldiers’ vehicle in Kandahar province.
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Zitat:2013-05-20
Head of Provincial Council among 11 Killed in North Afghanistan's Bombing

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 11 people, including the head of the provincial council, were killed Monday morning when a suicide bombing rocked Pul-e-Khumri city, the provincial capital of Northern Afghan province of Baghlan, a provincial source said.
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Zitat:Seven Afghan policemen killed in insider attack: Officials
May 28, 2013 2:47PM GMT

At least seven members of Afghan National Police have been shot dead by their colleagues at a police outpost in the troubled southern Afghanistan.

Afghan security officials say two policemen shot dead seven of their sleeping colleagues in the Arghistan district of the southern province of Kandahar on Monday night.
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Zitat:Bombings in Afghanistan kill ten, including security forces
Tue May 28, 2013 9:47AM GMT

Ten people including Afghan security forces have died and six others have been injured in two bomb explosions in Afghanistan.
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Zitat:2013-06-03
Taliban Confirms FNA Report on Recent Visit to Tehran

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Afghan Taliban movement in a statement released on its official website on Monday confirmed that it has sent a delegation from its political office in Doha, Qatar, to Tehran to hold talks with Iranian officials.

"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) confirms the report released by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Fars News Agency about the visit to Iran by a Taliban delegation," the statement said.

"A delegation from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, led by the head of Taliban's political office in Doha, has recently embarked on a three-day visit to Iran," it further said.

The statement explained that "the visit was aimed at bilateral talks with Iranian officials on issues of mutual interest", adding that the delegation returned to Doha after the meetings.
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"The representatives of the Islamic Emirate conveyed the message and demands of the Afghan people to the international community and also had positive meetings with Iran's high-ranking officials on various issues, including those pertaining to the Afghan refugees residing in Iran," added the statement.

"The Islamic Emirate also asked Iranian officials to pay due attention to the problems of the Afghan refugees residing in Iran and prevent occurrence of unpleasant incidents," it continued.
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Zitat:In August 8, 1998 the Taliban massacred 4,000 Shias in the town of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. It also attacked and killed 11 Iranian diplomats with an Iranian journalist among them. The rest of the diplomats were taken hostage. Ayatollah Khamanei ordered the amassing of troops near the Iran Afghanistan border to enter Afghanistan and fight the Taliban. Over 70,000 Iranian troops were placed along the borders of Afghanistan. Khatami halted the invasion and looked to the UN for help. Soon he was placed in talks. Later Iran entered negotiations with the Taliban, the diplomats were released. Khatami and his advisers had managed to keep Iran from entering war with the Taliban.
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Zitat:Taliban fighters lay down their arms for love and peace

22 more Taliban members, under the Afghan Peace and Reintegration Program, laid down their weapons and joined the scheme to help their communities get back to normality.
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Zitat:3 U.S. Soldiers Among 8 Killed in Afghan Bombing
By AZAM AHMED
Published: July 23, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan — Three American and four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter were killed Tuesday morning in Wardak Province after an insurgent riding a donkey detonated a bomb in one of the most hotly contested districts in the country, officials said.
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Aside from the violent environment, Wardak has also become a center of political tension between the government and coalition forces operating in the area. After at least 17 Afghan villagers who had been detained by an American Special Forces unit in Nerkh District went missing and were later found dead, with evidence of torture, President Hamid Karzai temporarily banned such elite troops from operating in the province.
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