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Rice in London for Afghan talks
11 months agoGordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan.
More opium likely in Afghan south
11 months agoThe amount of opium poppy cultivated in Afghanistan's volatile southern provinces will increase in 2008, the UN says.
U.S. troubled by Afghan journalist's death sentence
11 months agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was troubled by the case of an Afghan journalist sentenced to death for blasphemy and that the U.S. ambassador in Kabul planned to raise the matter with Afghan authorities.
UK rejects Karzai troops criticism
11 months agoThe UK hits back at claims by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that UK troops are making the country's situation worse.
Suicide blast wounds three in Afghan restaurant
11 months agoKHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide blast at a restaurant wounded three people on Wednesday in the southeastern Afghan town of Khost, a police official said.