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Karzai wants foreign troops out within five years

What they are saying about the Afghan president's second-term inauguration

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Silvio Berlusconi denies Italy bribed the Taliban

New allegations come as Newsweek urges Italy to dump ‘playboy-in-chief’

A makeshift patrol base eight years after the Afghanistan invasion

Smoke rises from burning buildings in Strasbourg after police clashed with anti-Nato protestors

Beijing refutes claims it spied on Tibetan exiles as well as embassies, journalists and Nato

Should America and its allies continue to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan?

Taliban firebombing of supply trucks in the Khyber Pass has led to the suspension of convoys to Afghanistan

The decision to focus our forces in the south of the country could be reversed

With their Nato allies divided on tactics, the US could use a more pliant Afghan leader

It's been a bad week for those who believe Afghanistan is the winnable war on terror, says Matthew Carr

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