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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:35 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:05 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8aa0f134-c2ad-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Afghan president tells reporters in New Delhi he is exhausted and has no intention of flouting the constitution when his second term ends next year Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8aa0f134-c2ad-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8aa0f134-c2ad-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59d9a5ae-b21e-11e2-a388-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Donors say the Afghan economy is largely sustained by aid money to the tune of $15bn a year while the country is plagued by unrestrained corruption Mon, 20 May 2013 05:18:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59d9a5ae-b21e-11e2-a388-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 59d9a5ae-b21e-11e2-a388-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/157e6518-bbdb-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Although an army general has not run the country since Musharraf’s departure, the armed forces maintain a grip on policy, Victor Mallet writes Mon, 13 May 2013 16:56:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/157e6518-bbdb-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 157e6518-bbdb-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/185fdba6-ab26-11e2-ac71-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Militants capture passengers and crew of a helicopter forced to land in eastern part of the country, say Turkish officials and the Taliban Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:36:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/185fdba6-ab26-11e2-ac71-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 185fdba6-ab26-11e2-ac71-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e835ea2-a295-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As foreign troops prepare to leave the country, Afghans fear little progress has been made and that locally trained troops will not contain the Taliban. By Victor Mallet Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:05:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e835ea2-a295-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1e835ea2-a295-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bc88a40-a138-11e2-990c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct UK planners ponder the difficulty of flying or trucking back 6,500 20ft containers of military equipment through Pakistan and central Asia Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:15:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bc88a40-a138-11e2-990c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8bc88a40-a138-11e2-990c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01efb372-a1b8-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct British MPs warn that the country risks descending into civil war without starting a peace process that includes talks with the Taliban Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:19:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01efb372-a1b8-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 01efb372-a1b8-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32dff3c0-a023-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Afghan military attempts to prove its own strength without American support by entering the Tangi Valley, home to Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:23:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32dff3c0-a023-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 32dff3c0-a023-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40be0634-9f57-11e2-b4b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Car bomb blast kills three American soldiers and a diplomat in Zabul while a civilian working with the US government died in a separate incident Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:18:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40be0634-9f57-11e2-b4b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 40be0634-9f57-11e2-b4b6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17382074-9c8c-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct FT interview with Gen Joseph Dunford, commander of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force, and of US forces in Afghanistan Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:11:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17382074-9c8c-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 17382074-9c8c-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5844ca2-9c4b-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Afghanistan’s people and its neighbours are hedging their bets, US general tells the FT, as Nato-led forces prepare for ‘high-profile’ attacks Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:42:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5844ca2-9c4b-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c5844ca2-9c4b-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6aea298-9888-11e2-867f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Afghani restaurant owner is longest-service American at Kabul Nato base and a key player in aiding US generals navigate cultural differences Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:36:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6aea298-9888-11e2-867f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b6aea298-9888-11e2-867f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ef82afc-95cc-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Five policemen were killed in an attack on a compound in Jalalabad on the second day of US secretary of state John Kerry’s visit to the capital Kabul Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:15:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ef82afc-95cc-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4ef82afc-95cc-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c56ea82e-95bc-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct US and Afghanistan brush aside suggestions that relations are in peril and declare they are ‘on the same page’ on security and reconciliation issues Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:47:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c56ea82e-95bc-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c56ea82e-95bc-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c911226-91a9-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Agreement ‘continues transition of critical province’ and seals compromise after Hamid Karzai had demanded all American forces leave last week Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:47:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c911226-91a9-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6c911226-91a9-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92565872-8cd6-11e2-aed2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Top US commander in Afghanistan Gen Joseph Dunford warns staff that Hamid Karzai’s public attacks on the US increase risk of ‘insider attacks’ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:29:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92565872-8cd6-11e2-aed2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 92565872-8cd6-11e2-aed2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afb1bb4e-8abc-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Victims said to be troops from Nato-led forces but no details have been released about their nationalities or the cause of the incident Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:46:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afb1bb4e-8abc-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct afb1bb4e-8abc-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26cb579e-8a72-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Police officer opens fire on US and Afghan forces who were meeting in a police compound in Wardak province ahead of a joint mission Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:06:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26cb579e-8a72-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 26cb579e-8a72-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86d1e744-899f-11e2-92a0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Afghan president accused the US and the Taliban of colluding to convince Afghans that foreign forces were needed to maintain peace Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:35:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86d1e744-899f-11e2-92a0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 86d1e744-899f-11e2-92a0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb9128be-856d-11e2-bed4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_asia-pacific_afghanistan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Twenty handed jail terms for roles in massive corruption scandal that led to collapse of country’s largest bank and threatened fragile economy Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:32:33 GMT 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