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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:31 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:59:00 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/asiapacific/afghanistan(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee3ee108-d60f-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee3ee108-d60f-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlAs training for 36 officials beings in the US, questions about political goals remainFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:31 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/66542fb0-d4dd-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66542fb0-d4dd-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlHamid Karzai opened his second term as Afghan president by saying his country's National Army should take the lead in tackling security issues in unstable parts of the country within three yearsThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fab706cc-d560-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fab706cc-d560-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlAfghanistan is still largely a feudal society hostile to any form of central government. One facet of feudalism, however, is that it implies a two-way contractThu, 19 Nov 2009 23:25:17 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e42316-d518-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28e42316-d518-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlPakistan's military has said it was poised to seize control of the last town known to have been used by the Taliban for training of suicide bombers and other militants in the country's south Waziristan regionThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:24:42 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e24eea0-d44f-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e24eea0-d44f-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlBarack Obama said he wanted to end US military involvement in Afghanistan before he left the White House, as Hillary Clinton, his secretary of state, paid an unannounced visit to Kabul.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:34:42 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4512715e-d375-11de-9607-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4512715e-d375-11de-9607-00144feabdc0.htmlDavid Miliband has urged President Hamid Karzai to set a 'new contract' with the Afghan people, as he outlined a plan to divide the Taliban and fight corruptionWed, 18 Nov 2009 00:10:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f339c9c4-d471-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f339c9c4-d471-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlThere are few places with as much interest in the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan as Oceanside, a small town in southern CaliforniaWed, 18 Nov 2009 18:49:15 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbed74ca-d2f3-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbed74ca-d2f3-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlGordon Brown calls for a timetable paving the way for the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan, even as he prepares to send a further 500 soldiers to the country Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:02:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3821ca18-d2f7-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3821ca18-d2f7-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US government charged the main food supplier to troops in Iraq – the recipient of more than $8.5bn (€5.7bn, £5.1bn) in contracts – with systematically overcharging for burgers, chicken and crustaceans, among other productsMon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/35942596-d21d-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35942596-d21d-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Afghan government has announced the launch of an anti-corruption unit after Hillary Clinton warned that continued US support was dependent on anti-graft measuresMon, 16 Nov 2009 13:38:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed41fc70-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed41fc70-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlKarl Eikenberry, US ambassador to Kabul and a former army commander in Afghanistan, set the cat among the Washington pigeons when he warned against any further increase of American forcesFri, 13 Nov 2009 23:04:25 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/909c46e6-d090-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/909c46e6-d090-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlIf Mr Obama's 14-hour flight to Tokyo was any guide, it is Afghanistan, not the Asian trip and deliberations, that looms over the US president wherever he goesFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:45:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7c7ccc2-d06f-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7c7ccc2-d06f-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlThe border post at Torkham funnels a supply line that sustains both Nato forces and – to the frustration of US commanders – their Taliban enemy, as insurgents turn an exposed logistics chain into a lucrative source of funds Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:13 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb6c361a-d015-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eb6c361a-d015-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.htmlA suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of vehicles near a US military base in Kabul on Friday, wounding nine foreign soldiers as well as a number of civilian contractors and Afghan passers-byFri, 13 Nov 2009 15:47:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/93ce46f0-cfc0-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fasiapacific%2Fafghanistanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93ce46f0-cfc0-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlWashington responded to the revelation of a split between its top civilian and military officials in Afghanistan by stressing the need for an "exit strategy" for US troops stationed in the countryFri, 13 Nov 2009 00:14:08 +0000