Obama fires US Afghan commander

bbc 23-JUN-10

Karzai lashes out at West over Afghan elections (Reuters)

news 01-APR-10

Charles visits Afghanistan troops

bbc 25-MAR-10

Pak-US strategic dialogue to be complex: Holbrooke

NewsJang 20-MAR-10

Pakistan kidnap boy back home in Britain

examiner 19-MAR-10

Taliban arrests halt UN talks

channel4news 19-MAR-10

Rocket attack kills 1 at Afghan NATO base

washtimes 15-MAR-10

Taliban: Kandahar bombings a 'warning' to Nato

telegraph 14-MAR-10

Menon meets Karzai in Kabul

TheFrontierPost 05-MAR-10

Afghanistan: 17 dead in Kabul blast

RTERadio 26-FEB-10

Removal of observers from UN electoral watchdog flayed

TheFrontierPost 24-FEB-10

Concern at Karzai poll power grab

phantis 23-FEB-10

Another Taliban leader captured

cnn 18-FEB-10

Why Taliban capture could be huge

cnn 16-FEB-10

We don’t want “Talibanised” Afghanistan, says Kayani

Hindu 01-FEB-10

Interpreter kills US soldiers in Afghanistan

RTERadio 30-JAN-10

Afghan conference sets deadlines for NATO handover

cnn 29-JAN-10

Afghan conference sets deadlines for NATO handover

cnn 28-JAN-10

Let's bribe the Taliban: Many are mercenaries who pull put down their guns for cash, says Brown

dailymail 26-JAN-10

Asian leaders attend Afghan summit

aljazeera 25-JAN-10

Afghan parliament poll postponed

bbc 24-JAN-10

Kabul under attack as Taliban launches major assault on centre of Afghan capital

dailymail 18-JAN-10

Afghan death soldiers to be named

channel4news 17-JAN-10

Karzai suffers cabinet setback

channel4news 16-JAN-10

3 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

cnn 11-JAN-10

Afghanistan's political mess: Parliamentary pitfalls

economist 11-JAN-10

Corruption a way of life in Afghanistan

cnn 18-DEC-09

UN Afghan envoy to step down

TheFrontierPost 12-DEC-09

Kai Eide will not seek third year as head of UN’s Afghanistan mission

thetimes 11-DEC-09

Afghan war to get harder: Petraeus

CBC 10-DEC-09

Petraeus: Wait until December 2010 to gauge U.S. success in Afghanistan

cnn 09-DEC-09

McChrystal sells Obama war plan

aljazeera 03-DEC-09

US President Obama to Set out Afghan Troop Strategy

geotimes 01-DEC-09

Afghan pressure mounts on Nato allies

ft 30-NOV-09

Karzai renews call on Taliban to lay down weapons

jrep 27-NOV-09

Obama soon to unveil his Afghan plan (AFP)

news 26-NOV-09

Afghan suicide attack kills 17

irishtimes 20-NOV-09

Warning on public Afghan support

bbc 08-NOV-09

Afghan government accuses U.N., foreign officials of interfering in internal affairs

latimes 07-NOV-09

Brown: We must not walk away

thesun 06-NOV-09

UN to relocate Afghanistan staff

bbc 05-NOV-09

[-also said that]: More of the same will only bring greater resentment among the population and greater stubbornness in the insurgency.

AP 15-DEC-10

[ said]: A person who implements such tactics gains lifelong enemies, considering that Afghanis, like people in the Balkans, are very proud. It's a pity that Holbrooke, who interfered in the election process in Afghanistan and who is attempting to bully the citizens of that country, still holds his position,

b92net_en 25-NOV-10

[-concluded]: I believe that the only solution is a political dialogue with the rebels. First, a temporary ceasefire should be declared in some areas, since the existing strategy, that has been almost entirely militarized, is not working. In other words, unless different methods are used, there will be no success,

b92net_en 25-NOV-10

[-noted]: Even though the (1995) Dayton negotiations were a precondition for peace in Bosnia-Herezgovina, Richard Holbrooke used intimidation methods during that process, and he is attempting to do the same in Afghanistan now,

b92net_en 25-NOV-10

[ said]: There have been contacts for years,

AP 20-OCT-10

[-recently disclosed that]: No, there is no change in our stance.

NewsJang 21-MAR-10

[-said]: >Kai Eide, a Norwegian diplomat who just stepped down from the UN post here in the Afghan capital, said the discussions that he and others from the UN had with senior Taleban members began in the spring of 2009 and included face-to-face conversations in Dubai and elsewhere. He criticized Pakistan for arresting the Taleban's No 2 and other members of the insurgency, saying the Pakistanis surely knew the roles these figures had in efforts to find a political resolution to the 8-year-old war. Pakistan denies t

kuwaittimes 20-MAR-10

[-said that]: The first contact was probably last spring, then of course you moved into the election process where there was a lull in activity.

smh 20-MAR-10

[said that:]: communication picked up when the election process was over, and it continued to pick up until a certain moment a few weeks ago

smh 20-MAR-10

[-said]: talks about talks

tehrantimes 20-MAR-10

[-told]: The first contact was probably last spring, then of course you moved into the [Afghan presidential] election process ... communication picked up when the election process was over, and it continued to pick up until a certain moment a few weeks ago,

dailytimesPK 20-MAR-10

[-said]: The effect of [the arrests] ... was negative ... the Pakistanis did not play the role that they should have played ... they must have known who they were.

dailytimesPK 20-MAR-10

[-said]: The effect of (the arrests), in total, certainly was negative on our possibilities to continue the political process that we saw so necessary at that particular juncture

HindustanTimes 19-MAR-10

[-told]: There was an increase in intensity of contacts, but this process came to a halt following the arrests that took place in Pakistan,

TurkishDailyNews 19-MAR-10

[ said]: The effect of [the arrests], in total, certainly was negative on our possibilities to continue the political process that we saw so necessary at that particular juncture

NEWScomAU 19-MAR-10

[-said]: Do I believe that Pakistan plays the role it should in promoting a political dialogue that is necessary for ending the conflict in Afghanistan? No, the Pakistanis did not play the role that they should have played,

thestar 19-MAR-10

[-said]: The effect of (the arrests), in total, certainly, was negative on our possibilities to continue the political process that we saw as so necessary at that particular juncture,

AP 19-MAR-10

[-said]: The effect of [the arrests], in total, certainly, was negative on our possibilities to continue the political process that we saw as so necessary at that particular juncture,

CBC 19-MAR-10

[ said]: Face to face talks were held with senior Taliban figures in Dubai and other locations

HindustanTimes 19-MAR-10

[-told]: talks about talks,

HindustanTimes 19-MAR-10

[-said]: I find it unthinkable that such contact would take place without his knowledge and also without his acceptance,

AP 19-MAR-10

[replied:]: I find that interpretation to be probably the right one.

rferl 19-MAR-10

[-told]: The Pakistanis did not play the role that they should have played,

trendnews 19-MAR-10

[-described]: early stages

CBC 19-MAR-10

[-told]: The first contact was probably last spring, then of course you moved into the [Afghan presidential] election process where there was a lull in the activity,

CBC 19-MAR-10

[-said]: We would be much further than we are today.

trendnews 19-MAR-10

[-said]: I cannot say with certainty, but I'm pretty sure,

TurkishDailyNews 19-MAR-10

[-said]: NEGATIVE

thestar 19-MAR-10

[-told]: The first contact was probably last spring, then of course you moved into the (Afghan presidential) election process where there was a lull in activity,

AP 19-MAR-10

[-said]: The overall strategy must be de-militarized and a political process of reconciliation must be launched,

reliefWeb 11-MAR-10

[-said]: It's time to talk,

TheFrontierPost 05-MAR-10

[-said]: We have made some progress, for instance with regard to international participation in the Electoral Complaints Commission,

TheFrontierPost 05-MAR-10

[-said]: When I talk about regional coordination or regional cooperation, it embraces the wider region, where India is also an important part,

HindustanTimes 05-MAR-10

[-said]: We all have to admit that we could have achieved more,

TheFrontierPost 05-MAR-10

[-said]: We all have to admit that we should have and could have all achieved more,

latimes 05-MAR-10

[-said]: It’s time to talk,

NewsJang 05-MAR-10

[-said]: This year, of course, will be the most challenging that Afghanistan has faced since the fall of the Taliban. . . . It's a year where negative trends have to be reversed, or they will become irreversible.

latimes 05-MAR-10

[-told]: disrespectful and sometimes humiliating,

globalsecurity 04-MAR-10

[ concluded]: The involvement of neighbouring countries, and especially Pakistan, will be critical,

uzreport 24-FEB-10

[ said]: Often, such motivation stems from a conviction that the government is corrupt and unable to provide law and order combined with a sense of foreign invasion – not only in military terms, but in terms of disrespect for Afghanistan's culture, values and religion,

uzreport 24-FEB-10

[ said]: Often, such motivation stems from a conviction that the government is corrupt and unable to provide law and order combined with a sense of foreign invasion not only in military terms, but in terms of disrespect for Afghanistan’s culture, values and religion,

globalsecurity 24-FEB-10

[ said]: The leader of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, stated that he was committed to provide education to all Afghans,

uzreport 24-FEB-10

Holbrooke [-said]: Kai Eide was advertising contacts with the Taliban that essentially barely existed, there were some marginal ones,

irishsun 23-JUL-10