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                    [Title] => More US troops than planned to stay in Afghanistan
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The United States will keep about 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than planned early next year to fill a temporary NATO troop gap in the new mission to train and advise Afghan security forces, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday on his final visit to this war-weary country as Pentagon chief.

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Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani on Friday visited Pakistan's military headquarters in a sign of warming ties after more than a decade of mutual distrust between the two U.S. allies.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-15 05:28:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1531589 [AuthorName] => Munir Ahmed [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141114/Affairs-Sartaj-Aziz-Pakistan-Ashraf-Ghani-Afghan-President.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1374533 [Title] => New Afghan president sworn in after disputed vote [Summary] =>

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan's new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-29 15:12:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1288736 [Title] => SOCHI SCENE: Thoughtful Karzai [Summary] =>

Picture this scene: Friday night, just before the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics, in what's called the "presidential lounge" of Fisht Stadium. In the hospitality industry, that phrase "presidential" is often thrown around with very little meaning.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-10 06:08:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1260385 [Title] => Afghan president to press for delay in US deal [Summary] =>

A spokesman for Afghanistan's president says Hamid Karzai will press a council of elders to delay signing a security deal with the United States until next year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-24 15:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851030 [Title] => Afghan president urges peace, despite attacks [Summary] =>

The Afghan president on yesterday urged his nation to rally behind the push for peace negotiations with insurgents despite persistent violence, evoking the memory of a former leader who was assassinated while trying to broker talks with the Taliban.

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BRATISLAVA (AP) – The top U.N. official in Afghanistan said Friday that the extensive fraud that marked the first round of presidential elections will be reduced but not eliminated.

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Insurgents struck the Afghan capital two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO convoy. Alarmed, the government asked news media not to report violence the day of the vote.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-19 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 497015 [Title] => Attacks rock Afghan capital ahead of vote, 8 die [Summary] =>

Insurgents struck twice in the Afghan capital yesterday, two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO convoy. Eight people died and 55 were wounded, Afghan authorities said.

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KABUL (AP) – Afghanistan's president says he's ordering Afghan security forces to observe a cease-fire during the upcoming election day.

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