| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Xinhua |
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| ISLAMABAD May 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Wednesday expressed its concerns over the attacks on its consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to the independent News Network International (NNI). |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Carlotta Gall -
The New York Times |
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| KABUL - Four Afghan protesters were killed and more than 60 were injured today in the eastern city of Jalalabad in the worst anti-American demonstrations Afghanistan has seen in the three years since the fall of the Taliban. At least a dozen buildings were ransacked and burned, including the governor's office, several government buildings, the United Nations mission compound, and a number of offices belonging to aid groups. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Xinhua |
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| KABUL - To show sympathy with protestors in Jalalabad and condemn the reported abuse of Muslim holy book, the Quran, by US servicemen at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, more Afghans staged protest demonstrations in other cities of the Muslim central Asian state Wednesday. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
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| The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Jean Arnault, strongly condemns the episodes of violence in Jalalabad on 11 May, in which a number of civilians were killed and injured, and deplores the brutal attacks perpetrated against the premises of UNAMA, other UN agencies, as well as governmental, non-governmental and private organizations. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Radio Australia |
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| The United Nations says it's withdrawing non-essential staff from the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad after widespread rioting that's left at least four people dead and scores of others injured. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: AP |
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| SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) Macedonia, Croatia and Albania simulated a plane crash Wednesday to showcase a joint emergency medical team, the success of which the countries hope will boost their bids for NATO membership. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: AP |
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| KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) A taxi hit a land mine on a road in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding two others, a provincial government spokesman said. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: People's Daily Online, China |
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| US Air Force's strikes in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan claimed eight lives and wounded 10 others the other day, a local daily reported Tuesday. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: People's Daily Online, China |
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| Afghan Taliban claimed on Wednesday they killed seven coalition forces' troops in a clash in the southern Paktika province, local newspaper Outlook reported Thursday. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Arman Redio |
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| Kabul - Security officials have discovered and defused a quantity of explosives on the Kabul-Nangarhar road, in Sarobi District [in eastern Nangarhar Province]. It is said that the explosives were intended to destroy the Naghlu hydroelectric dam. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: By Amin Tarzi |
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| Hamid Karzai delivered a speech on 10 May at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. According to the text of the speech, obtained by RFE/RL, Karzai thanked the Europeans for their support and asked for a pledge of long-term aid for Afghanistan. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: DPA |
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| Brussels (dpa) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday pledged continuing aid to Afghanistan, including funds for monitoring parliamentary elections in September. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Pajhwok Afghan News |
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| KABUL - National Peace and Reconciliation Commission head Sibghatullah Mujaddedi on Wednesday retracted his statement offering a general amnesty for top fugitive Afghan leaders. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Pajhwok Afghan News |
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| KABUL - Former foreign minister Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, who has lately been hitting the headlines, has urged the Afghan government and US-led coalition forces to set free innocent detainees in the interest of the ongoing reconciliation process. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Rod McGuirk - Associated Press Writer |
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| CANBERRA, Australia (AP) An alleged terrorist reputed to be al-Qaida's No. 3 will face trial in Pakistan before Islamabad considers handing him to the United States, Pakistan's foreign minister said Thursday. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Afghanistan Coalition Press Information Center (Public Affairs) |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – A partially constructed school and a partially constructed U.S. Agency for International Development health clinic were both subject to grenade attacks May 9 in Khowst. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: AFP |
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| BRUSSELS, May 11 (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the NATO and the international community Wednesday to maintain their presence in Afghanistan after parliamentary elections in September in order reinforce democracy and security in the country. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: IRNA |
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| The President of Afghanistan, Hamid arzai, Wednesday attempted to play down anti-American protests in his country following reports that the Holy Quran was desecrated at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by American soldiers. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Ron Synovitz - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty |
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| Afghan President Hamid Karzai has retracted a statement in which he said that all willing Afghan members of the Taliban are eligible for an amnesty offer. On Tuesday, Karzai suggested that even Mullah Mohammed Omar would be eligible for the amnesty -- provided he chooses the path of peace. But on Wednesday, following a Taliban statement that Mullah Omar had rejected the offer. Karzai said there would be no amnesty for the fugitive Taliban leader. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By Carlotta Gall The New York Times |
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| KABUL The head of Afghanistan's peace and reconciliation commission offered an amnesty for all rebels fighting U.S. and government forces, and even extended the offer to two of the most wanted Afghan terrorism suspects: the Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, and the renegade warlord, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: Cheragh |
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| The leader of Afghanistan-e-Naween party, Yunus Qanuni, is pressing the government to release Maulavi Habibullah, who was detained after participating in the weekend consultative assembly in which President Hamed Karzai asked delegate about then future of the United States military presence in the country. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: By Nick Meo in Jalalabad The Independent (UK) |
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| Villagers in eastern Afghanistan are being shown the country's first anti-opium movie, combining heroism, romance and an educational message, in an attempt to eradicate the flourishing drug culture in the region. |
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| May 11, 2005 |
| By: IRNA |
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| The 7th ministerial meeting of the tripartite commission of Pakistan, Afghanistan and United Nations High Commission for Refugees would take place on May 12 here on Afghan refugees' repatriation. |
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