Troop withdrawals

Troop withdrawals

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  China could prove ultimate winner in Afghanistan

  China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the ... 

• South Sudan withdraws from border with Sudan.

  South Sudan says it is withdrawing its troops from a disputed border region with Sudan so that a demilitarized zone can be established. The decision ... 

• Bulgaria begins pullout from Afghanistan

  Bulgaria says it has started the withdrawal of its 600 troops serving in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan. The government said Wednesday the medical ... 

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  Afghan president welcomes British pullout timeline

  The Afghan president on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of nearly half of the British troops stationed in Afghanistan next year, saying his forces ... 

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  Afghanistan: Foreign troops should leave villages

  Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the U.S. and NATO troops transferring security to local forces should leave the country's villages as soon ... 

• Faster than NATO, France ends Afghan combat role

  France on Tuesday ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, pulling hundreds of troops from a base in a volatile region northeast of Kabul and ... 

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  Suicide attack kills 41 at Afghan mosque

  A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mosque packed with senior regional officials in northern Afghanistan on a major Muslim holiday Friday, ... 

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  Afghan war enters 12th year

  Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah ... 

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  Afghanistan bomber kills 14, including 3 Americans

  A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol on Monday, killing 14 people including three ... 

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  Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

  A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: —Sept. 9: Insurgents kill at least 82 people in a wave ... 

• New Zealand signals earlier exit from Afghanistan

  New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced Monday that the country will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan earlier in 2013 than planned. He said ...