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Taliban leader says his followers will keep fighting if US-Afghan security deal is signed

The leader of the Afghan Taliban says his group will keep fighting if Kabul signs a key security deal with the United States.The secretive Mullah Mohammad Omar also urged followers to step up their militant campaign against the Afghan government and NATO forces.He also called on Afghans to boycott next year's presidential and provincial elections.Monday's message from the Taliban leader came in an email distributed to media on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.Violence across Afghanistan has spiked as insurgents try to retake territory ahead of full NATO pullout at the end of 2014.President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reached a preliminary agreement on the U.S.-Afghan deal on Saturday but key issues, such as immunity for American troops, remain....

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  1. Chicago nurse charged with sexually abusing paralyzed Afghan war veteran

    A male nurse in Chicago has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse for allegedly fondling a paralyzed Afghan war veteran who cannot speak.The two incidents, whi...

  2. UN approves final extension for NATO-led force in Afghanistan ahead of handover to Afghans

    The U.N. Security Council has extended the mandate of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for the last time before it hands over responsibility for security to Afghan ...

  3. Officials: 1 civilian and 2 police officers killed in suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan

    Officials in Afghanistan say a suicide car bombing has killed one civilian and two police officers in the country's east.Nangarhar provincial spokesman Ahmad Zia Abd...

  4. Senior Pakistan Taliban commander captured in Afghanistan

    The State Department has confirmed that U.S. troops have captured a senior Pakistani Taliban commander in Afghanistan.Deputy spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters F...

  5. NATO chief rejects Karzai claim troops did nothing but cause harm to Afghans , defends progress

    NATO's secretary-general has sharply rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai's view that the presence of international troops in his country caused much suffering but...

  6. 4 US soldiers killed by Afghanistan bomb

    A bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, American and Afghan officials said. They were the latest casualties in a 12-year conflict that sh...

  7. Disputes threaten post-2014 US-Afghan pact: Kabul

    A planned deal to let US forces stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014 to fight Al-Qaeda remnants is under threat because of disagreement over the Americans' right to condu...

  8. US officials say progress made in Afghan talks over allowing American troops to stay past 2014

    U.S. officials say some progress has been made in U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a security deal to allow American ...

  9. El enviado especial de EEUU llega a Pakistán para preparar la cumbre bilateral

    El enviado especial de EEUU para Pakistán y Afganistán, James Dobbins, se reunió hoy en Islamabad con el responsable paquistaní de Exteriores, Sartaj Aziz, una seman...

  10. El Mulá Omar avisa a EEUU que mantener tropas en Afganistán tendrá consecuencias

    El líder de los talibanes afganos, el mulá Mohamed Omar, afirmó que el pacto entre Afganistán y Estados Unidos para mantener tropas en el país asiático tras la retir...

  11. Canadian doctors barred from performing ‘virginity tests’

    A top Canadian medical organization has barred members from performing virginity tests – and issuing so-called chastity certificates.The Montreal Gazette reports the...

  1. Will the US provide security for Afghanistan in 2014?

    Secretary of State Kerry and Afghanistan President Karzai discuss the possibility

  2. Kerry in Kabul for urgent security talks with Afghan president; deadline for deal looms

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Afghanistan for urgent talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.They will discuss a looming end of October deadline for comp...

  3. Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier, NATO says

    A man in Afghan national security forces uniform killed a NATO service member Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, the international military coalition said.The alliance d...

  4. NATO says service member killed by man wearing an Afghan security forces uniform

    NATO says a man wearing an Afghan national security forces uniform killed one of its service members in eastern Afghanistan.The alliance says in a statement that the...

  5. Kerry in Afghanistan for urgent security talks

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Afghanistan Friday for urgent talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai as an end of October deadline looms for completing ...

  6. El emblemático 'Bush Bazar' de Kabul , en horas bajas, sucumbe al "made in China"

    Con la retirada de las tropas de Afganistán, la oferta del emblemático "Bush Bazar" de Kabul, donde uno podía comprar todo tipo de artículos de las fuerzas de Estaod...

  7. Officials: Bomb placed inside mosque kills governor of eastern Afghan province during prayers

    Afghan officials say a bomb placed inside a mosque in the country's east has killed the governor of Logar province.They say the explosion took place as Governor Arsa...

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