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French foreign minister visits Afghan village

GANDAH KASARAY, Afghanistan (AP) -- France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it. Bernard ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, Buffalo News,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Bernard Kouchner,  Hamid Karzai,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Taliban

French FM says graft must not affect Afghan aid

The international community shouldn't cut off aid to Afghanistan because of corruption, but it should keep the pressure on President Hamid Karzai's government to reform, France's foreign minister said Thursday. Bernard Kouchner said he thought ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hamid Karzai,  Bernard Kouchner,  NATO,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

12 killed in attack, but target missed

shelling the rockets' launching site, said Druart, commander of the French Lafayette Task Force in Afghanistan. TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, Contra Costa Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  Barack Obama

12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France's top general in Afghanistan and dozens of tribal elders and senior local officials. ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, San Diego Union-Tribune,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  Barack Obama

Rockets at Afghan market target French general

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan Insurgents fired two rockets Monday into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, San Diego Union-Tribune,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  European Union

12 Afghans dead in attack targeting French general

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan Insurgents fired two rockets Monday into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, San Diego Union-Tribune,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  European Union

Rockets at Afghan market kill 12, wound 38

Insurgents fired two rockets Monday into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least another 38, the French ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, TheNewsTribune.com,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  European Union

French forces: Rockets kill 4 at Afghan market

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan - Insurgents fired two rockets Monday into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  European Union

French forces: Rockets kill 3 at Afghan market

French forces say insurgents have fired at least two rockets on a crowded marketplace in the town of Tagab, northeast of Kabul, where the head of the French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. Capt. Michel, who can ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

French, Afghan troops try to seize valley for supply route

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan - Hundreds of French and Afghan troops pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan yesterday where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The mission: secure the area for a planned ...

From ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOU, Boston Globe,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  European Union,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Jalaluddin Haqqani,  Hamid Karzai

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