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Rice and Miliband arrive in Afghanistan
07 Feb 2008 05:44:28 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Kabul on Thursday for an unannounced visit to Afghanistan. The United States and Britain have been urging other NATO members to share more of the combat burden in Afghanistan, particularly in the south, where the Islamist Taliban insurgency is strongest.


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Afghan police and security forces arrive at a mosque after a suicide blast in Lashkar Gah city in the southern Helmand province January 31, 2008. A suicide bomber blew himself up ...



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