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Afghan gov. wants more troops after 12 explosions (AP)
AP – The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security Sunday after 12 coordinated explosions in Afghanistan’s largest southern city killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland.
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Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)
AP – A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.
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Afghan leader to allow foreign election monitors (AP)
AP – Afghanistan’s president has agreed to reverse an earlier decision and allow two foreigners on a commission monitoring upcoming parliamentary elections, his spokesman said Saturday.
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Afghan president to host April peace conference (AP)
AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that an action plan to reintegrate low- to mid-level insurgent fighters into society and negotiate with the Taliban’s top echelon will be crafted next month at a peace conference aimed at ending the war.
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Afghan: Marjah chief’s crime record will be probed (AP)
AP – Afghan government officials are not rushing to oust the man they chose to bring fresh and credible governance to a town just seized from the Taliban, but his newly disclosed violent criminal record in Germany will be investigated further, officials said Saturday.
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British PM pledges vehicles to battle Afghan bombs (AP)
AP – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised British troops 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively during an unannounced visit Saturday to southern Afghanistan.
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New Afghan chief in Marjah has criminal record (AP)
AP – The man chosen to be the fresh face of good Afghan governance in a town just seized from the Taliban has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said Saturday they are not pushing to oust him.
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