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France Stresses on Afghan Post-Election Consensus

[Quqnoos] The French Foreign Minister in a surprise visit to Kabul said he wonders why it is impossible to reach a post-election consensus in Afghanistan Bernard Kouchner's two day visit to Kabul parallels an increase in disputes over the 20 August... Full Article at Rantburg

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  3. U.S. Republican Party

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  1. It is a common responsibility not to allow Afghanistan get unstable
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  1. Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks to The Associated Press at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  2. European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton (bottom) takes part in a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009.
  3. DOVER, DE - DECEMBER 03: A US Marine carry team moves the transfer case of US Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Taylor, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on December 3, 2009 in Dover, Delaware.
  4. BERLIN - DECEMBER 03: Soldiers of the German Bundeswehr carry torches in the honourary farewell ceremony for outgoing German Chief of Staff Wolfgang Schneiderhan on December 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  5. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee December 3, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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