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Obama war plan rattles nerves in Pak, Afghanistan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:26:01 GMT

US President Barack Obamas timetable for US forces in Afghanistan rattled nerves in that country and Pakistan on Wednesday, prompting diplomats to scramble to reassure the two countries at the centre of Obamas war strategy that the US would not cut and...
Source: Indian Express

Afghans and Pakistanis Rattled by U.S. Withdrawal Plan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:34:24 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Obama's timetable for American forces in Afghanistan rattled nerves in that country and in Pakistan on Wednesday, as American diplomats worked to convince the two countries at the center of the president's war strategy...
Source: Rantburg

Afghans See Sharp Shift in U.S. Tone

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:08:57 GMT

KABUL, Afghanistan For Afghans, the change in tone was unmistakable. Unlike Bush-era speeches pledging unending support, President Obama suddenly introduced a timeline and a period of 18 months before the start of a drawdown of troops.
Source: The New York Times

Why Drawdown Scares Afghanistan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:30:43 GMT

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Source: The Daily Beast

Afghanistan and Pakistan Rattled by Plan for Drawdown

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:36:48 GMT

Afghanistan, Pakistan rattled by US 2011 troop exit plan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:30:36 GMT

President Barack Obama's timetable for deploying additional American forces in Afghanistan next summer and his decision to start withdrawing them from July 2011, has rattled both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Source: Webindia123

Afghan-Pak worried about US pull-out

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:41:14 GMT

President Barack Obama's timetable for U.S. forces in Afghanistan rattled nerves in that country and Pakistan on Wednesday, prompting diplomats to scramble to reassure the two countries at the center of the president's war strategy that the United...
Source: NDTV

UPI NewsTrack TopNews

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:35:13 GMT

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's speech evoked alarm and questions from Afghanistan about America's proposed pullout from that war-torn country, officials say.
Source: United Press International

Quoted in 'France Stresses on Afghan Post-Election Consensus'

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:23:27 GMT

Rangin Dadfar Spanta said in Rantburg:

It is a common responsibility not to allow Afghanistan get unstable

Quoted in 'US believes Karzai would be re-elected: reports'

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:15:47 GMT

said in Hindustan Times:

At a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in New York on Friday that included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Afghanistan foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, the ministers agreed that Karzai would likely prevail, either by his current victory margin of more than 50 per cent, or by winning a runoff against his main competitor Abdullah Abdullah

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:33:32 GMT

Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (C) speaks as Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) and Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) look on during a news conference in Kabul April 27, 2009.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:28:13 GMT

Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (C), Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) and Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Manuchehr Motaki join hands after a news conference in Kabul April 27, 2009.

Journal Interview: Rangin Dadfar Spanta - Afghan. AuÃŸenmin.

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:15:51 GMT