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British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference at the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. G8 calls for urgent Syria peace talks despite Russia split
G8 leaders called for a peace conference on Syria to be held as soon as possible but deep divisions remained as Russia stood by its embattled Middle East ally. | At the end of two days of tough talks ... (photo: AP / Matt Cardy, Pool) Khaleej Times
Peace   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: 39th G8 summit  
Qatari Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali bin Fahd al-Hajri, right, and Muhammad Naeem a representative of the Taliban attend a press conference The Taliban Agree to Talk
The Taliban, more used to lobbing mortars and laying improvised explosive devices on the battlefields of Afghanistan, used a televised address in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday to declare their interest in a... (photo: AP / Osama Faisal) The New York Times
Afghanistan   Peace Talks   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Taliban fighters seen near Kabul Thursday, Oct. 3, 1996. The Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist army, took over Kabul and drove out forces loyal to President Burhanuddin Rabbani a week ago. Taliban forces now control most of Afghanistan. In the first new reports of fresh fighting since Taliban rebels took over Kabul on Sept. 28, witnesses said they saw hundreds of the fighters clamboring up the rugged mountains overlooking the Panjshir Valley. US, Taliban to have direct peace talks
June 18: | The US has decided to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meet is due to take place in the coming days in Qatar's capital, where... (photo: AP Photo / Hurriyet) The Siasat Daily
Peace Talks   Photos   Taliban   US   Wikipedia: Taliban insurgency  
Iraqi security forces secure the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Iraq worshippers killed in mosque blast
A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, killing at least seven worshippers, police said. | More than 20 people were wounded in Tuesday's attack in the al-Qahir... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Al Jazeera
Baghdad   Iraq   Mosque   Photos   Wikipedia: Baghdad   bomb  
President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. before signing the Iran Sanctions Bill imposing tough new sanctions against Iran as further punishment for the country's continuing ambitions to become a nuclear power. Obama: US Open to Iran Nuclear Talks
VOA News | President Barack Obama says the United States is open to holding new talks with Iran about its controversial nuclear program. | But in an interview broadcast late Monday, Obama said Iran mu... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) Voa News
Iran   Nuclear   Obama   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers serving with the 201st Corps calibrate the D-30 howitzer on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2013. The ANA soldiers are part of a group being trained on how to operate the D-30 howitzer. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Claire Baker/Released) Afghan forces take over from Nato
Afghanistan's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the US-led Nato coalition, President Hamid Karzai has announced. | The handover of responsibility is a significant mile... (photo: US Army / Andrew Claire Baker) Belfast Telegraph
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
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