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Afghanistan political situation in crisis...New Zealand Labour Party The political situation in Afghanistan is in crisis following findings of electoral fraud, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told Labour leader Phil Goff in New York today. Phil Goff, who worked personally... In this article: Phil Goff, Ban Ki-moon, United Nations, Afghanistan, New Zealand Labour Party, and Barack Obama |
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Stuff | September 07, 2009
PM: No ministry recommendation on SAS
...I do not know, but I will get the year and come back to you," he retorted. "Anyway, this is what Phil Goff said when he deployed the SAS to Afghanistan. He said that their presence, together with other international forces, had been...
In this article: Phil Goff, John Key, Taliban, Al Qaeda, and New Zealand
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Goff on US trip
...prime minister Helen Clark. Mr Goff also met with Mr Ban. The two discussed the political situation in Afghanistan which Mr Ban described as a "crisis", Mr Goff said. An electoral complaints commission would likely find the recent...
In this article: Phil Goff, John Key, United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, United States, Helen Clark, Labour, NATO, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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The Australian | September 08, 2009
Questions and Answers - 8 Sept 2009
...women. I suspect that if that Government were to be returned to Afghanistan the same Labour Party currently arguing about our desires to try to put some security back into Afghanistan would be arguing from completely the other corner. Hon...
In this article: John Key, Metiria Turei, Phil Goff, and Clayton Cosgrove
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PM: More about SAS Afghanistan operation later
...of the SAS in the past, said a lot had changed in the last three years. Mr Key said the alternative was to leave Afghanistan to an oppressive Taliban led regime. Asked if he would follow Australia's lead and more open about what troops...
In this article: John Key, Phil Goff, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Australia, and New Zealand
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PM given no-torture promise
...ballots. "I think a growing number of people in New Zealand and elsewhere ... are concerned that we would be sending our people to die for a regime that we don't believe is an effective governor of Afghanistan," Mr Goff said. Mr Key...
In this article: John Key, Special Air Service, Phil Goff, New Zealand, United Nations, Allegation, and The Dominion Post
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Key 'relaxed' about US Afghanistan call
Labour leader Phil Goff said is not convinced we need to send more troops. Mr Goff said Afghanistan needed to start taking responsibility for its own security. "We can also assist in terms of training both the Afghan national police and...
In this article: John Key, New Zealand, United States, Phil Goff, Best interests, Special Air Service, SAS, and NATO
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Major parties split on SAS return
...confidence in the SAS. This is not about their competency; it's about how New Zealand can most appropriately and effectively address the situation in Afghanistan seven or eight years out from where the war began." Goff said New Zealand had...
In this article: SAS, John Key, Phil Goff, National Party, New Zealand, Afghan National Army, Special Air Service, and Don Brash
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Govt expresses concern over Afghan law
...to help bring peace to the country. The Government announced last week it was sending 70 SAS troops to Afghanistan for 18 months in three rotations, the fourth time they will have been deployed there. Labour leader Phil Goff said that when...
In this article: Murray McCully, Labour Party, Phil Goff, John Key, and New Zealand
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The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. It is variously described as being located within Central Asia, South Asia, or the Middle East. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast.
Afghanistan (meaning land of the Afghans) has a very long history, it has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and migration. It is an important geostrategic location, connecting East and West Asia or the Middle East. The land has been a target of various invaders, as well as a source from which local powers invaded neighboring regions to form their own empires. Ahmad Shah Durrani created the Durrani Empire in 1747, which is considered the beginning of modern Afghanistan. Its capital was shifted later from Kandahar to Kabul and most of its territories ceded to neighboring empires. In the late 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in "The Great Game" played between the British Indian Empire and Russian Empire. On August 19, 1919, following the third Anglo-Afghan war, the country regained independence from the United Kingdom over its foreign affairs.
- Name:
- Afghanistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Capital:
- Kabul
- Language:
- Dari (Persian), Pashto
- Largest City:
- Kabul
- Government type:
- Islamic republic or Interim administration
- Founding Date:
- October 01, 1747
- Formations:
- First Afghan state
- Area:
- 251772
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $21.388 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 96th
- GDP (nominal):
- $11.709 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $416
- Time Zone:
- Dâ€
- Currency:
- Afghani
- Demonym:
- Afghan
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- AFN
- Country Calling Code:
- 93
- ccTLD:
- .af
- Anthem:
- Milli Surood
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