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Taliban targets French restaurant in Kabul

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 17:44:37 +0100

A Taliban suicide car bomber hit a French restaurant popular with foreigners in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, in a New Year's day attack that marks the latest in a series of brazen insurgent assaults.

French Afghan pullback to start 'within weeks'

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:07:00 +0200

French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday the withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan would begin within weeks, as he paid tribute to four soldiers killed at the weekend.

French soldier killed in Afghanistan

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:03:00 +0200

A French soldier was killed and four were wounded Thursday in Afghanistan during a military operation in Kapisa province, north of Kabul, the French presidency said.

French hostages return after Taliban release

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:56:00 +0200

Two French television journalists were flying home on Thursday from Afghanistan after spending 18 months as Taliban prisoners and becoming the longest held Western hostages in the war-torn nation.