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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai congratulates and welcomes incoming International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander, David D. McKiernan as Commander of Joint Forces Command Brunssum, General Egon Ramms, and outgoing ISAF Commander, General Dan K. McNiell stand by at the ISAF Change of Command.  NATO-led ISAF is operating under a UN mandate aimed at improving security, governance, reconstruction and development.  (NATO photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew E. Lynch, US Air Force.)
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The Afghan fire looks set to spread, but there is a way out
Far from being a noble cause, the occupation of Afghanistan is poisoning the region and will never bring peace or security | The war in Afghanistan is running out of control. The multiple attacks moun... (photo: ISAF / Senior Master Sgt. Andrew E. Lynch)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center left, arrives to meet with French soldiers from the 8th regiment of paratroopers, survivors of the Taliban's ambush of Ouzbine, in Warehouse camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday August 20, 2008.
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Sarkozy says troops must stay in Afghanistan
| By Elizabeth Pineau | KABUL / PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that French troops must stay in Afghanistan to fight terrorism, a day after insurgents killed 10 French troops, the b... (photo: AP / Olivier LABAN-MATTEI, POOL)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, along with Afghan President Hamid Karzai waves to media at Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec 22, 2007. Sarkozy arrived in Kabul on Saturday to meet with his country's troops here and with Afghan President Karzai, the embassy said.  The Australian 
Nicolas Sarkozy vows to stay after 10 French killed in Afghanistan
| CAMP WAREHOUSE, Afghanistan: French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday pledged the commitment of France to its mission in Afghanistan as he visited French troops mourning 10 comrades killed in batt... (photo: AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool)
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 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcomed by supporters as he visits Nice, southern France, Tuesday, June 12, 2007. President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday dismissed fears that French democracy would be under threat if his conservative UMP party lands a  The Independent 
Sarkozy under scrutiny over troop decision
| President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision this spring to dispatch hundreds more French soldiers to Afghanistan was extremely unpopular. It was no surprise therefore that within hours of the slaughter in ... (photo: AP /Jacques brinon)
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 Conservative presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy applauds supporters from a window of an old house in Langeais, near Tours, central France, Tuesday, April 10, 2007. The French presidential campaign entered its final phase Monday with candidates pitching The Times
'Shocked' Nicolas Sarkozy vows to keep French forces in Afghanistan
| President Sarkozy told French forces in Kabul today that the deaths of nine soldiers in battle would do nothing to shake his resolve to keep France in Afghanistan and f... (photo: AP /Christophe Ena)
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Security Council meeting on the situation in Georgia - Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting on the situation in Georgia. BBC News
Russia rejects UN's Georgia draft
| Russia has rejected a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted the terms of last week's ceasefire deal. | The draft text called on Russia... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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 French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he presents the draft of his Prevention of Delinquency Law, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, at the National Assembly in Paris. A crime bill that would punish juvenile delinquents harder, faster and younger, re Canberra Times
Deadly Taliban attack prompts Sarkozy trip
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will fly to Afghanistan today after 10 French troops died and 21 were wounded in a Taliban ambush. | It was the deadliest ground attack o... (photo: AP /Jacques Brinon)
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An armoured vehicle of French troops heads toward the scene of a gun battle in Surobi, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008. About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers outside Kabul, sparking a battle that killed 10 of the soldiers in the biggest loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said Tuesday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he would immediately fly to BBC News
Sarkozy en route to Afghanistan
| President Nicolas Sarkozy is travelling to Afghanistan to support French troops a day after one of the deadliest attacks on French forces abroad. | Ten French soldiers ... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai congratulates and welcomes incoming International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander, David D. McKiernan as Commander of Joint Forces Command Brunssum, General Egon Ramms, and outgoing ISAF Commander, General Dan K. McNiell stand by at the ISAF Change of Command.  NATO-led ISAF is operating under a UN mandate aimed at improving security, governance, reconstruction and development.  (NATO photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew E. Lynch, US Air Force.)
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