UN drops sanctions against 14 ex-Afghan Taliban

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. committee that oversees the Taliban blacklist dropped 14 names on Friday at the Afghan government's urging, including several members of the peace council that President Hamid Karzai formed to find a political solution to the country's insurgency. The Afghan ...

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