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Norway joined NATO in suppressing reports of civilian Afghan deaths

New WikiLeaks releases, accessed by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, continue to embarrass the Norwegian government as well as the US', with latest revelations suggesting that...

WikiLeaks: Norway talked to Taliban

New WikiLeaks documents made available to Oslo newspaper Aftenposten suggest that Norwegian officials took the initiative to open negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan...

WikiLeaks unveils embassy documents

Norwegian media were reporting Sunday night that among the tens of thousands of diplomatic documents revealed by WikiLeaks, more than 700 were sent from...

Norway plots Afghan withdrawal

UPDATED: Three of Norway's top government ministers traveled to the NATO summit in Lisbon on Friday, where the war in Afghanistan was high on...

Ex-UN envoy stirs Afghan debate

UPDATED: Kai Eide, the Norwegian diplomat who until recently served as the United Nations' top envoy in Kabul, has revealed a new bitterness over...

Norway to reshuffle its Afghan troops

Norwegian troops are being pulled back from high risk areas in Afghanistan, not only because Afghan troops are supposedly ready to take their place. There's...

NRK: ‘Deadly attack on Norwegians in Kabul was warned in advance’

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) was reporting Friday morning that international forces in Afghanistan were warned in advance about a terrorist attack on a Kabul hotel...

Military uproar over ‘raw’ attitudes

Norway's military establishment was in an uproar on Monday after soldiers reportedly have showed an "unacceptable attitude," indicating little remorse over killing and claiming...

Soldiers reveal a hunter mentality

A new book based on Norwegian soldiers' frank descriptions of their actions in Afghanistan has revealed a hunter mentality among them, as they track...

Norwegian soldiers under fire daily

Norwegian soldiers on duty in Afghanistan have been the targets of 165 attacks and several road bombs during the first half of this year....
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