AFP Video - Unrest, Conflicts & War

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The Afghan government said on Monday it had formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, following escalating Western pressure on President Hamid Karzai to wipe out corruption. Duration: 00:52

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US President Barack Obama on Sunday won the strongest backing yet from Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis as he warned that Tehran was "running out of time". Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said after talks with Obama that neither he nor the US leader were satisfied with the pace of progress, as Tehran drags its feet over its response to a UN-sponsored nuclear enrichment deal. Duration: 00:39

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Palestinians tore down a chunk of Israel's West Bank separation barrier on Monday in a protest staged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down. A truck was used to pull down the wall, to the cheers of an estimated 150 Palestinian activists and foreign supporters near the Qalandia refugee camp just outside Ramallah. Duration: 00:44

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On a Russian-built helicopter above the fertile Helmand valley in southern Afghanistan, a US Air Force adviser tests the knowledge of an Afghan pilot. "Do you remember how to change to manual frequency?" asked Captain Tyler Rennell. An interpreter translated the conversation taking place in the cockpit of the Mi-17 taking a dozen Afghan soldiers between Kandahar and Helmand.

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Shiite rebels in northern Yemen caught between a deadly government onslaught and air raids from across the border on Monday alleged Saudi warplanes were using phosphorus bombs against them. A Saudi government adviser rejected the claim, saying what the rebels saw was merely flares. According to a provisional Saudi toll, three soldiers and four other Saudis have now been killed in the fighting that began on November 4.

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A group of Kurdish rebels recently crossed from Iraq into Turkey in a gesture of support for a Turkish government plan to end the 25-year Kurdish conflict. From their base in the Iraqi Qandil Mountains, PKK commander Murat Karayilan, second in command of the rebel movement, spoke exclusively to AFPTV. Duration: 01:42

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For more than two years the Gaza Strip has suffered a penury of all essentials goods due to the ongoing Israeli blockade. But some things do manage to make it into the enclave -- including drugs. Increasing numbers of young Gazans, overcome by the misery and monotony of their situation, are seeking refuge in oblivion. Duration: 02:05.

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US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama made the Middle East conflict a cornerstone of his diplomacy when he came to the White House. A year after his election, America's changing role is as crucial as ever in mediating diplomatic efforts for the troubled region's peace process.

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The annual Kimberley Process talks, which aim to bring an end to the trade in conflict diamonds around the world, are taking place in Namibia. While experts argue there is more transparency than ever in the industry, there are still concerns that the Kimberley Process does not go far enough.

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Unarmed military interpreters in remote southwest Afghanistan work alongside US Marines on the frontline. For many, hope of a passport to the US makes the dangerous job worthwhile. Duration: 01:55

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VIDEO:  The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive.

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President Barack Obama stood vigil to the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan Thursday as he debates ordering thousands of more troops into the battle zone.

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The olive harvest has begun in earnest in the West Bank village of Qaryut. The harvest usually takes three weeks but the Israeli army is allowing pickers access to the fields for just two days, as the groves are situated very close to a Jewish settlement. Duration: 00:54

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A car bomb has torn through a packed market in Pakistan killing 92 people and trapping casualties under pulverised shops, in one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks. The explosion brought down buildings in the northwestern city of Peshawar just hours after US Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan to bolster the two countries' troubled alliance against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.

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Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul on Wednesday, killing nine people in an attack the Islamist militia said signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week. Duration: 01:31

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The head of the UN's mission in Afghanistan said a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday on a Kabul guesthouse would not deter the UN from fulfilling its work in Afghanistan. Duration: 00:54

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Kabul's five-star Serena Hotel came under rocket attack on Wednesday, but there were no casualties. The attack came as Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul killing nine people. Duration: 0:42

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The number of United Nations staff killed in an attack on a Kabul guesthouse on Wednesday has risen to five, a UN spokesman in the Afghan capital said. Duration: 00:55

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US military officials say that lack of training and equipment are hampering efforts to transfer responsibility for Afghanistan's domestic security to local forces. Widespread drug use, tribal divisions, corruption and a high drop-out rate are also slowing attempts to create a credible force able to protect the public from Taliban insurgents and tackle general crime. Duration: 01:53

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Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians adequate access to water while allowing Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank almost unlimited supplies. Israel's brief military offensive on the Gaza Strip at the start of the year damaged water reservoirs, wells, sewage networks and pumping stations. Duration: 02:09

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Twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda shattered the justice ministry and a provincial office in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 99 people, injuring more than 700 and sparking turmoil in the embattled Iraqi capital. Images. Duration: 01:04.