Tony Barber

Financial Times

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Europe Editor and former Brussels Bureau Chief for the Financial Times

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton  announced  today she wants a high-level meeting on Afghanistan by the end of this month, convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and…

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