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Suicide bomb targets NATO convoy outside Kabul airport
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a NATO military convoy entering Kabul airport on Wednesday, killing himself but causing no o...
German court rejects Afghan air strike victims' claim
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
A German court Wednesday rejected a lawsuit by relatives of victims of a deadly air raid in Afghanistan four years ago that was called in by NATO's German comma...
Germany urges Karzai to sign post-2014 forces pact
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
Germany's defence minister on a visit to Afghanistan Wednesday urged President Hamid Karzai to quickly sign a deal to pave the way for a continued NATO presence...
US hopes India will persuade Karzai on troops
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
The United States expressed hope Tuesday that India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay, as lawmakers voiced ...
Hagel to visit Pakistan as NATO shipments restart
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
NATO shipments from Afghanistan via Pakistan are due to resume after the end of anti-drone protests, officials said, as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel headed ...
Pakistan turns to China for development
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan's launch of work on its largest nuclear power plant last week is the latest example of big-money Chinese infrastructure projects in the troubled nation...
Hagel backs NATO force in Afghanistan post-2014
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told American troops on Sunday that he supports a NATO force in Afghanistan after 2014, as Washington and President Hamid Karza...
UK marine jailed for 10 years for killing injured Taliban
Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)
A British marine filmed executing a severely injured Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan was jailed for life with a minimum 10 years behind bars by a military cour...
US troop accord to be signed in 'good time': Afghan official
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
Afghanistan wants and will sign a key security pact with Washington in "good time" to ensure NATO maintains a training mission after it ends combat operations t...
NATO presses Afghanistan over post withdrawal deal
Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)
NATO foreign ministers pressed Afghanistan Tuesday to sign an accord on the alliance's new role in Afghanistan and called for dialogue in Ukraine after Kiev dit...
Kurds seek autonomy in a federal Syria: top official
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
Syria's Democratic Union Party, the country's most powerful Kurdish group, hopes to create an autonomous Kurdish region in a federal Syria, its chief Salih Musl...
Afghan refugees smarting under Iran sanctions: NGO
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
Afghans refugees living in Iran are being plunged deeper into poverty as sanctions slapped on Tehran over its disputed nuclear drive sap the economy, a refugee ...
NATO warns Karzai aid at risk if no troop accord
Dec 02, 2013 (AFP)
NATO officials warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday that he must sign a US troop status accord or put at risk future military and development aid for his...
The Afghan villages where the Taliban rule at night
Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)
Jahanzeb says he can no longer live in his home village in eastern Afghanistan where, when night falls, fear rules in "the kingdom of the Taliban". The terrifie...
US drone strike kills two in northwest Pakistan
Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, ...
Pakistan names new army chief
Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan named a new army chief on Wednesday, promoting a veteran infantry commander to the most powerful position in the troubled nuclear-armed nation battling...
US warns Karzai it may leave no troops in Afghanistan
Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)
US national security advisor Susan Rice told Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday that a delay in signing a troubled security deal risked the US pulling troops ...
China faces threat of more 'terror' attacks: Beijing
Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)
China faces a serious terror threat, the foreign ministry said Monday after a fiery attack in Tiananmen Square and domestic media reports of nearly 200 "terrori...
Jihadist group speaks out on China car attack: SITE
Nov 24, 2013 (AFP)
A militant Islamist organisation has said last month's deadly car crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square was a "jihadi operation", and predicted more violence, acc...
Afghan assembly backs US troops pact, Karzai sets terms
Nov 24, 2013 (AFP)
An Afghan grand assembly Sunday endorsed a crucial security agreement allowing some US troops to stay on after 2014, although President Hamid Karzai set conditi...
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