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US says captured top Pakistani Taliban leader
Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)
American troops have captured a senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban, a US official said Friday, in what could prove a major blow to the Islamic militant grou...
UN votes final mandate for Afghan force
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
The UN Security Council on Thursday voted a final mandate for the US-led international military force in Afghanistan before it withdraws at the end of 2014. A r...
Pakistan's Sharif says 'sincere' on Taliban talks
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday said his government was sincere about holding peace talks with the Taliban, after rebel chief Hakimullah Mehsud c...
Turkey extends mandate for strikes on Kurds in Iraq
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey's parliament on Thursday extended for one year a mandate that would allow Ankara to order military strikes against Kurdish rebels holed up in neighbourin...
Former Pakistan President Musharraf granted bail
Oct 09, 2013 (UPI)
Pakistan's Supreme Court granted bail to the beleaguered ex-military dictator and civilian President Pervez Musharraf over the death of a Baloch rebel in 2006. ...
China arrests 139 in Xinjiang for urging jihad: media
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
China has arrested 139 people in Xinjiang for allegedly spreading jihad, state-run media said Wednesday, as it warns of growing religious extremism in the far w...
Taliban anger over commander's 'house arrest' in Pakistan
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan on Wednesday denied a Taliban claim that it had failed to free former rebel commander Abdul Ghani Baradar, whose release was meant to boost Afghanistan...
Search is on for new Pakistan army chief
Oct 08, 2013 (AFP)
Five months on from a successful transition of power after general elections, Pakistan is poised to make a decision of arguably even greater importance -- the a...
Indian army ends deadly two-week Kashmir operation
Oct 08, 2013 (AFP)
The Indian army called off a two-week operation to hunt down suspected rebels in disputed Kashmir Tuesday after a series of gunbattles in which at least eight s...
Kabul must stay focused on post-2014 pact: US
Oct 07, 2013 (AFP)
The United States and Afghanistan are moving forward with a deal to let US forces stay beyond 2014 to fight Al-Qaeda remnants, a US official said Monday, urging...
Pakistan's powerful army chief confirms retirement
Oct 06, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Kayani on Sunday confirmed he will retire next month at the end of his second tenure, ending rumours he would seek...
Australia hails extradition of green-on-blue attacker
Oct 04, 2013 (UPI)
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence security service has extradited to Afghanistan a former Afghan army sergeant accused of murdering three Australian soldie...
Disputes threaten post-2014 US-Afghan pact: Kabul
Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)
A planned deal to let US forces stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014 to fight Al-Qaeda remnants is under threat because of disagreement over the Americans' right to ...
Afghan arrest over rogue attack on Australian troops
Oct 02, 2013 (AFP)
An Afghan soldier accused of shooting dead three Australian troops in an insider attack was captured in Pakistan and is expected to be tried for murder, officia...
Israel, eying Iran, seeks closer ties with Azerbaijan
Oct 01, 2013 (UPI)
Israel is seeking to tighten its links with Azerbaijan, the oil-rich former Soviet Republic that borders Iran, to secure a strategic alliance that has already p...
US drone strike kills three in Pakistan
Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Monday killed three militants in a troubled Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The a...
Turkey PM announces reforms key to Kurdish peace process
Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey on Monday moved to scrap restrictions on the use of the minority Kurdish language among democratic reforms designed to revive the stalled peace process w...
Hagel hopes deal by end Oct. on US forces in Afghanistan
Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday he hoped an accord on the future US military presence in Afghanistan would be in place by November, despite Preside...
Afghan leader Karzai calls China 'anchor of stability'
Sep 27, 2013 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai hailed ties with China Friday, describing it as a stabilising force in the region and world during talks with the country's leader...
Deal needed 'soon' on post-2014 force in Afghanistan: US
Sep 27, 2013 (AFP)
A top Pentagon official said Friday it would be a "tragedy" if Afghan and US negotiators failed to clinch a deal allowing US troops to stay in the country after...
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