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US general wants 13,600 troops to stay in Afghanistan
Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)
The general overseeing US forces in Afghanistan told senators Tuesday that he recommended keeping 13,600 American troops in the country once NATO withdraws in 2...
Turkey's Erdogan rules out amnesty for Kurdish rebels
Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruled out on Sunday a general amnesty for Kurdish rebels amid renewed peace talks between the country's secret servi...
Kurdish rebels may free kidnapped Turks in 10 days: report
Mar 02, 2013 (AFP)
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may release Turkish state officials it is holding within 10 days as part of a renewed push for peace with Turkey, th...
Karzai: Foreign forces inflame insurgency
Mar 01, 2013 (UPI)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai maintains that foreign troops in the country are inflaming the insurgency and is seeking Afghan control of security. The NATO base...
Pakistan army probes Kashmir 'torture' death
Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)
The Pakistani army is investigating the alleged torture of a youth that led to his death last week in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, an official said on Thursda...
Jailed PKK chief Ocalan 'to declare ceasefire on March 21'
Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)
The jailed leader of Kurdish rebels is set to call for a long-sought ceasefire on March 21, the day of the Kurdish new year, as part of a renewed push for peace...
Indian PLA insurgents kill soldier
Feb 27, 2013 (UPI)
Indian PLA insurgents killed a soldier and wounded through others in Manipur by detonating a powerful remote-controlled bomb. The blast was the first major atta...
Report on decline in Taliban attacks wrong: US
Feb 26, 2013 (AFP)
The US-led force in Afghanistan has incorrectly reported a decline last year in Taliban attacks, officials said Tuesday, casting doubts on NATO's claims of prog...
Karzai's demand takes US military by surprise
Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's demand for US special forces to leave a key province came as a surprise to American commanders, who had no advance warning of th...
US special forces told to leave key Afghan province
Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)
Afghanistan's president has ordered US special forces to leave a strategic province as he seeks tighter control over Afghan militia, exacerbating tensions befor...
NATO may station up to 12,000 troops in post-2014 Afghanistan
Feb 22, 2013 (AFP)
NATO may station up to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan to train and assist Kabul's forces after its combat mission against the Taliban ends there in 2014, US offic...
Two GNLA militants killed in Assam
Feb 22, 2013 (UPI)
Indian security forces have killed two Garo National Liberation Army militants in Assam. Security officials said the clash occurred Thursday in Assam's Goalpara...
Turkish jets strike Kurd rebels in Iraq: military source
Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey sent jets across its border with Iraq to strike separatists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a local military source said Thursday. The ...
Pakistan military to target Quetta militia
Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered what is being called a targeted operation against militants in Quetta. The decision follows the killing ...
Commentary: Pakistan showdown
Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)
What little attention Americans can spare for foreign crises during the winter Olympics in Sochi is usually monopolized by Syria's three-year civil war with its...
NATO 'will comply with Afghan air strike ban'
Feb 17, 2013 (AFP)
The commander of US-led forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he would comply with President Hamid Karzai's order banning Afghan security forces from seeking NATO a...
Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier near Kashmir border
Feb 15, 2013 (AFP)
Indian troops shot dead a Pakistani soldier along the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region in the first deadly exchange since a truce was agreed a mon...
Karzai summons top NATO commander in Afghanistan
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has summoned the new commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan over an air strike that allegedly killed ten civilians, according to ...
Panjwai residents battle Taliban
Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)
Residents in Afghanistan's Kandahar province are battling Taliban militants with the latest clashes representing an ongoing campaign by locals against the Talib...
Afghan air force desperate for aircraft: commander
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
Afghanistan's fledgling air force is more like a bicycle than a modern fighting machine, its commander has said, pleading for advanced aircraft to fight the Tal...
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