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Iraq PM trades blame with Kurd leader in row
Jan 20, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the leader of the Kurdish region traded barbs on Sunday, each blaming the other for an ongoing political crisis amid wee...
Pakistan averts crisis, heads towards historic polls
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Islamabad has brokered an end to a protest challenging its rule that paves the way to historic elections, but rising violence in the weak nuclear-armed state is...
Pakistan cleric signals end to Islamabad sit-in
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
A Pakistani cleric announced that a mass sit-in of tens of thousands of people outside parliament in Islamabad would end Thursday, the latest twist in a drama t...
Turkey hits PKK in Iraq as bodies of slain Kurds at home
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
Turkish jets have pounded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq in the fiercest aerial campaign in years, military sources said Wednesday, as the bodies of th...
India tells troops to be 'aggressive'
Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)
India's top army general has given approval for troops to "be aggressive" and open fire when provoked by Pakistani soldiers along the Kashmir frontier. "I expec...
Commentary: Talibanized Pakistan?
Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)
From Libya to Iraq, including Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, the Arab world, seldom tranquil, is monopolizing world headlines. But the more alarming news is further ...
India orders 'aggressive' response to any Pakistan firing
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
The Indian army's chief of staff ordered an "aggressive" response Monday to any cross-border firing by Pakistan as commanders from both sides met to discuss a r...
Afghan elders to decide on immunity for US troops: Karzai
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Afghan elders will decide on the key issue of whether American soldiers remaining in the country after 2014 will be granted immunity from prosecution, President...
Commentary: Pakistan inferno
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
While U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Karzai reached a rough understanding this past weekend on how to wind down the longest war in U.S. histor...
US to support Afghan village operations: envoy
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
The US military will keep providing logistical support in villages as it hands over the security lead to Afghan forces this spring, Afghanistan's envoy to Washi...
Civilians killed after NATO-Taliban clash: officials
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
Seven Afghan civilians were killed Sunday after a NATO operation against insurgents in a central province which is a flashpoint for Taliban activity, officials ...
Pakistan, Indian military to hold border talks
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani and Indian military officials are due to meet on Monday at the border of divided Kashmir after soldiers from both sides were killed in cross-border at...
US to speed up Afghan troop transition
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that the US goal in Afghanistan was "within reach" as he vowed to move ahead with a timetable to end the 11-year-old mil...
Fears for Pakistan as blasts kill 125
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Extremist bomb attacks killed 125 people in one of Pakistan's deadliest days for years, raising concerns Friday about rising violence in the nuclear-armed count...
Obama: US to speed up Afghan troop transition
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama Friday said NATO troops would speed up a transfer of lead security responsibility to Afghan forces this spring, in a sign the pace of US ...
Pakistan protests 'repeated, unacceptable' India violations
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan summoned the Indian ambassador on Friday to protest against "unacceptable and unprovoked" attacks by the Indian army that killed two Pakistani soldiers...
Fears for Pakistan as blasts kill 126
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Extremist bomb attacks killed 126 people in one of Pakistan's deadliest days for years, raising concerns Friday about rising violence in the nuclear-armed count...
India, Pakistan calm tempers after border beheading
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
The beheading of an Indian soldier may have sparked a war of words between Delhi and Islamabad but the two nuclear rivals are both determined to prevent it from...
NATO truck drivers on strike in Pakistan: union
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani staff working on half the 10,000 trucks tasked with carrying NATO supplies overland into Afghanistan are on strike to protest against new working arra...
US drones kill six in Pakistan: officials
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
US drones fired missiles into a compound and a motorbike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, killing at least six militants on Thursday, local security offi...
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