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NATO shares blame for 'insecurity' in Afghanistan: Karzai
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that NATO and the United States were partially to blame for insecurity in his country and threatened to suspend nego...
Iraq gets tough with Turkey over Kurds
Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)
The Iraqi government has stopped an airliner carrying Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz landing in Iraqi Kurdistan amid Baghdad's deepening rift with Ankara ...
NATO stresses shared 'terror' fight with Pakistan
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
NATO stressed Monday the importance of its ties with Pakistan in the fight against "terrorism" as the military alliance prepares the way for its 2014 withdrawal...
Barroso: Visa reforms on track for Armenia
Dec 02, 2012 (UPI)
A simplified visa regime between Armenia and the European Union will be implemented soon, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said last weekend. B...
US weighs post-2014 force of 10,000 troops in Afghanistan
Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama is weighing plans to keep roughly 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after the NATO-led force hands over security to the Afghan government, ...
Taliban says bombers and spies forced French retreat
Nov 23, 2012 (AFP)
A network of informers, exploitation of popular dissent and the ability to strike at vulnerable moments helped hasten the end of France's combat mission in Afgh...
Syria Kurds join forces in standoff with rebels
Nov 23, 2012 (AFP)
Two main Kurdish groups have agreed to join forces in a standoff with hundreds of Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria, a Syrian Kurdish representative and an ...
Iraq speaker pushes Arab-Kurd accord in Kurdistan
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament speaker pushed on Thursday to ease Arab-Kurd tensions on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, as the two sides traded accusations about reinforcements ...
Iraq speaker aims to head off Arab-Kurd conflict
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi on Wednesday launched talks with political leaders in Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish region to contain a crisis an...
Gunmen kill NATO driver in Pakistan: officials
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
Gunmen on Tuesday killed the driver of a NATO supply truck in northwest Pakistan on the Afghan border, officials said. The shooting took place in the Jamrud are...
Kazakh guard accused of killing 15 goes on trial
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
A Kazakh border guard charged with killing 14 fellow servicemen at a remote frontier post went on trial Monday accused of murder, damage of property and theft o...
Musharraf calls for India, Pakistan to 'bury the hatchet'
Nov 17, 2012 (AFP)
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that nuclear-armed India and Pakistan need to "bury the hatchet" and settle their differences to red...
Kyrgyzstan judges' wages to be raised
Nov 15, 2012 (UPI)
Wages will be raised for currently low-paid judges working in Kyrgyzstan's corruption-prone judicial system, the country's deputy prime minister says. Prime Min...
US-Afghanistan open talks on post-2014 military aid
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
The United States and Afghanistan launched crucial talks Thursday on the status of US forces remaining in Afghanistan after the NATO withdrawal of combat troops...
Pakistan agrees to free Afghan Taliban: officials
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan has agreed to release several members of the Afghan Taliban held in its prisons to facilitate peace talks between the insurgents and the Afghan governm...
Germany reveals details of Afghan troop withdrawal plan
Nov 14, 2012 (AFP)
Germany revealed details of its likely drawdown plan for Afghanistan on Wednesday with the aim of seeing its number of troops fall to 3,300 by February 2014, tw...
Hopes weak for Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks
Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)
A high-level Afghan delegation was due to arrive in Pakistan Monday for talks on peace in the war-torn nation, but analysts warned that without Taliban involvem...
US reviews troop options for Afghanistan post-2014
Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama's advisers are weighing how many troops to keep in Afghanistan after 2014 and will make a decision within a "few weeks," Defense Secretar...
Iran seeks improved ties with Iraqi Kurdistan
Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)
Iran on Monday called for improved ties with neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan, particularly on the economic front, as the autonomous region's prime minister visited...
Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold talks on peace
Nov 11, 2012 (AFP)
Islamabad and Kabul will hold three days of talks on achieving peace in Afghanistan this week, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Sunday. Relations between the...
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