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ISAF to continue search for missing US soldier
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
The US-led NATO force in Afghanistan pledged Saturday to continue efforts to locate and return an American army sergeant who was kidnapped by the Taliban three ...
Pakistan PM told to reopen corruption case
Jun 29, 2012 (UPI)
Pakistan's Supreme Court has told Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to respond by July 12 to the court's order to reopen corruption cases the country's presiden...
Uzbekistan pulls out of 'Russia's NATO'
Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)
Ex-Soviet Uzbekistan on Thursday pulled out of a Moscow-led regional security alliance after protesting Russian plans to deploy a rapid reaction force for Centr...
US pays high price for Pakistan route cut-off: admiral
Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)
Moving supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan via Central Asia costs three times as much as routes through Pakistan, which Islamabad shut seven months ago in an...
US drone strike 'kills at least five' in Pakistan
Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district killed at least five militants late Tuesday, security officials said....
China's influence grows in poor neighbour Tajikistan
Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)
Extending credits worth almost $2 billion, mighty China is spreading its influence to its poor ex-Soviet neighbour Tajikistan in the hope of winning mineral ric...
Ashraf takes over as Pakistan's PM
Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistan's new prime minister, said he will work to strengthen the country's democratic institutions as demanded by the Pakistani people. "...
Blast at Afghan music market, two dead: officials
Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)
An improvised bomb exploded at a music market in an Afghan city on Saturday, leaving two people dead, officials said, a day after Taliban militants stormed a la...
Taliban storm lakeside hotel in Kabul, 4 dead
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a lakeside hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killin...
Taliban suicide attack hits NATO, kills 21
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed an Afghan-NATO patrol in the town of Khost on Wednesday, killing 21 people, including three US soldiers, official...
Suicide attacks on Afghan, NATO bases in Kandahar
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
Eleven Taliban attackers struck two Afghan and NATO bases in Kandahar province on Tuesday, while a NATO soldier was also killed in the troubled south, officials...
Women's rights law no match for Kurdistan tradition
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
In June 2011, Iraqi Kurdistan passed a landmark law that criminalised female circumcision and domestic violence, but one year on, activists remain frustrated wi...
Taliban praises India for U.S. resistance
Jun 18, 2012 (UPI)
The Afghan Taliban has praised India as a "significant country" in Asia and for what it called New Delhi's resistance to U.S. calls for greater military involve...
Pakistan foreign minister urges unity in terror fight
Jun 15, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Thursday accused governments of doing a "terrible job" at working together to tackle militancy in Afghanistan as sh...
NATO chief vows not to abandon Afghanistan
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen Wednesday vowed not to abandon Afghanistan as foreign nations plan to transition forces out of the country after a decade of co...
Pakistan judges say ex-envoy asked US to curb army
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan's ex-ambassador to Washington was summoned by the country's top court on Tuesday as judges concluded he sought US help to curb the power of the militar...
US-Pakistan talks on reopening NATO supply routes stall
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
The United States has withdrawn negotiators from Pakistan after talks failed to reopen vital NATO supply routes into Afghanistan, officials said Monday. The mov...
Karzai says NATO to end air strikes on residential areas
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan had "promised" air strikes on residential areas would stop after...
France to begin Afghan pullout next month
Jun 09, 2012 (AFP)
President Francois Hollande said Saturday France will begin its Afghanistan pullout next month and complete it by year-end, after four French troops were killed...
Kazakh guard blames 'conflicts' for massacre: official
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
A Kazakh border guard confessed to killing 14 of his fellow servicemen at a remote frontier post, blaming internal conflicts and a mental breakdown, the prosecu...
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