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US warns running out of patience with Pakistan
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Pakistan on Thursday that Washington is losing patience over its failure to eliminate safe havens for insurgents who attac...
UN voices concern over Afghan civilian casualties
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
The United Nation mission in Afghanistan on Thursday voiced concern over a wave of violence including an air strike by NATO, resulting in dozens of civilians ca...
Children injured in clash in China's Xinjiang
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Twelve children were hurt in a clash at an Islamic school in China's restive Xinjiang region Wednesday, police and an exile group said amid an escalating crackd...
US wants 'more active' India in Afghanistan
Jun 05, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta encouraged India to play a "more active role" in Afghanistan during talks Tuesday in New Delhi, US officials said. Washington ...
New 'strategic' plan for Afghan-China ties: Kabul
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
Afghanistan and China will this week announce the elevation of their relationship "to a new strategic level", Kabul's foreign ministry said Monday, as NATO forc...
US says officers return to Pakistan
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said Thursday that Pakistan has let back in two officers to work with its military after a six-month gap, in what it called a small sign of co...
Exiles: Uzbek imam's shooting political
May 31, 2012 (UPI)
Uzbeks living in Sweden say they believe the February shooting of a well-known Islamic cleric was a political act perpetrated by the Tashkent regime. Imam Obid ...
India fears for Afghanistan after NATO pullout
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
India called Wednesday for greater coordination with the United States on Afghanistan, voicing fear that Islamic radicals would gain strength once Western force...
NATO says senior Al-Qaeda militant killed in Afghanistan
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
NATO said Tuesday that Al-Qaeda's second in command in Afghanistan had been killed in an air strike near the Pakistani border. The US-led International Security...
US drones kill 5 militants in Pakistan: officials
May 28, 2012 (AFP)
A US drone attack early Monday killed at least five militants in a volatile northwestern Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said....
US will not be price 'gouged' by Pakistan: Panetta
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be "gouged" by Pakistan on the price it charges for overland deliveries of American ...
Afghans 'concerned' over airforce as NATO pulls out
May 27, 2012 (AFP)
Afghanistan's defence ministry has expressed concern over the slow pace of developing its airforce ahead of a scheduled withdrawal of NATO troops and equipment,...
US drone 'kills four militants' in NW Pakistan
May 26, 2012 (AFP)
A US drone attack early Saturday killed at least four militants in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan, security officials said. The ...
Hollande defends French exit in Afghanistan
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
President Francois Hollande on Friday defended France's imminent exit from Afghanistan, saying 2,000 combat troops will leave in a coordinated withdrawal this y...
Outside View: Pipe dream in Afghanistan?
May 24, 2012 (UPI)
Since U.S. President Barack Obama's visit earlier this month, talk in the Afghan capital has centered almost exclusively on how the United States' and NATO pres...
Pakistani jailed for 33 years over bin Laden hunt
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was Wednesday sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, sparking a warning from US sena...
NATO summit's forgotten people: Afghan civilians
May 23, 2012 (AFP)
Far from the bright lights of Chicago where world leaders met to shape NATO's exit from Afghanistan, one of the war's victims, 12-year-old Aleema, sums up her l...
US-Pakistan thaw swiftly becomes debacle
May 22, 2012 (AFP)
A summit meant to symbolize a thaw between the United States and Pakistan has only worsened the bad blood, with the troubled relationship casting a pall over NA...
Pakistan, US signal cautious optimism on supply routes
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
US and Pakistani leaders Monday signaled optimism that a deal on reopening vital supply routes to NATO convoys was within reach as Islamabad ordered negotiators...
NATO traces path out of Afghanistan
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
NATO leaders Monday mapped a path out of the unpopular war in Afghanistan, backing plans to hand Afghans the combat lead from mid-2013 while vowing to stand by ...
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