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Karzai accuses NATO of failure over attacks
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday blamed intelligence failures, particularly on the part of NATO forces supporting his government, for the worst coordinated ...
NATO hails Afghan response to Kabul attacks
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday hailed the response of Afghan security forces to a series of attacks on the capital Kabul, labelling the assaults "largely ...
Uzbekistan moves to calm tensions with Tajikistan
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
Uzbekistan on Monday said it had resumed supplies of gas to energy-starved Tajikistan after a two-week cut in deliveries heightened simmering tensions between t...
Pakistan arms ban no bar to NATO convoys: analysts
Apr 14, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan's insistence that no arms transit through its territory to Afghanistan is largely a gesture to quell domestic anti-US sentiment and will not hinder the...
Pakistan approves new guidelines for US ties
Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan's parliament on Thursday unanimously approved new guidelines on relations with the United States which include a ban on transporting weapons through th...
No Afghan 'security vacuum' after 2014: NATO chief
Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)
NATO will not leave a "security vacuum" in Afghanistan after its troops pull out in 2014, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen pledged Thursday. "Our goal is...
US-Afghan talks face tough hurdle over troops
Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)
Washington and Kabul have hailed breakthroughs towards signing a treaty on relations after 2014 -- but it will not cover the crucial issue of the status of any ...
Siachen standoff taking heavy environmental toll
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
Pakistan and India's military standoff in the frozen high mountains of Kashmir is not only costing soldiers' lives, experts say -- it is also wreaking havoc on ...
Pentagon chief, Afghans discuss US role after 2014
Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)
US and Afghan defense chiefs on Tuesday discussed the future of American troops in Afghanistan after 2014, with both sides calling for a long-term security part...
China calls on Japan not to host Uighur assembly in May
Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)
China said Monday it had asked Japan not to host an annual meeting organised by an exile group championing the rights of ethnic Uighurs. The World Uyghur Congre...
Karzai hails Afghan control in night raids deal
Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday hailed an agreement with the United States over controversial night raids by special forces as consolidating Afghan sove...
Pakistan president makes rare trip to India
Apr 08, 2012 (AFP)
President Asif Ali Zardari became the first Pakistani head of state since 2005 to visit arch-rival India on Sunday for a one-day trip aimed at building goodwill...
US, Afghanistan strike deal on night raids: Kabul
Apr 08, 2012 (AFP)
Afghanistan and the United States signed a deal on special forces operations in the insurgency-wracked country on Sunday, putting Afghans in charge of controver...
Hopes fade for 135 feared dead in Pakistan avalanche
Apr 08, 2012 (AFP)
The Pakistani military on Sunday dug through snow, boulders and slush in an increasingly desperate search for 135 people buried in an avalanche, as hopes faded ...
Icy killing fields of 'world's highest battleground'
Apr 07, 2012 (AFP)
The disputed Siachen glacier, where an avalanche hit early Saturday, is billed as the world's highest combat zone, but atrocious weather conditions have claimed...
NATO fuel tanker blaze kills 7 in Afghanistan
Apr 06, 2012 (AFP)
Seven people were burnt to death in southern Afghanistan on Friday when a fuel tanker supplying a NATO base crashed and set their vehicle on fire, officials sai...
Ex-ISI chief denies Pakistan coup plot
Apr 06, 2012 (UPI)
A former Pakistani intelligence chief denied that a coup had been planned against the government last year. During a judicial commission hearing headed by Justi...
US diplomat seeks to repair ties with Pakistan
Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)
A top US diplomat on a fence-mending visit said Wednesday that Pakistan had to address US concerns about security, calling for a "balanced" relationship that wo...
Outside View: Alarm bell from Pakistan
Apr 03, 2012 (UPI)
The still-deteriorating Pakistan-U.S. relationship is setting off new alarm bells. The diminishing breed of America's friends in Pakistan, a nuclear power of 18...
India seeks to end Kashmir terrorist funds
Apr 03, 2012 (UPI)
India's Union Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking to end cash flows funding militants in Kashmir. For the past several years, Indian police and intelligence age...
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