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Pakistan panel demands US apology for deadly air strike

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

Pakistani lawmakers on Tuesday demanded an American apology and taxes on NATO convoys in recommendations put to parliament in a key step towards repairing a maj...

US expert advocates destruction of Lashkar-e-Taiba

Mar 19, 2012 (IANS)

Describing Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as the most dangerous terrorist group operating in South Asia after Al Qaeda, a US expert has advocated its dest...

More than 50 dead in gunfights, air strikes in Pakistan

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

At least 51 militants and four soldiers have been killed in air strikes and clashes with Pakistani security forces in the restive northwest over the past week, ...

US says attack at Afghan base targeted top general

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

The US military said Friday that an attack at a NATO base in Afghanistan this week targeted a top American commander, just as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fle...

Outside View: 'Out of that damned spot'

Mar 15, 2012 (UPI)

There are some things that are true and will always remain true. One truth is that you cannot create a modern, secular society from a primitive theocracy, contr...

Taliban break contacts, Karzai orders US out of villages

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

The Taliban broke off contacts over peace talks with Washington on Thursday and the Afghan president demanded US troops leave village outposts, just days after ...

Panetta's visit to Afghan base marred by security breach

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's visit to Afghanistan was marred by a serious security breach Wednesday when a stolen vehicle was driven onto a runway ramp a...

Turkish jets strike north Iraq: rebels

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

A Kurdish rebel group said on Wednesday that Turkey's air force carried out strikes on border areas of north Iraq where it maintains rear bases, but gave no det...

Four Polish soldiers face retrial in Afghan war crimes case

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Four Polish soldiers face a new war crimes trial after Warsaw's supreme court on Wednesday overturned their acquittal of the killing of Afghan civilians, includ...

Iran, Azerbaijan try to soothe tensions

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Iran and Azerbaijan are taking steps to soothe bilateral tensions most recently stoked by Baku's ties to Israel and its reported purchase of hundreds of million...

US pushes to use Kyrgyztan base after 2014

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday amid concern in Washington over the future of an air base that serves as a crucial hub for the...

In Bishkek, Pentagon chief focuses on future of Kyrgyz base

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday warned visiting US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta that American forces could not use a strategic air base for any military mission after t...

Pakistan's new spy chief starts this month

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam, the new head of Pakistan's spy agency -- known as Inter-services Intelligence -- takes up his post next Sunday. Pakistani Prime Ministe...

Soldier could get death for Afghan shootings: Panetta

Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)

The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said ...

Outrage grows in Afghanistan over US soldier's rampage

Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)

Outrage over a murderous rampage by a rogue American soldier who killed 16 villagers gripped Afghanistan Monday as parliament called for a public trial and Tali...

Killing spree reignites US debate on Afghan exit

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

A killing spree by a US soldier in Afghanistan that left 16 civilians dead reignited debate Sunday over the US exit strategy from a decade-old war amid growing ...

US drone kills eight militants in Pakistan: officials

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

A US drone killed at least eight militants Friday when it fired two missiles on a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal badlands near the Afghan border, security officia...

Pakistan appoints new chief of powerful spy agency

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

Pakistan on Friday appointed a new head of its powerful military intelligence agency -- an organisation which has been accused of maintaining links with Taliban...

Five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan under 21

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Five of the six soldiers killed in the deadliest single attack on British forces in Afghanistan since 2001 were aged 21 or under, the Ministry of Defence said o...

Six British soldiers killed in Afghan blast

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Six British soldiers were killed when a massive explosion hit their armoured vehicle in Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday, taking the British toll in the...