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Afghan-Pak jihadis` foreign pool drying up, post Osama

While no precise figure is available, it appears that the number of would-be jihadists from abroad ...

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Obama holds Af-Pak meeting with national security team

US Prez has held a meeting of his national security team on the current situation in Afghanistan an...

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Special ops to expand in Afghan war: US Admiral

A US admiral says special operations forces in Afghanistan are preparing for a possible expanded r...

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‘Five men killed in shooting in Afghanistan’

An Afghan official says a shooting in the southern city of Kandahar has left five dead.

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US Brigadier general dies in Afghanistan

The US Army said Brigadier General Terence Hildner, 49, died in Kabul of apparent natural causes. ...

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Pak will back any Afghan-led peace process: Gilani

Pakistan has been making efforts to ensure that it is not left out of any efforts to end the decade-...

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`US forces to stay in Afghan even after pullout`

The evolving strategy is far different from the withdrawal plan for Iraq, where almost all American ...

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Afghanistan: Car bomb kills nine in Kandahar

A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city, killing at ...

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NATO mulls paying for Afghan forces after 2014

Since Afghan— one of the world`s poorest nations — cannot foot the estimated $6 bn annual bill, NATO...

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Pakistan signals imminent end to NATO blockade

Pakistan signalled that it could shortly end a more than two-month blockade on NATO supplies enter...

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Pakistan says it will back Afghan-led peace talks

Pakistan`s foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan.

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Taliban `poised to retake Afghanistan` post NATO

The US military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pak are set to retake Afghanista...

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Will not agree to peace talks ceasefire: Taliban

The Taliban in Afghanistan said on Wednesday they would not agree to a U.S. demand for a ceasefire a...

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Pak considers India an existential threat: US

The US wants its relations with Pakistan to remain positive, but their interests sometimes differed ...

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Pak committed to Afghan reconciliation process: US

The US said that Pakistan has committed itself to the Afghan reconciliation process and there was a...

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NATO sticking to 2014 Afghan pullout date for now

A NATO`s top official has said that the alliance will adhere to its plans to hand over security to ...

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`Afghan govt,Taliban to hold talks in Saudi`

The talks in Saudi will be separate from the US-brokered meetings held in Qatar.

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Afghanistan to press Pak for access to Taliban

Pakistan is seen as critical to US efforts to stabilize Afghanistan before foreign combat troops lea...

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‘Aghan Prez Karzai seeks Taliban talks in Saudi’

A member of the Taliban`s leadership council, Quetta Shura, also backed the report of talks in Saud...

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France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit

France and Afghanistan will ask NATO to hand over all combat missions to the Afghan military in 2013...

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Italy signs deal for long-term aid to Afghanistan

The Italian PM assured Afghan President that Italy will not abandon his impoverished, conflict-scarr...

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Car bomb targeting NATO aid team kills 4 Afghans

A spokesman for Helmand province said 31 people were wounded in the attack in Lashkar Gah.

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Taliban rocket kills woman, child in Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO`s commander for Afghanistan, General John Allen, condemned th...

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New UN envoy wants Afghan-led peace talks

Taliban have announced plans to open a political office in Qatar ahead of possible peace negotiation...

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‘Pak-Afghan border haven for training terrorists’

A senior Army officer said areas in and around the Pakistan-Afghanistan border are `safe havens" for...

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US Army advises trial over suicide in Afghanistan

A US military hearing has recommended that a US soldier be court-martialled over abuse of a fellow ...

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Bodies of 4 French troops return home from Afghanistan

French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet accompanied the coffins which were draped in the French flag....

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Taliban should say they want peace: US official

Grossman stressed that only Afghans can decide their country`s future.

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France mulls early Afghanistan pullout as 4 killed

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet and the chief of staff of the French Army are heading Friday ...

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Afghan soldier kills 4 French troops

The shooting underscores the fragile relationship between Afghan and foreign troops who are partnere...

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Obama`s Afghan job ‘not finished` yet

US President Barack Obama has said India and Pakistan have an interest in ensuring Afghanistan is no...

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Helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan kills 6

The helicopter crash occurred on the same day seven civilians were killed outside a crowded gate at ...

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Pak denies reopening NATO routes to Afghanistan

The supply routes were closed in November 2011 following an air strike by NATO helicopters, which ki...

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Two policemen among 12 killed in Afghan clash

Two policemen and 12 Taliban militants were killed Thursday in a fierce clash at a check post in sou...

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Suicide attack kills six at Afghan airport: Police

A suicide attack killed at least six people on Thursday at Kandahar international airport in southe...

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Avalanches kill 29 in northeastern Afghanistan

Afghanistan`s harsh winters and mountainous terrain in the north make avalanches a danger each year.

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`Pakistan to re-open NATO routes to Afghanistan`

Pakistan halted supply routes after a NATO cross-border air attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in N...

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British troops in Afghan child abuse investigation

The allegation comes less than a week after a video emerged showing US Marines urinating on Taliban...

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Afghan official says NATO forces kill 5 civilians

Coalition troops and Afghan special forces have been carrying out regular nighttime kill-and-captur...

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Pak gets invited to conference on AfghanistanPak g

Afghanistan and Tajikistan jointly invited Pakistan`s Hina Rabbani Khar to attend the Conference a...

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Heavy snow, avalanches kill 16 in Afghanistan

Heavy snowfall and avalanches kill scores of people in Afghanistan each winter.

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Afghan militant leader ready for talks: Report

The leader of Afghanistan`s second-biggest insurgent group said he was ready for "meaningful talks"...

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Afghan opposition cautiously supports peace talks

Prominent Afghan opposition leaders said today that they support possible US-brokered peace negoti...

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Suicide bomber kills district governor in Afghan south

Fazluddin Agha is the latest in a long string of government officials assassinated in Afghanistan.

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Peace talks don`t mean end to fighting: Taliban

A Taliban spokesman said the militants had been fighting for the past 15 years to establish an Islam...

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US launches new push to secure Afghan peace talks

Marc Grossman begins a diplomatic blitz this weekend that includes talks with Afghan President Hamid...

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Afghan corpse urination video ‘utterly deplorable’, says US

The video that surfaced a day earlier appeared to show American forces urinating on the bodies of de...

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14 Taliban militants surrender in Afghanistan

A group of 14 Taliban militants surrendered to the government in Afghanistan`s Herat province Tuesda...

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Insurgents try to storm Afghan government building

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said it involved multiple targets.

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Afghan opposition urges caution in Taliban talks

Three prominent Afghan opposition leaders warned against trusting the Taliban in peace talks, saying...

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