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Children killed in NATO airstrike: Afghanistan

Civilian deaths have been one of the biggest sources of friction in relations between the Afghan gov...

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`Pak for Afghan-led reconciliation process in Afghanistan`

Pakistani PM`s visit is aimed at strengthening ties with Qatar in multiple areas including import of...

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Military return a distant dream for Afghan Taliban

With an estimated 25,000 fighters at the most, the Taliban is hugely outnumbered by NATO and Afghan ...

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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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US soldier shoots Afghan guard

Saripul province Police Chief Sayed Jahangir said on Sunday that the shooting resulted from a misund...

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Afghan officials try to open Kabul airport

Kabul airport has been closed for more than a day because of a half-meter of snow.

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Don`t jump the gun on Afghan pullout: US expert

The building blocks for genuine peace and stability in Afghanistan are simply not yet in place, said...

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Hina Khar`s visit to Kabul good, well-timed: US

On Wednesday, Hina Rabbani Khar visited the Kabul to mend relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan...

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Pak willing to nudge Taliban for talks if Kabul wa

A leaked NATO report this week had alleged that Pakistan`s military-run ISI maintains close relatio...

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NATO ministers mull Afghan drawdown

The US and France have called for speeding up the handover of combat roles to local forces.

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Pakistan willing to push Taliban to make peace

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan holds the only key to making peace with the Taliban.

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Nothing new in NATO Taliban report: Hillary

Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar dismissed the NATO report as "old wine in even older bot...

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US plans to end Afghan combat role stun Kabul

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said the US would stop combat operations in Afghanistan before the en...

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`NATO report an old wine in an even older bottle’

Pakistan has strongly turned down a NATO report about Islamabad`s alleged links to the Afghan Taliba...

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`NATO report shouldn’t affect US-Pak ties’

The US has reportedly expressed its deep concerns over links between Pakistan’s ISI and some extremi...

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`US’ objective is to dismantle al Qaeda`

The goal of the US is to give Afghanistan government the breathing room necessary to build up its ar...

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`US’ combat role in Afghanistan to end in 2013`

All NATO members in November 2010 endorsed a plan to keep forces in Afghanistan until the end of 201...

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`US officials hold talks with Taliban in Qatar’

The discussions between US and Taliban centred around release of the Afghan militant group`s prisone...

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Taliban kidnap Afghan peace council member

Mavlawi Shafihullah Shafih had travelled from Kabul to meet insurgents and encourage them to join th...

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After troops’ death, French minister flies into Kabul

France has warned that it could accelerate its withdrawal from the 10-year war in Afghanistan.

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‘Taliban may go for secret deal with US’

Talks with the Taliban broke down following the assassination of Kabul`s chief peace envoy Burhanud...

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Kabul angry but calm after Marine abuse video

The online video showed four US soldiers urinating on three bloodied corpses.

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US pulls personnel from Afghan media center

After funding the press centre for more than 4 years, the US Embassy in Kabul announced it has withd...

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Kabul police station attack ends, no casualties

NATO-led forces say they have seen a decline over recent months in attacks launched by insurgents ag...

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Don’t want role in US-Iran hostilities: Afghanistan

Afghan territory should not be used in a proxy war between the United States and Iran, President H...

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Foreigners fuelling corruption in Afghan: Karzai

Foreigners are fuelling the problem of corruption in Afghanistan, a country ranked as one of the mo...

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Afghan: 5 killed in 3 blasts across country

: Afghan authorities say five civilians have died in three explosions in southern and northern Afg...

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Afghan war not becoming sectarian war: US diplomat

The US ambassador to Afghanistan said that he does not think this week`s deadly suicide bombing at...

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Deadly sectarian blasts target Afghan Shiites

Religiously motivated attacks on Shiites are rare in Afghanistan although they are common in neighbo...

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Kabul`s poor demand attention of Bonn delegates

Despite 2001`s optimism and the billions of aid dollars that have poured into the country, many of i...

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Afghanistan will need aid for years: World Bank

Afghanistan could face economic collapse if international assistance is abruptly cut as foreign com...

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Kabul peace summit’s plans `leaked to Taliban`

The Taliban claims to have published a detailed security plan showing a western Kabul’s satellite ma...

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In 10 years, Kabul a better place: NATO

Ten years have passed since the Taliban were driven out of Afghan capital Kabul, and the NATO`s amba...

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`Kabul attack won’t change US’ Afghan strategy`

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car next to a military convoy in western Kabul on Sat...

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Haqqani network behind Kabul suicide attack?

Haqqani network may have been involved in a weekend bombing in Kabul that was the deadliest ground a...

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Attack on NATO convoy kills 17 in Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an NATO bus in Kabul, killing ...

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Afghan body unveils next areas for NATO handover

Afghanistan`s local government directorate on Wednesday announced areas expected to transfer from ...

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22 Taliban insurgents killed in Kabul

A handful of weapons and ammunition were found and several anti-vehicle mines and IEDs were defused ...

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Afghan lawmakers OK funds for Kabul Bank bailout

Kabul Bank nearly collapsed in 2010 because of mismanagement and hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

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Suicide car bomber kills 3 Afghan police officers

A suicide attacker on Friday blew up an explosives-packed car while it was being inspected at a bor...

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Afghan police break up hunger strike

Afghan police have taken a woman politician to hospital and dismantled the tent where she observed...

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Two service members die in Afghanistan: NATO

NATO says two of its service members have been killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanist...

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Kabul demands more US pressure on Pakistan

Kabul accused Islamabad of hindering the investigation and also claimed to have foiled an alleged pl...

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US investigating attack on its Embassy in Kabul

The US is investigating into the attack on an American Embassy annex in Kabul by a gunman that kil...

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Attack on Kabul CIA office kills one American

Some assailants have turned out to be Taliban sleeper agents, while others have been motivated by pe...

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Afghan employee kills US citizen at Kabul CIA base

Gunfire was heard from a compound used by the US`s CIA in Kabul, Afghan officials said on Sunday, al...

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ISI helped Haqqani group stage Kabul attack: US

Mike Mullen said that Haqqani network acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan`s Inter-Services Intellige...

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US won’t allow terrorist safe havens in Pak: US

Panetta said it is important to limit insurgents` ability to create the perception that Afghan secur...

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`Haqqani network has backing of Pak security establishment`

Despite recent progress, Haqqani network operations can regenerate if not continually pressured, th...

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Kabul siege shows insurgents media savvy

Militants also have a presence on micro-blogging website Twitter.

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