KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-led troops killed 14 militants in two days of clashes in southern Afghanistan, U.S. military statements said Friday. Ten militants were killed by mortar fire following an insurgent attack on a military base in Helmand province's Nar...
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is set to meet his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Istanbul, amid efforts by Turkey to acquire a higher profile in South Asia. "The meeting will be about security throughout all of Asia, the future...
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French Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Afghanistan's neighbors (Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan), India and China have been invited to the international event slated for December 14. The meeting comes six months after a donors' conference in France...
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Introduction by Tom Engelhardt [ Note for Readers: To listen to a TomDispatch audio interview with journalist Anand Gopal about the difficulties involved in reporting from Afghanistan, click here . ] Just when the Obama presidency-to-be was revving up to...
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Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan May 18, 2008. Suicide bombers killed at least four people when they attacked two government offices in...
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A small golden Quran helped Afghan authorities identify the body of a president killed in a coup three decades ago that led to 10 years of Soviet domination, officials said Thursday. The body of late President Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan...
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The governor of Kandahar province said Thursday he has been removed from his post just three and a half months after he took the position. "Last night, I received a call from Kabul saying … 'You are fired'," Rahmatullah Raufi,...
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Nato expressed hope on Wednesday that Pakistan would keep up the fight against extremists on the Afghan border. The military alliance relies on Pakistani security forces to help keep pressure on Taliban and Al Qaeda militants using its lawless tribal...
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Vatan reported that Dostum, a leader of Afghanistan's Uzbek community whose forces fought both for and against the Taliban, flew to Turkey on a private plane provided by the Turkish government Tuesday. Dostum was a key figure in the government...
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Korea talk Ironing out how to verify North Korea's promised nuclear disarmament will dominate talks today in Singapore between the United States and North Korea, the top U.S. envoy to international talks on the North's nuclear program said. Assistant Secretary...
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