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Congress likely will need to pass a separate spending bill next year to finance President Barack Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday. Asked if there will be an emergency spending bill,...

Obama’s speech will potentially create more uncertainty in an already difficult region.—Photo by AFP Janus-like and potentially creating more uncertainty in an already difficult region is how we would describe US President Obama’s speech on his new strategy for Afghanistan....

WEST POINT: US President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 US troops into Afghanistan on Tuesday night, but balanced the buildup with a pledge to impatient Americans to begin withdrawing US forces in 18 months. Obama unveiled his plans in...

Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, a campaigner for the preservation of the world's cultural heritage known for his works on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. He was 79. Hirayama died of a stroke at a Tokyo...

Japan on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama's announcement of troop reinforcements for Afghanistan and reiterated a pledge of five billion dollars in aid to help rebuild the war-torn country. "We as the government welcome that the president himself has...

Former President Pervez Musharraf says military efforts must be backed up by political dialogue with all groups, including the Taliban, to deal with extremism in the Pak-Afghan region. "Armies can only win sometimes, and at best, create an environment for...

Al Jazeera's James Bays reporting from the Afghan capital, Kabul, said: "This wasn't a counter-insurgency speech, it was a counter-terrorism speech, a very different mission from the one General Stanley McCrystal has been preparing himself for. "He only mentions the...

Pakistan has proposed a mechanism to Afghanistan to curb smuggling under the proposed Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement by imposing quantitative restrictions on transit goods based on their consumption in the country. Currently, several items are being exported to Afghanistan in...