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Concern over Afghans' UK visa rights
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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Clarification demanded over Afghan interpreters UK visas More than 2,000 interpreters have served alongside British troops since the war began Many Afghan interpreters who worked with the British army could be excluded from a scheme to give them
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War Again Starts In Afghanistan: Taliban Raid Helmand province
The Taliban, aided by foreign fighters, have tried to overrun the district of Sangin in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, triggering a two-day battle that seemed to be abating by Tuesday night, Afghan officials said. At
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Taliban leader arrested in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 days ago
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A top Taliban leader was seized during a military operation in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province Friday, officials said. The operation was carried out jointly by Afghan and coalition security forces, Khaama Press reported.
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Ex-premier?s son rescued
Multān :: Pakistan | 7 days ago
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Ex-premier's son rescued Friday, 17 May 2013 Islamabad: Ali Haider Gilani, son of Pakistan's Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was rescued in an operation in Akora Khattak of Nowshera in Pakistan yesterday. Security forces launched the
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3 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan attack
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 days ago
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A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand Province, said the truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Georgian outpost in the Musa Qala district
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Longer Afghan tours for UK soldiers
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 days ago
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Longer Afghanistan tours for British soldiers British combat forces are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of next year British troops will start serving longer tours in Afghanistan with a new timetable expected to be announced by Defence Secretary
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British soldiers show Americans the way it's done as they host Highland Games in Afghanistan (all washed down with some haggis and Iron Bru)
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 12 days ago
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They're thousands of miles from Scotland but that didn't stop soldiers, sailors and airmen stationed in Afghanistan letting off steam and celebrating their own Highland Games. They used rocks from the desert as improvised 'shots' at the fun event,
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Defence reveals details of major battle
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 15 days ago
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Taliban machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, Australian special forces soldiers were pinned down in the Afghanistan dust and, in the words of their commander, "digging holes with their eyelids"...Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith - whose charge
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Demand for Helmand Schools to Reopen
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 16 days ago
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With security improving, tens of thousands of children are still prevented from resuming their education. May 13 Residents of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province say nearly half the schools there remain closed, and they dispute claims by
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Bloody End for 5 U.S. Fighters in Afghanistan
An Isaf agent affirms that five U.s. fighters have been murdered by a shell in the southern Afghan region of Kandahar, topping off one of the bloodiest weeks for global constrains not long from now. Five U.s. fighters were killed by a
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