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First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...

Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular ...

French photographer escapes Afghan kidnappers after four months

A French photographer kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago fled his captors on Monday and was now safe in the ...

Indonesia to hold democratization workshop for Arab countries` participants

The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry next June 2013 will hold a workshop about democratization process for ...

US names Breedlove as new NATO commander

The United States on Thursday nominated General Philip Breedlove, a veteran pilot in Europe, as the top commander of ...

13 bombs defused in eastern Afghanistan

Afghan security forces and the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have defused 13 Improvised ...

Australia to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan in 2013

Most of Australian troops in Afghanistan will return home and their main military base at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan ...

VP Boediono attends innauguration ceremony of S. Korea President

Indonesian Vice President Boediono attended inauguration ceremony of the new South Korea President Park Geun-hye at ...

Farhad Darya, Valy Hedjazi, Aryana Sayeed, and Shabana Meheryar Headline Star Performers at the 7th Annual ATN Awards to

- Some of the world's most famous Afghan musicians and performers from around the world will gather on Monday, January ...

Obama, Karzai meet, Afghan peace effort show flickers of life

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss matters of war, including future U.S. troop ...

Hillary Clinton to be back at work Monday

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work on Monday after a month-long absence caused by a series of ...

Twin suicide attack at Afghan tribal meeting

Two suicide bombers struck inside a meeting of community leaders in the southern Afghan town of Spin Boldak on Sunday, ...

US draws plans for up to 9,000 troops in Afghanistan

The US Defense Department has prepared plans for a smaller presence in Afghanistan after the White House insisted on ...

Local police, an uncertain player in Afghan future

The Afghan Local Police, branded by some critics as an incompetent Taliban-linked militia, is one of the many security ...

Car bomb hits NATO base in eastern afghanistan

A car bomb went off near a NATO military base in eastern Afghan province of Khost Wednesday morning, the coalition ...