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Special forces free aid workers in Afghanistan

NATO special forces rescued two foreign women hostages and killed five kidnappers in a daring night raid on a cave in ...

Afghan civilian death drop 21 percent

The number of civilians killed in the Afghan war in the first four months of this year has dropped by 21 percent over ...

Senior Al-Qaeda militant killed in Afghanistan

NATO said Tuesday that Al-Qaeda`s second in command in Afghanistan had been killed in an air strike near the Pakistani ...

US drones kill 8 militants in Pakistan: officials

Two separate US drone attacks killed at least eight militants in Pakistan`s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan ...

8 civilians killed in NATO air strike in Afghanistan

Eight civilians were killed Saturday night in an air strike conducted by the NATO-led coalition forces in the eastern ...

Hollande defends French exit in Afghanistan

President Francois Hollande told troops in Afghanistan on Friday that France will coordinate closely with NATO allies ...

US ambassador in Afghanistan leaves for health reasons: US

The United States said Tuesday that Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, is leaving his job for health ...

6 Taliban dead, 2 Afghan police hurt in clashes

Clashes between Taliban militants and Afghan police left six insurgents dead and two policemen injured on Tuesday, ...

Afghans will not stand alone: Obama to NATO

US President Barack Obama vowed Monday the international community would not abandon Afghanistan as it seeks to take ...

Hollande says NATO allies understand Afghan position

French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that he had reached agreement with his NATO allies over his decision ...

NATO chief to hold talks with Pakistani leader

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Islamabad to back efforts to stabilise Afghanistan ahead of talks Saturday with ...

250 Afghan students hospitalized after being poisoned

At least 250 boy students were poisoned Tuesday at a high school in Afghanistan`s eastern province of Khost, a ...

Pakistan poised to reopen NATO supply lines

Pakistan on Tuesday looked poised to end a nearly six-month blockade of NATO ground supply routes into Afghanistan, ...

Bomb kills seven in Afghan market

A remotely-detonated bomb ripped through a bazaar in northwestern Afghanistan on Monday, killing seven civilians, ...

Afghans to take more control from NATO

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday announced a new transfer of security control from NATO that will see local ...