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Five Pakistanis killed in "cross-border attack"

Several hundred militants crossed the border from Afghanistan on Thursday and stormed a village in Pakistan`s lawless ...

Bomb destroys seven NATO oil tankers in Pakistan

At least seven tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan were gutted Monday when a bomb planted in one of ...

32 Taliban killed, 25 wounded: Afghan army

Thirty-two Taliban fighters have been killed and 25 wounded in the last 24 hours, during an operation in the western ...

Afghanistan, Pakistan to jointly work for reconciliation

Afghanistan and Pakistan Saturday expressed their commitment to an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process of ...

150 militants attack Pakistan`s northwest

Around 150 militants armed with rockets attacked a security checkpost in Pakistan`s Waziristan on Thursday, killing ...

Obama says sorry to Karzai for civilian deaths

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his "sorrow" to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over recent civilian ...

38,000 internally displaced persons in Pakistan return homes: UN

The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that 38,000 people, who had been displaced as the result of fighting ...

11 held after attack on Italian base in Afghanistan

Afghan authorities said Sunday they had captured 11 people accused of carrying out a deadly attack on an Italian-led ...

Blast at Afghan university kills two: police

Two students were killed in a blast at a university in Kandahar on Saturday, one of the most troubled places in ...

Taliban border attack kills 34 in Pakistan

Hundreds of heavily armed Taliban besieged a Pakistani checkpost on the Afghan border for a second day Thursday, ...

Seven policemen killed in checkpoint attack in NW Pakistan

At least seven policemen were killed in a checkpoint attack launched Wednesday morning by unknown militants in Dir ...

Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two Australian soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Defence Department said Tuesday, ...

NATO air strike kills 14 civilians: Afghan officials

At least 14 civilians were killed and six wounded in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan, the local authorities ...

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan: ministry

Two British soldiers were killed by a homemade bomb while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, defence officials in ...

Germany says two soldiers killed in Afghanistan

German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Saturday said two German soldiers were killed in a Taliban suicide ...