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NATO hopes Putin election leads to stronger cooperation

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed hopes Monday that Vladimir Putin`s election will lead to enhanced ...

Attack on US military base kills 2: Afghan official

Two civilians were killed Monday in a suicide attack at a gate to the US military base at Bagram north of the Afghan ...

Local Taliban leader captured in n.Afghanistan operation: ISAF

A local Taliban leader was captured Saturday during a joint Afghan forces and NATO-led coalition troops operation in ...

Suicide bomber attacks NATO convoy, 7 wounded: official

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a NATO convoy in Afghanistan`s southern province of Kandahar Friday, ...

UN calls on Koran burners to be punished

The United Nations said Thursday the perpetrators of the Koran burning in Afghanistan should be punished, but insisted ...

US warns against military action toward Iran

The White House warned Wednesday that any military action against Iran would create "greater instability" that could ...

Two NATO troops killed by Afghans

Two NATO troops were killed Thursday when an Afghan soldier and a civilian turned their weapons against them in ...

NATO showing "restraint" in Afghanistan

NATO troops are displaying "great restraint" in Afghanistan in the face of a wave of violent unrest that left four US ...

Afghan diplomat, officials arrested for spying

Afghanistan`s spy agency said Monday that a senior foreign ministry diplomat and three other government officials had ...

Fallout from Afghan Koran burning widens

The fallout from Koran burnings at a US airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers ...

NATO probes food after Taliban poison claim

The Taliban claimed Monday it was behind the poisoning of coalition troops` food in eastern Afghanistan as NATO ...

Govt provides lawyers to defend migrant workers overseas

Taking care of around five million migrant workers overseas is not an easy task at all since the government has to ...

Taliban say airport attack is "revenge" for Koran burnings

The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Monday for an attack on the Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, ...

Suicide blast kills six at Afghan airport: Police

At least six people were killed and seven wounded Monday in a suicide car bomb attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern ...

Pakistan tribesmen protest US drone strikes

Hundreds of armed tribesmen on Thursday rallied against US drone attacks in Pakistan`s lawless tribal belt, demanding ...