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Militants kill five Pakistani villagers: officials

Militants opened fire on Pakistani villagers Tuesday, killing at least five civilians and wounding another six in the ...

Australia to speed up Afghan withdrawal

Australia will dramatically cut the number of soldiers it has serving in Afghanistan over the next year, bringing ...

NATO driver killed, tankers burnt

Gunmen killed a NATO truck driver and burnt seven tankers carrying oil for Western troops in Afghanistan, the second ...

Foreigners fuelling corruption in Afghanistan

Foreigners are fuelling the problem of corruption in Afghanistan, a country ranked as one of the most corrupt in the ...

Bicycle bomb kills 2, wounds 16 in Afghanistan

A bicycle bomb killed at least two people, including a member of Afghanistan`s peace council, and left 16 wounded when ...

Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, assassinating a district police chief and killing ...

NATO fuel trucks destroyed in Pakistan attack: police

More than 20 trucks were destroyed in a rocket attack Thursday on a NATO trucking terminal in southwest Pakistan ...

800 Pakistanis protest against US in capital

Around 800 people poured onto the streets in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday to condemn NATO and the ...

NATO seeks to mend fences with Russia on missile shield

NATO and Russia began a fresh push on Thursday to resolve a deep rift over a European missile shield with the alliance ...

White House denounces suicide bombings in Afghanistan

The United States "strongly condemns" the two suicide bombings on Tuesday that left at least 59 people dead and 154 ...

Karzai flying home, scraps uk visit after bombings

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cancelled a visit to Britain to fly home after at least 59 people were killed in ...

NATO allies to meet amid Russia anger over missile shield

NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after ...

Norway to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan in 2013

Norway will withdraw most of its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year before the bulk of NATO`s forces, Norwegian ...

Iran downs US drone violating eastern airspace: reports

Iran`s military on Sunday shot down a US Army RQ-170 unmanned aerial vehicle after it "briefly violated" Iranian ...

Afghan rights situation still "critical" 10 years on: HRW

The human rights situation remains "critical" in Afghanistan despite the Taliban`s ouster 10 years ago, Human Rights ...