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BBC man among 21 killed in Afghan attacks

Taliban bomb and gun attacks on an official`s compound and a militia base in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan ...

Up to 100,000 flee Pakistan border offensive

Up to 100,000 people have fled their homes in a district of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan after the military launched ...

Taliban claim assassination of Kandahar mayor

The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed the mayor of Kandahar, the group ...

U.S. soldier pleads not guilty to murdering Afghan

A Connecticut National Guardsman accused of slaying an Afghan civilian last year pleaded not guilty to murder during ...

Bosnia sends canons to Afghanistan

Bosnia on Monday sent the first of about 60 canons it had promised to the Afghanistan National Army, NATO officials in ...

Indonesia surrenders to China in volley ball championship

Indonesia represented by a Bank Sumselbabel team surrendered to Tang Dynasty from China 0-3 in the Group A eliminating ...

Italian soldier killed in Afghanistan

An Italian soldier was killed and two others injured on Monday during an operation in Afghanistan, the military ...

NATO helicopter downed in Afghanistan

A NATO helicopter crashed in the restive east of Afghanistan on Monday, and foreign troops battled an insurgent attack ...

Some 60 RI`s children still in Australian jails

Some 60 Indonesian children are still in Australia`s jails for trying to smuggle in illegal immigrants to the ...

China raises death toll to 18 in Xinjiang violence

China on Wednesday raised the death toll to 18 from a clash at a police station in the restive far western region of ...

Pakistan`s first woman foreign minister sworn in

Pakistan`s first woman foreign minister -- and also its youngest -- was sworn in on Tuesday, ending a five-month job ...

Petraeus steps down in Afghanistan

General David Petraeus, the most celebrated military leader of his generation, stepped down as US commander in ...

French soldiers` bodies to return from Afghanistan

The bodies of seven French soldiers killed in Afghanistan in the space of four days were to leave Kabul to return home ...

Three dead in attacks on NATO tankers in Pakistan

Three people were killed and 16 wounded when militants blew up one NATO supply oil tanker and opened fire on another ...

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been shot dead in southern Afghanistan, the 376th British serviceman to die there since 2001, ...