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Asylum seekers make indonesia transit point

In the past several years, Indonesia has become a transit point for illegal immigrants from various countries seeking ...

Female car bomber kills 12 in Kabul

A female suicide car bomber attacked a van in Kabul on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including eight South Africans, in ...

Suicide bomber kills five Afghans

A suicide bomber killed an Afghan police commander and four civilians in a remote town near the Turkmenistan border on ...

Taliban taunts US with defeat on 9/11 anniversary

The Taliban has taunted the United States with the prospect of "utter defeat" in Afghanistan, marking the 11th ...

Taliban "open" to ceasefire, US presence to 2024

The Taliban are open to a general ceasefire as well as a political agreement which could lead to a US military ...

Afghanistan rocket attack damages US military chief's plane

A rocket fired on a US airbase in Afghanistan early Tuesday damaged the aircraft of America's top military officer and ...

Two U.S. troops killed by Afghan policeman

Two American soldiers were killed by a member of the Afghan local police Friday in a new "green-on-blue" attack, NATO ...

US general accuses Haqqani network of Kabul attack

The US commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday accused the Pakistan-based Haqqani network of orchestrating a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Obama, NATO chief agree Afghan focus for summit

US President Barack Obama met with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming ...