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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 ...

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 ...

Ethiopia, Somali troops seize rebel bastion of Baidoa

Truckloads of Ethiopian and Somali troops on Wednesday captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa from Al-Qaeda ...

Afghanistan tells troops to move families from Pakistan

Afghanistan`s defence ministry has begun ordering soldiers who have families in Pakistan to move them to Afghanistan ...

17 Russian troops killed in Caucasus battle: minister

Russian troops suffered 17 dead and 24 wounded in a days-long battle with insurgents in the restive North Caucasus ...

British airman killed in Afghanistan attack: ministry

A British airman was shot dead on Monday in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan, the 398th serviceperson to die since ...

Top US envoy met Taliban in Qatar: Afghan official

Washington`s chief envoy to Afghanistan met Taliban leaders in Qatar as part of US efforts to bring the insurgents to ...

Russian Islamist chief orders halt to civilian attacks

The leader of Russia`s Islamist rebels ordered a halt to attacks on civilians, saying mass opposition protests showed ...

Anthrax parcel sent to Pakistan pm`s house: police

Pakistani police said Wednesday they were investigating how and why a parcel containing anthrax was sent to the prime ...

Gunmen attack police post in flashpoint Nigerian city

Gunmen in Nigeria have killed at least one officer after opening fire on a police station in the city of Kano, where ...

US citizen freed a week after kidnapping in Nigeria

A U.S. citizen working for Marubeni Corp who was kidnapped in Nigeria`s oil rich Niger Delta on Jan. 20 has been ...

German citizen kidnapped in Nigeria`s Kano

Gunmen kidnapped a German citizen working on a construction site in Nigeria`s second city of Kano on Thursday, the ...

Assassins kill Iraq Qaeda leader-turned-critic

Assassins have shot dead a former senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq who defected from the extremist network and sided ...

Bodies of four French troops return home from Afghanistan

The bodies of four French soldiers were flown home Sunday, two days after their deaths at the hands of an Afghan ...

Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport

A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded eight Thursday in an attack at Kandahar international ...