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Obama, Karzai reaffirm 2014 withdrawal: US

US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Friday reaffirmed that US troops would leave ...

Afghanistan wants early security handover: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said that the U.S. and the Afghan governments should work together for an ...

13 women and children killed in Afghan bomb

A Taliban roadside bomb tore through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine children and ...

Panetta acknowledges troubling events in afghanistan

The US defense chief held talks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acknowledging that a series of "deeply troubling" ...

Obama expresses shock over Afghan shooting

US President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday "to express his shock and sadness" over a ...

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 ...

Xi backs expanding US-China military ties

China`s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between ...

us presence in asia to secure region`s stability : Cohen

The United States` presence in Asia is meant to secure stability in the region, a visiting former US defense secretary ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

Israel welcomes additional U.S. military aid

Israel applauded on Sunday a decision by the U.S. Congress to approve 235 million U.S. dollars in aid to Israel`s ...

Last US base handed to Iraq ahead of pullout

Iraq took control of the last US military base in the country on Friday, a day after US forces formally marked the end ...

US military holds ceremony to end Iraq mission

A flag-lowering ceremony marking the end of the US mission in Iraq was held on Thursday afternoon near Baghdad, nearly ...

White House says IAEA report on Iran "very alarming"

The White House said on Thursday that this week`s International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran`s nuclear program ...

Obama meets NATO chief. aides laud Libya role

President Barack Obama on Monday met NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as top officials again defended the US role in ...

RI, US continue to step up cooperation in various fields

Positive relations between Indonesia and the United States have advanced since the election of President Susilo ...