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Al-qaeda revives in Afghanistan: report

Al-Qaeda militants are gradually returning to eastern Afghanistan and setting up bases for the first time in years, ...

Suicide blast rocks Helmand capital

A pair of suicide bombers on Monday targeted the capital of Afghanistan`s flashpoint Helmand province, where Afghans ...

Twin suicide attacks kill 41 at Pakistan shrine: police

Two suicide bomb attacks outside a shrine in the central Pakistani province of Punjab on Sunday killed 41 people, a ...

5 killed in Afghanistan Koran-burning protest

Five people were killed during protests in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday against the burning of a ...

Taliban abduct 40 Afghan villagers: police

Taliban insurgents have abducted around 40 villagers in eastern Afghanistan, a local police chief said Sunday, ...

Afghan leader makes new year visit to Iran

Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Saturday on a visit to Tehran, where he will meet his Iranian counterpart following ...

Gunmen kill 10 road workers in Pakistan

Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead 10 road construction workers on Monday in the restive southwest of Pakistan before ...

Civilians `among 35 dead` in US strike in Pakistan

Civilians and police were among 35 people killed when US missiles ploughed into a militant training compound in ...

Afghan governor survives assassination attempt

The governor of a restive province in north-eastern Afghanistan said he survived a "fierce" attack Thursday on the ...

US drone strike `kills six militants in Pakistan`

A US drone strike targeting a rebel vehicle and a compound on Sunday killed six militants and wounded five others in a ...

US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan: officials

At least six militants were killed in two US drone attacks in Pakistan`s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan ...

Afghan presiden jokes he is "oppressed" by wife

Afghan President Hamid Karzai joked Tuesday that he was "oppressed" by his wife during a speech to mark International ...

11 militants killed in Afghanistan`s Helmand province

Eleven Taliban militants including a local commander were killed Saturday when warplanes of NATO-led forces pounded ...

Eleven dead in Pakistan mosque blast

A bomb attack on a packed mosque in militant-infested northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 people and wounded over 20 ...

Actress Jolie visits Afghanistan: UNHCR

US film star Angelina Jolie has made a surprise two-day visit to Afghanistan to meet refugees in the war-torn country, ...