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Six injured in Islamabad hotel blast

Explosion in a four-storey hotel in Islamabad injured at least six people and destroyed one storey of the hotel ...

Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route

President Barack Obama and Uzbekistan`s President Islam Karimov discussed expanding U.S. use of the central Asian ...

Eight NATO troops, three Afghans killed

Two Afghan policewomen and a civilian were killed by a mine on their way to work Thursday, a day after another eight ...

Three Afghans killed in airport road blast in Herat

Two Afghan policewomen and a civilian were killed Thursday when a remote controlled mine blew up the vehicle taking ...

Afghan war violence up nearly 40 percent: UN

Violent incidents in the Afghan war have increased by nearly 40 percent over last year, according to UN figures. ...

Three NATO troops dead in Afghan bomb

Three foreign troops have died in a single bombing in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance ...

Taliban kill 8 police with insider help: govt official

Eight Afghan police were killed early Wednesday when Taliban militants apparently helped by an insider overran their ...

New Zealand SAS soldier killed in Afghanistan: PM

A New Zealand special forces soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan while taking part in an operation against insurgents ...

Australian women allowed to combat

Australian women will be allowed to serve in front line combat roles, including as special forces soldiers in ...

Terrorists now operate individually: Intelligence chief

The Chief of Indonesia`s State Intelligence Agency (BIN), Sutanto, said terrorism was now being carried out ...

Iran`s Ahmadinejad attacks west, prompts walk-out

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...

Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul

Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and head of the council tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to ...

British soldier shot dead in Afghanistan: ministry

A British Royal Marine was killed after coming under small arms fire while on foot patrol in Helmand Province, ...

Battle in Kabul heightens Afghan security fears

A deadly 19-hour Taliban assault on Kabul that turned its most heavily secured district into a battle zone has ...