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NATO showing "restraint" in Afghanistan

NATO troops are displaying "great restraint" in Afghanistan in the face of a wave of violent unrest that left four US ...

34 militants killed in northwest Pakistan

At least 34 militants were killed by the Pakistani security forces in the country`s northwest tribal areas along the ...

Afghan defense minister warns about US plan

The Afghan defense minister warned late Friday that a US proposal to cut the size of Afghan security forces by more ...

Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, assassinating a district police chief and killing ...

Germany to reduce troop contingent in Afghanistan

Germany will start to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan at the start of 2012, cutting its contingent to 4,900 ...

U.S. to pull out troops from Iraq by end-2011

U.S. President Barack Obama said all American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, ending a long war which ...

Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels: government

Kenyan troops have crossed the border into war-torn Somalia to attack Islamist Shebab rebels they accuse of being ...

Yemeni general killed, 30 troops taken hostage: sources

A general was killed and 30 other troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh were taken hostage when ...

Civilians killed in Afghan air strike: local officials

Six Afghan civilians from the same family were killed by a coalition air strike in the insurgent-hit east of the ...

Al-Qaeda leader lauds Muslims on US troop withdrawal

An audiotape message purportedly from Al-Qaeda`s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has praised Muslims for the withdrawal of US ...

31 US, seven Afghans dead as Taliban down chopper

Thirty-one US special forces and seven Afghans died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said ...

Afghan blast kills 12 policemen, one child

A suicide attacker killed 12 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern city of Lashkar Gah on Sunday when he ...

Petraeus steps down in Afghanistan

General David Petraeus, the most celebrated military leader of his generation, stepped down as US commander in ...

US "likely" to pull out 10,000 Afghan troops: source

President Barack Obama will "likely" withdraw about 10,000 US troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, with ...

Sudan`s Bashir agrees to Abyei withdrawal-diplomats

Sudan`s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has agreed to pull northern troops out of the disputed Abyei border region ...