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Militants attack Red Cross office in Afghanistan

JALALABAD: Suicide bombers and militants attacked a Red Cross (ICRC) office in Jalalabad city, east Afghanistan, on Wednesday, officials said, with gunfire erupting in...

US special envoy James Dobbins to visit Pakistan soon

ISLAMABAD: The United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins would soon be visiting Pakistan as the US is believed to be...

Seven Afghan policemen killed by commander’s guests

KABUL: At least seven Afghan policemen were killed when two Afghans opened fire on a police commander at a checkpoint in Arghistan District of...

Taliban launch attack in downtown Kabul

KABUL: Explosions and gunfire rocked central Kabul Friday as the Taliban launched an attack close to an Afghan intelligence facility and the headquarters of...

Afghan President Karzai meets Indian leaders to seek military aid

NEW DELHI: Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday,...

Sherry Rehman urges US to end drone attacks

WASHINGTON: Sherry Rehman, who resigned as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States after May 11 election, has asked Washington to end drone strikes in...

Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his...

Ali Haider Gilani’s kidnappers gang chief arrested

Nowshehra: The gang chief of the kidnappers of Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was arrested during an...

Drone strike authorization policy doesn’t need to change: US Defense

WASHINGTON: A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the Pentagon sees no need to change the broad congressional authorization under which the military...

15 die in Kabul car bomb attack on Nato convoy

KABUL: A car bomber attacked a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30, officials said.The...

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