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Five US soldiers killed in blast in southern Afghanistan

KABUL: Five US soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday, provincial officials said. "Five American soldiers were...

James Dobbins appointed new US envoy for Pakistan‚ Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday appointed James F Dobbins, a veteran US diplomat with a history of difficult assignments from...

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over border clash

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign office summoned the Afghan Charge d’Affairs on Thursday to lodge a strong protest against the unprovoked border clash by Afghanistan in...

Pakistan, Afghan forces clash along border injuring soldiers

ISLAMABAD: An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the Pak-Afghan border late on...

KPK Interior Ministry directs to seal Pak-Afghan border at Torkham on 11 May

PESHAWAR: The Interior Ministry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) on Thursday directed Additional Chief Secretary FATA to seal the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham on May...

US forces in Afghanistan nearly destroyed vital airfield

Kabul: US forces tearing down unwanted bases in Afghanistan nearly destroyed the only runway in a restive eastern province, even though major supply roads...

Three Nato troops, five Afghans killed in roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan

KABUL: Three Nato service members and five Afghan were killed in roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the US-led coalition in Afghanistan...

Seven killed as civilian cargo plane crashes in Afghanistan

KABUL: Seven people were killed when a civilian cargo plane owned by an American company crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of the Afghan...

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Peshawar

Peshawar:  Ten people, including son and nephew of ex-deputy prime minister of Afghanistan, were killed and 70 others wounded when a suicide bomber rammed...

Hundreds protest outside RAF base against drones being used to conduct missions in Afghanistan

Waddington, UK: Hundreds of peace campaigners gathered outside an RAF base today to protest against the 'obscenity' of armed drones being used to conduct...

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