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Afghan Taliban announce start of new spring offensive against foreign forces

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced to start their annual spring offensive against foreign forces, the violence would include insider attacks by fighters...

Pakistan plans to close Afghan border on May 11 elections

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would seal its border with Afghanistan and restrict the movement of Afghan refugees on May 11 polls, the measure is aimed at...

US combat drones to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014

WASHINGTON: Though the US military continues its drawdown from Afghanistan, long after combat troops are gone by the end of the 2014, one factor...

US-Afghan-Pakistan talks make progress, more work to do: Kerry

BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to get Afghanistan and Pakistan on the same page Wednesday, ending their mistrust so they could...

At least nine dead, over 100 wounded in Afghanistan quake

KABUL: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border on Wednesday that left at least nine people dead and more than 100...

Kayani in Brussels for talks with Karzai, Kerry

BRUSSELS: Pakistan’s Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani was in Brussels Wednesday to meet Afghan president Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State John...

Taliban kill seven Afghan civilians, behead four soldiers

Kabul: Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have killed seven civilians with a roadside bomb and cut the throats of four Afghan soldiers kidnapped while travelling...

Afghanistan ‘running out of patience with Pakistan

Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office has said that patience is running out with Pakistan as the country has not taken practical measures to...

Foreigners abducted in eastern Afghanistan are well: Taliban spokesman

KABUL: A group of foreigners abducted by Afghan Taliban in eastern Afghanistan after their helicopter in which they were travelling made a forced landing...

Pak-Afghan-US core group meeting today

BRUSSELS: Two-day trilateral core group meeting of Pakistan‚ Afghanistan and the United States begins in Brussels today to discuss Afghan peace process. Army Chief General...

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