The NATO force in Afghanistan says a homemade bomb has killed four children and a civilian adult in a northeastern province. International troops and Afghan security forces are evacuating at least three more wounded children to a military hospital after Thursday morning’s explosion in Kapisa province, north of the capital,…
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Pakistan on Thursday that his country did not want to become a battle ground for proxy wars between India, Pakistan, Iran and the United States.
India and Pakistan, implacable South Asian rivals, have struggled for influence in Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion brought down…
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Pakistan’s relationship with Afghanistan is close to the core of Islamabad’s national security interests and Pakistan has to be a partner in finding solutions in its western conflict-hit neighbor, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband emphasized Wednesday while also urging Afghans to pursue a political settlement in their country.
Delivering a…
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The Afghan Taliban’s leadership has dispersed to cities across Pakistan to avoid arrest after the recent detention of senior militants, officials and militants say. Western officials say the growing pressure on militant leaders, if maintained, represents one of the best hopes for undermining the twin insurgencies threatening Afghanistan and Pakistan.<br…
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Britain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war could be prolonged – and more British lives lost – as a result of incompetence and lack of political will in Kabul.
A speech to be delivered in…
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The Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Wednesday Pakistan has formally asked Afghan government to train their National Army, adding, India is meddling into affairs of Pakistan through Afghanistan, a private TV reported.
He vowed to take up this issue with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his official visit to…
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Taliban reintegration and the political solution of Afghan crises are likely to be the key agenda of Pak-Afghan consultations as Afghan President Karzai is due to arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday. Karzai is likely to ask Islamabad for the extradition of Mullah Baradar for trial in Afghanistan and will also…
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a closer view of the Afghanistan war Tuesday, with a visit to troops fighting the Taliban in the country’s rugged south. Gates flew to Kandahar early Tuesday for meetings with U.S. and British generals overseeing the current military campaign in Marjah. Gates presented Silver…
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INTERIOR Minister Rehman Malik on Monday identified India as the “foreign hand” behind several attacks in Pakistan, saying that “signatures of India” were there in weapons seized from militants in the tribal areas.
“I have identified it several times. All the weapons are coming from Afghanistan. The signatures of India…
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Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has postponed visit to Afghanistan which is originally scheduled on Monday, an unidentified Afghan official said.
President Ahmadinejad is likely to visit neighboring Afghanistan on Wednesday, the official said.
This tour, if it is realized, will be Ahmadinejad’s first visit to Afghanistan since his re-election last…
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A roadside bomb attack has blown up a car in a remote southwestern province of Afghanistan, killing 10 civilians, the interior ministry said on Monday.
Another civilian died in a separate bomb blast in the same region, it added.
According to details, the first bomb went off as civilians drove…
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan early Monday as coalition forces continued to restore order in the town of Marjah, the first major test of the U.S. and NATO counterinsurgency strategy since President Obama ordered 30,000 new American troops to blunt the Taliban’s momentum.
Gates said the…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki charged on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region.
Mottaki’s comments came as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan ahead of a trip to Kabul by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
“I accuse the US, Britain…
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Two homemade bombs exploding in quick succession killed 12 people, including 10 civilians, in an increasingly volatile part of northwestern Afghanistan, police said on Monday.
Police spokesman Abdul Raouf Ahmadi said the first blast hit a civilian vehicle in Badghis province, killing 10 passengers. The second, minutes later nearby, struck…
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ISLAMABAD – The lingering small-scale border disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan are making it difficult for Pak security forces to fight terrorism and eliminate cross-border movements, sources informed on Sunday.
Well-placed military sources informed TheNation on Sunday that US supported Pak-Afghan border management project was unlikely to achieve its objectives…
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KUNDUZ (AFP) – Up to 60 militants and 19 civilians may have been killed in bloody clashes between rival militant groups in northern Afghanistan, a police official said Sunday.
The fighting between Taliban rebels and militants loyal to the Hezb-i-Islami insurgent group erupted early Saturday in Baghlan province where both…
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Up to 60 militants and 19 civilians may have been killed in bloody clashes between rival Islamist militant groups in northern Afghanistan, a police official said Sunday. The fighting between Taliban rebels and militants loyal to the Hezb-i-Islami insurgent group erupted early Saturday in Baghlan province where both factions are…
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