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NATO says 25 killed in coordinated assault on US bases
Military says air strikes and gunfire killed at least 25 insurgents during attacks in Gormal, Sarobi and Barmal.
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Getting attention: Musharraf hires firm to ‘represent his interests’ in US
The firm arranged some of Musharraf’s recent meetings with US senators.
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Police breakthrough: Kashmiri student arrested in Sept 7 Delhi blast case
Investigators describe Wasim Akram Malik as a key link in the case.
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10 years on: Karzai admits security failure, Obama touts progress
Both leaders consider losses and gains as troops withdrawal edges closer.
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Darululoom Deoband passes fatwas on terrorism - and body waxing
'Are women allowed to do a full body wax?' Just an everyday question for the "fatwa" desk.
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Afghanistan marks 10 years since war
The anniversary will be marked in quiet fashion, with little to commemorate the long years of conflict.
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'Obama warning puts pressure on Pak to get out of war'
Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Foreign Affairs Committee says Obama's statement may fuel anti-Americanism.
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Slain Qaeda militant's family hits out at US govt
White House declines to confirm reports whether its forces or CIA drones were involved in raid on Awlaqi's convoy.
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Washington press conference: ‘Haqqani sahib should not use Pak for wrong activities’
Musharraf says Islamabad offered to train Afghan troops; Kabul never responded.
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Secret law: US panel can put Americans on ‘kill list’
National Security Council group can target US citizens, but president can veto decision.
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Al Qaeda still a 'threat' after Awlaqi death: FBI chief
'Despite this blow to their leadership, AQAP remains a significant threat to the homeland'.
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Timeline: Afghanistan, 10 years since the war began
A timeline of the main events in Afghanistan over the last 10 years.
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Fear lingers for Afghan women 10 years on
Female politicians argue former mujahedeen warlords part of Karzai's government are just as bad as the Taliban.
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Pakistan squeezed by Afghan-India pact
Analysts say Kabul-Delhi partnership may force Pakistan into reappraising its approach to militancy.
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Six held over plot to kill Karzai: Kabul
Six people have been arrested after an alleged plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai was foiled.
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Israel threat to region because it has atomic bomb: Turkish PM
Erdogan accuses Israel of committing "state terrorism."
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Haqqani commander 'killed in Afghan strike': NATO
ISAF identifies the militant as Dilawar, a lieutenant of Haji Mali Khan.
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Strategic pact with India: Afghan envoy meets Kayani to quell Pak’s fears
Karzai terms Pakistan ‘twin brother’, says accord with New Delhi will not affect ties with Islamabad.
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Underwear bomber vows 'US cancer' will be wiped out
Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up US-bound airliner in 2009 hails a slain al Qaeda cleric as his trial opens.
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Digging for truth in Kashmir's unmarked graves
Graves not mass graves of the sort uncovered after Balkans conflict, but individual plots in rural town graveyards.
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Rabbani assassination: Pakistan rejects Afghan allegations
Sadiq says he neither refused to help nor complained about media leaks.
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Somalia's al Shabaab kills 70 in Mogadishu bomb blast
Al Shabaab have warned Somalis to stay away from government buildings and military bases.
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Imran Farooq murder: London Police still investigating case
Refutes claims that it had arrested three suspects, requested arrests in Pakistan. Was still looking for leads.
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Regional splash: Amidst discord with Pakistan, an accord with India
Afghanistan signs its first-ever strategic pact with India.
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Raymond Davis charged with felony assault in Colorado
Davis was arrested over the weekend after police received reports of a fight underway outside a bagel shop there.
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Afghanistan says Pakistan refuses to help in Rabbani probe
NDS deputy head says message from Pakistan Embassy states issue arisen in media, cannot cooperate.
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US 'Underwear bomber' trial to open in Detroit
The trial will be closely watched as it comes after the killing of al Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaqi in Yemen.
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'Pakistan should choose between US and Taliban'
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that Pakistan was not acting like an ally in the war on terror.
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China treads carefully amid US-Pakistan rift
China does not want to upset warming relations with India by getting mired in subcontinent security tension.
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Karzai to hold loya jirga to decide peace strategy
The Afghan president is reviewing his strategy for negotiations with the Taliban following Rabbani's death.
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Trio awarded Nobel Prize for medicine
Award for their work on body's complex defense system, however one member died a week before the award.
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Bahrain jails Shia protesters for life: prosecutor
Fourteen sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of beating to death a Pakistani 'with a terrorist aim.'
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Chaos in IHK provincial assembly: Leaders demand CM's resignation
Leaders demand CM's resignation for alleged involvement in death of Syed Mohammad Yousuf in police custody.
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Five Pakistanis face trial for swindling Emirates airlines
Men booked and sold tickets of Emirates airline using credit cards belonging to residents in of USA and Australia.
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Haqqani network denies links to ISI: BBC
Sirajuddin Haqqani also denies that the network killed Afghan peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani.
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Rabbani’s assassin was a Pakistani: Kabul
Islamabad rejects allegations, calls the slain Afghan leader ‘a great friend’.
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Karzai reviews Taliban peace strategy
Karzai expected to announce a new strategy for peace efforts in a televised address "very soon": Spokesperson.
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Rabbani's killer was Pakistani: Karzai's office
Evidence shows that Rabbani's death last month "was plotted in Quetta by a Pakistani" says presidential statement.
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Raymond Davis charged after fight over parking lot
Davis was arguing with a 50-year-old man about parking space in Colorado when things turned physical.
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India to deploy fighter jets along border: Report
Indian newspaper says the squadron of Sukhois will be operational in Nov.
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‘Documentary proof’: Kabul blames Quetta Shura for ex-president’s assassination
Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security says evidence handed to Pakistan mission in Afghan capital.
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Afghan interpreters race for US visas as exit looms
Afghan interpreters fear they will be targeted by the Taliban when US and other allies withdraw in 2014.
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No ground troops in case of unilateral action in Pakistan: US official
US official says Pakistanis have been appraised of decision to not send ground troops in targeting militants.
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Hockey: FIH warns India of Olympic ban
Federation not in favour of parallel hockey bodies.
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Radical US-born cleric Awlaqi killed: Yemen defence ministry
Tribal sources say Awlaqi, who was on US wanted list, killed in air strike which hit two vehicles in Marib province.
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Indian PM Singh 'refuses holidays'
India's workaholic Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not taken a holiday since he took the top job in 2004.
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Concern about Pakistan as US war supply route
I expect a major breakthrough between us and the Uzbeks in terms of ground and air access, says Graham.
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Pakistan paying for mistakes in the ’70s: Blair
Says ‘Americans have to decide’ whether to go after Haqqani network.
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Indian Kashmir gunbattle enters fourth day, death toll reaches 9
The army says a group of about seven militants fighting with Indian troops in forests of northern district of Kupwara.
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US man charged in aerial bomb plot on Washington
Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, was arrested and charged with the aerial bombing plot to attack Washington.