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The younger Karzai’s reputation was unsavoury, but he was the Americans' man in Kandahar.

Ahmad Wali was a critical power-broker who helped shore up Karzai's influence in volatile southern Afghanistan.

Official says Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot dead at his house by one of the visiting guests.

The finance, home, defence and foreign affairs posts were unaltered in the Congress-led government.

The BBC said someone acting for The Sunday Times posed as Brown and obtained details of his account.

US accuses Syrian regime for stirring trouble and failing to provide adequate security to their diplomatic missions.

SM Krishna says not desirable that US heavily arm the region and upset the equilibrium in the region itself.

Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets chanting "death to Pakistani invaders" to protest cross-border attacks.

Failure of Pak-Afghan transit agreement causes anger.

Panetta will press Baghdad to go after militants attacking US forces with Iranian rockets.

South Asian nations must fight terrorism without relying on outside help, Manmohan Singh said at a SAARC gathering.

Activists campaign for 'absolute faith in Allah' to be restored to the constitution.

Bilateral repatriation treaty requires offender’s consent before deportation.

Accused of shipping coatings to Chashma II Nuclear Power Plant.

President Omar al Bashir guest of honour at celebrations.

Allegations of phone hacking scandals for years caused the death of the paper.

The campaign for permanent seat ended due to lack of support among member states.

The president was flown to Riyadh for treatment in a military hospital after he was wounded.

Officials say violent incidents in Indian Kashmir fell below 100 in the first half of the year.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik represented Pakistan.

Pakistani inmate could win freedom within weeks.

Phone hacking allegations alienated readers and sent advertisers packing.

Maulvi Faqir Mohammed is back on the air after the army had successfully driven him across the border in Afghanistan.

After spending $11 b on war, most of Canadian soldiers have packed up and gone home.

The accident took place in the middle of the night at an unmanned crossing in a remote area of Uttar Pradesh state.

One person questioned why the US gives aid to countries that "waste it", citing Pakistan's example.

Pakistan commission allowed to record statements of officials connected with Mumbai terror attack case.

Social networking site announces Skype powered video calling along with improved group chat functions.

Governor of Nuristan says Taliban crossed over from Pakistan and attacked police posts in Kamdesh district.

The deminers were snatched in a district that is the focus of the Taliban insurgency in Farah province.

Once in Italy, trafficked people are moved on towards Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium and Denmark.

The iPhone's share of US mobile subscribers rose to 8.7 per cent in the three months.

First a grenade was hurled, ten minutes later another device was set off when cops came out to investigate: official.

Women around the world enjoy more rights than ever before but still face discrimination in the workplace.

Drowning followed the burning of a boat that was illegally transporting them to Saudi Arabia.

Says it no longer has access to special feed tweets from Twitter as deal between two companies expires.

In a conference with the British premier, Afghan president says he has expressed ‘deep concern’ to President...

"To the Taliban my message is very clear. Stop bombing, stop killing, stop fighting" says Cameron.

Chinese government silencing voices by jailing ethnic Uighurs who speak out two years after deadly riots.

Saudi diplomats raised concerns after two separate incidents where veiled women were told to get off buses.

Police previously had power to ask women to remove face veils during investigation, but not on more routine matters.

...Or so said a tweet from a hacked Fox News Twitter account, creating a stir on the Internet.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced Monday to scrap a visit to an Afghan town.

More than 170,000 police were deployed to secure the vote, but it appeared to proceed peacefully.

The raid was for playing music without a licence, but police decided to act after finding dancing "objectionable".

Top US lawmakers on Sunday slammed President Barack Obama's military drawdown plans for Afghanistan.

More than 80 per cent of Pakistani doctors in the United States accepted the theory of evolution.

Iran to seal eastern borders to prevent drug smuggling and infiltration of armed groups.

Suspected militants have kidnapped the governor of a volatile Afghan district near the border with Pakistan.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has claimed many Bangladeshis are 'very anti-Indian'.