Zardari is in Dubai for treatment for a heart condition Photo: AFP 2:29PM GMT 08 Dec 2011 Comments “The president is stable, comfortable and is resting. Initial [...]
AP - A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 54 people in the deadliest of two attacks on a Shiite holy day — the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago.[Read more...]
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The war in Afghanistan has driven the Taliban to terror tactics but the West must make sure its own “investment in blood” succeeds in the long-term, Britain’s top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday.[Read more...]
AP - Battered by Pakistani military operations and U.S. drone strikes, the once-formidable Pakistani Taliban has splintered into more than 100 smaller factions, weakened and running short of cash, according to security officials, analysts and tribesmen from the insurgent heartland.[Read more...]
Afghan and Western officials on Sunday said NATO and Afghan forces came under fire from across the Pakistan border on Saturday before they called in a deadly airstrike on two Pakistani military posts, in an incident that has left U.S.-Pakistan relations in tatters. Pakstan’s military denied firing on North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, calling [...]
AP - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.[Read more...]
AP - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an armored NATO bus Saturday, killing 17 people, including 12 Americans and a Canadian in the deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul since the war began. It was a major setback for the alliance as it begins to draw down combat troops.[Read more...]
KABUL—A four-minute peace offering recorded onto a cellphone won the trust of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his top advisers—and clinched a plot that led to the killing of their chief peace negotiator. “Peace be with you,” a high-pitched voice said in the recording, which the officials believed to be from a senior Taliban [...]
Reuters - Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, a former right hand man to the reclusive, one-eyed leader of the Taliban, believes there is only one way to end a decade of fighting in Afghanistan. Return the hardline Islamists to power.[Read more...]
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Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war
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Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends
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Final U.S. Troops Leave Iraq
Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends
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Philippines steps up flood rescue
Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill
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Cairo Protesters, Police Clash; 9 DeadPolice Clash With Cairo Protesters; 9 DeadClashes in Cairo Leave 8 Dead
Senate OKs $1T budget bill, payroll tax cut
(AP)Senate OKs short-term extension of payroll tax cut
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