US, Pakistan capture Taliban’s top commander: report
NEW YORK: The United States and Pakistani intelligence forces captured the Taliban's top military commander in a secret joint operation ...
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Consolidation and Stabilisation Begin on Operation MOSHTARAK
Operation MOSHTARAK, the Afghan-led initiative to assert government authority in central Helmand province, has completed its first clearing operations, with ...
Gates to Ask NATO for More Trainers, Mentors
ISTANBUL: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates left the Washington, D.C., Beltway yesterday, putting the politics of war spending behind him, ...
US, Pakistani officials believe Mehsud is dead
WASHINGTON: Pakistani and US officials are increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was behind ...
West backs fund for Taliban as UN meets Afghan militants
LONDON: World powers supported Afghan President Hamid Karzai's plan to woo moderate Taliban fighters who disarm, as it emerged that ...
No more French combat troops for Afghanistan: Sarkozy
Paris: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France will send no more combat troops to Afghanistan, in an interview on Monday ...
US to Provide Shadow UAVs to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The United States plans to provide Pakistan RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles to support their fight on extremists, ...
Taliban launch attacks on central Kabul
KABUL: The Taliban launched a wave of gun and bomb attacks on Kabul on Monday, saying it had sent in ...
US drone war delivers results, but at what price?
Islamabad: The US drone war in Pakistan has made gains in annihilating Taliban and Al-Qaeda commanders, but the reliance on ...
Two ex-Blackwater staff charged with Afghan murders
WASHINGTON: Two former Blackwater employees have been charged with the murder of two Afghans in Kabul last year and could ...
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