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AP IMPACT: An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives
It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an ...
Risk is at heart of debate on troop withdrawal
The debate over how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 comes down to risky business. There is a risk that leaving too few troops ...
US-Afghan base attacked in eastern Afghanistan
Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, detonating explosives at the gate and sparking a ...
Pakistan agrees to free more Taliban prisoners
Pakistan agreed on Friday to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace ...
Roadside blasts kill at least 12 Afghan civilians
Two roadside bombs exploded on Thursday in eastern and southern Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 16 others, officials said.
Suicide bomber wounds prominent Pakistani militant
A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact ...
Pakistan plans to hold national elections in May
Pakistan plans to hold landmark national elections in May, the country's information minister said Tuesday. The vote would mark the first time a ...
Pakistani TV anchor survives attempted bombing
Police on Monday found and defused a bomb planted under the car of a prominent Pakistani TV anchor threatened by the Taliban for his coverage of a ...
Pakistani Shiite procession hit by bombing, 6 dead
A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least six people and wounded some 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on ...
Bomb at Pakistan Shiite procession kills 7
A roadside bomb killed at least seven people, including three children, and wounded 30 others at a Shiite Muslim procession in northwestern Pakistan ...
Afghan suicide attack kills 3, wounds more than 90
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding more than 90 ...
Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting ...
Taliban demand India return Mumbai gunman's body
The Taliban threatened revenge Thursday unless India returns the body of a Pakistani man executed for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed ...
Pakistan: Malala's wounded friends back in school
For one month the dreams kept coming. The voice, the shots, the blood. Her friend Malala slumped over. Shazia Ramazan, 13, who was wounded by the same ...
Suicide blast hits near US base in Afghan capital
Two Taliban suicide bombers struck near a U.S. base in Kabul early Wednesday, killing two Afghan guards in the heart of a neighborhood filled with ...
FBI agent: Calif. terror plot 'very serious case'
Three Southern California men charged this week with plotting to kill Americans and bomb U.S. military bases overseas spent months preparing for a ...
FBI: 4 Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot
Three California men excited at the prospect of training in Afghanistan to become terrorists prepared, authorities say, by simulating combat with ...
Afghan president praises Pakistan prisoner release
Afghanistan's president praised Pakistan on Tuesday for releasing a group of Taliban prisoners, a move he hopes will kick start peace talks with the ...