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US family pleas for couple missing in Afghanistan
The family of an ailing, pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband has broken months of silence over the mysterious ...
21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead
Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early ...
Pakistan seeks help to rescue 23 missing police
Pakistani officials pressured tribal elders Friday to help rescue 23 policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban during attacks on their ...
Pakistan: Bhutto's son launches political career
The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career Thursday with a fiery speech before thousands of ...
Afghan bomber attacks near major US base
A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing the attacker and ...
Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in Kabul
An Afghan policewoman walked into a high-security compound in Kabul Monday and killed an American contractor with a single bullet to the chest, the ...
Taliban not demanding Afghan power monopoly
Taliban representatives at a conference did not insist on total power in Afghanistan and pledged to grant rights to women that the militant Islamist ...
In Afghan Taliban birthplace, US troops step back
President Barak Obama will decide in the coming weeks how many American troops to send home from Afghanistan next year. A major factor in his decision ...
Bombing at political rally kills 9 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed nine people including a provincial government official at a political rally held Saturday by a party that has ...
Pakistan says 29 nationals beaten by Afghans
Afghan officials say they are investigating allegations by neighboring Pakistan that Afghan forces severely beat Pakistani nationals. The Saturday ...
Coalition soldier missing in Afghanistan
A search is under way in southern Afghanistan for a soldier from the NATO-led coalition, believed to be the first to have gone missing since a U.S.
French leader honors troops home from Afghanistan
President Francois Hollande on Friday declared "mission accomplished" for French combat troops in Afghanistan, hailing their 11-year military ...
Malala asks Pakistan not to rename college for her
A 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has urged Pakistan to reverse a decision to rename a college ...
Pakistani polio workers get police protection
Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunization program Thursday after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by ...
Marines pleads guilty in urination case
A Marine general will scale back the punishment announced by a military judge who presided at a court-martial of a Marine who pled guilty to urinating ...
Afghan president welcomes British pullout timeline
The Afghan president on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of nearly half of the British troops stationed in Afghanistan next year, saying his forces ...
UN suspends polio drive in Pakistan after killings
The United Nations suspended its polio vaccination drive in Pakistan on Wednesday after eight people involved in the effort were shot dead in the past ...
Gunmen kill 5 female polio workers in Pakistan
Gunmen shot dead five women working on U.N.-backed polio vaccination efforts in two different Pakistani cities on Tuesday, officials said, a major ...
Car bomb kills 17 people in market in Pakistan
A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Monday, killing 17 people and wounding ...
Gunbattle follows airport attack in Pakistan
Pakistani security forces cornered the last members of a group of Taliban militants who staged a deadly raid on an airport in the country's troubled ...
Militants attack airport in NW Pakistan; 9 killed
Suicide bombers armed with rockets attacked the military side of a Pakistani airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar Saturday, killing four ...
US commanders are upbeat on Afghan war progress
U.S. commanders are offering glowing reviews of their 2012 war campaign, upbeat assessments that could be interpreted as leeway for President Barack ...
Afghanistan: Foreign troops should leave villages
Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the U.S. and NATO troops transferring security to local forces should leave the country's villages as soon ...
Appeals court upholds Afghan's detention in Gitmo
An appeals court has upheld a lower judge's decision not to release a former high-ranking Taliban government official from Guantanamo Bay.
Karzai says he'll meet with Obama in Washington
President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he will meet President Barack Obama in Washington next month to discuss a postwar U.S. role in his country, whose ...