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`We needed to get him out`: Hagel defends Bergdahl operation

Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2014, 03:40

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday an operation to free soldier Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for Taliban prisoners was undertaken to save his life, as the insurgents` leader hailed the swap as a "big victory".

Afghanistan condemns cross-border Pakistan attacks

Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2014, 02:33

Afghanistan said it was pulling out of security talks in Islamabad in anger at cross-border attacks blamed on the Pakistan Army, which it said were designed to disrupt the second round of its Presidential Election.

Freed US soldier celebrated Xmas, played badminton with captors

Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2014, 01:44

Freed US soldier Bowe Bergdahl developed a love for Afghan green tea, taught his captors badminton, and even celebrated Christmas and Easter with the hardline Islamists, a Pakistani militant commander said.

Masked men attack Pakistani daily Jang`s editor

Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2014, 01:24

An editor of Pakistan`s `Jang` daily has been attacked by arms-wielding masked men and beaten up near his house in Multan.

Myanmar hands over Bangladesh paramilitary soldier`s body

Last Updated: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 05:31

Myanmar`s border force Saturday handed over the body of a paramilitary troop who was killed in Wednesday`s firing on Bangladesh paramilitary personnel.

Pakistan woman bludgeoned to death `routine murder`: Police

Last Updated: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 03:48

Pakistani police denied negligence Saturday over their failure to stop the bludgeoning to death of a woman outside a courthouse, describing it as a simple murder case despite a chorus of global condemnation.

Bangladesh PM Hasina says no further action against Jamaat-e-Islami

Last Updated: Saturday, May 31, 2014, 21:34

Bangladesh`s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said legal obstacles barred her government from pursuing further charges against the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for crimes during the 1971 war as she backed her law minister, under fire for going soft on the Islamists.

Roadside bomb kills 14 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

Last Updated: Saturday, May 31, 2014, 20:11

A roadside bomb killed 14 civilians in eastern Afghanistan today, officials said, the latest violence in the country as US-led troops prepare to leave after 13 years of war.

PML-N lawmaker, ISI official abducted by Pak Taliban

Last Updated: Saturday, May 31, 2014, 16:37

A ruling PML-N legislator and an ISI official were allegedly kidnapped by the Taliban from Pakistan`s Punjab province on Saturday.

Foreign Secretary meets Hamid Karzai, Afghan presidential candidates

Last Updated: Saturday, May 31, 2014, 14:15

A day after reviewing the security for Indian consulate in Herat, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on Saturday met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the two Presidential candidates here.