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NATO soldier killed in Afghan multiple suicide attack

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 14:16

Six Taliban suicide attackers launched an assault on a joint Afghan-NATO base in the east of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one NATO soldier during a prolonged firefight, officials said.

US seeks to block Afghan prisoner release

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 19:04

US officials are seeking to block a move by an Afghan panel to free 88 detainees from a prison north of Kabul the Americans say would pose a security threat if released.

Afghan war most unpopular in US history

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 13:26

The war in Afghanistan is the least popular war in American history, according to a new poll.

Eight militants killed in Afghan army operation

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 16:56

Afghan army special forces Friday launched an operation in the country`s eastern province in which eight Taliban insurgents were killed, authorities said.

US drone strike kills three in northwest Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 02:13

A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least three suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border late Wednesday, officials said.

Six killed in Afghan bomb attack

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 01:25

Six people were killed and 13 others wounded Wednesday in a bomb attack in Afghanistan`s Logar province, an official said.

Afghan forces kill seven militants

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 03:06

At least seven militants were killed and eight others wounded during military operations in various Afghan provinces since early Monday, the Afghan interior ministry said Tuesday.

Pakistani Army launches offensive near Afghan border

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 16:33

Residents of Pakistan`s ethnic Pashtun region of North Waziristan accused government troops on Monday of killing dozens of civilians during a military operation against Taliban insurgents.

Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 18:40

After Farida`s husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province of Herat.

Indian, Afghan Army conduct joint exercises

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 17:49

The Indian Army and Afghan National Army carried out various operational exercises as part of their joint training here on Thursday.

Afghan Taliban torch US vehicles at Pakistan border

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 13:54

The attackers detonated a car bomb outside the entrance to the facility at Torkham gate, a key crossing into Pakistan for NATO supplies leaving Afghanistan as the US-led coalition withdraws.

Six NATO soldiers killed in Afghan helicopter crash

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 23:48

Six soldiers from US-led NATO mission fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday.