Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 17:51
Pakistan’s Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) has called on the government to immediately initiate talks with the Taliban and stop military operations in the tribal areas.
Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 16:55
A statement from the US-led coalition says the soldier died after coming under direct fire by enemy forces today.
Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 11:39
A soldier of the NATO-led coalition was killed early Monday in a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan, the coalition forces confirmed in a statement.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 23:06
NATO opened negotiations with Afghanistan over proposed military force to stay in country after next year, but said no deal would be signed until after a separate agreement with the US was completed.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 08:52
The deployment of a US missile shield in Europe lost sense after Tehran and six world powers reached a deal on Iran`s nuclear programme, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 01:40
Six US troops from the NATO mission in Afghanistan were killed and one was wounded in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, with officials saying it was not a suspected Taliban strike.
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.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 23:07
Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander missiles closer to Europe`s borders in response to the US-led deployment of a disputed air defence shield, the defence ministry said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 20:15
Roadside bombs killed eight people, including four civilians, in two separate incidents on Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 18:07
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the capital on a four-day visit on Thursday and was received by Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 21:27
NATO said on Wednesday that current head Anders Fogh Rasmussen will stay in his post two months longer than previously expected to prepare and oversee the military alliance`s next leaders summit in Britain in September.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 18:06
Germany`s defence minister on a visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday urged President Hamid Karzai to quickly sign a deal to pave the way for a continued NATO presence after 2014.
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