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The strategic disconnect: There’s a Kayani in the Kerry-Khurshid room

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US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to India this week focused largely on climate change and economic issues. From a US domestic perspective, this was no surprise. President Obama laid out Tuesd

Taliban gunmen attack Afghanistan presidential palace

Kabul: Gunmen attacked the Afghan presidential palace early on Tuesday, with explosions and gunfire shaking the city centre.
A Reuters reporter at the palace said the attack began soon after 6.30 a.m

John Kerry in India, to discuss AfPak

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New Delhi: Details coming out regarding the US appeasement of Pakistan by according treatment to the Taliban — which the Americans have been fighting for years — on par with the elected government of

Taliban bomber kills 15 at top Afghan court

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Kabul: A Taliban suicide car bomber on Tuesday targeted staff at Afghanistan's top court, killing 15 civilians and wounding 40 others in the second attack in two days in the heavily fortified capital

Pakistan, Afghanistan lock horns on posts along Afghan border

Border troops of Pakistan and Afghanistan clashed today, even as the two countries engaged in a war of words over construction of security posts along their porous border.

Bomb attached to donkey kills Afghan policeman

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A bomb strapped to the back of a donkey killed one policeman and wounded three civilians in eastern Afghanistan today, officials said.

Afghan girl's throat slit over refusal to wed

Two men have been arrested for slitting the throat of a 15-year-old Afghan girl after her family refused a marriage proposal, police said.

The girl was carrying water from a river to her village home

Afghan girl's throat slit over refusal to wed

Two men have been arrested for slitting the throat of a 15-year-old Afghan girl after her family refused a marriage proposal, police said.

The girl was carrying water from a river to her village home

Millions of dollars spirited out of Afghanistan by Kabul Bank

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Hundreds of millions of dollars from Kabul Bank were spirited out of Afghanistan, some smuggled in airline food trays, to bank accounts in more than two dozen countries, according to an independent re

Drop neutron bomb on Afghanistan-Pakistan border: UK MP

In a bizzare suggestion to crackdown on terrorism, a former British Labour defence minister has suggested to drop a neutron bomb on the Pak-Afghan border for creating an impassible barrier between the

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