India’s Afghan role raises US' hackles: WikiLeaks
“What is India doing in Afghanistan?” That is the subject of one of the cables from the US embassy here, obtained by WikiLeaks, regarding India’s engagement with yet another neighbour.
The cable, da
Afghan militants abduct 30 kids
Thirty Pakistani children, who accidentally entered Afghanistan while celebrating Eid, were kidnapped by militants, a media report said on Friday.
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Militants from Afghanistan attack Pakistani posts
Several hundred militants from Afghanistan launched a pre-dawn cross-border raid on Pakistani paramilitary posts and civilian settlements, killing up to 15 people, government and security officials sa
Children among four dead in Afghan car bomb blast
A suicide car bomb exploded near a bank in Afghanistan on Saturday as police and soldiers queued for their wages, killing four including three children in the volatile south.
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Twin suicide blasts rock Kabul
Two large explosions rocked the Afghan capital Kabul near a hotel popular with Westerners and the home of the vice president on Friday in what police said was a double suicide attack.
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Taliban attack on British office in Kabul kills at least nine
Five Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural centre in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's indep
Suicide truck bomb hits US base: Afghan officials
A suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb near the entrance of a heavily-guarded US-run base in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, wounding three Afghan guards, police said.
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Taliban attack on Afghan governor's house kills 22
A gun and suicide attack on an Afghan governor's compound killed 22 people on Sunday in the latest Taliban assault spotlighting the militants' power just outside the capital Kabul.
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US will succeed in Afghanistan: Obama
The United States will succeed in its mission in Afghanistan despite a recent incident in which more than 30 American soldiers were killed in a chopper crash in the war-ravaged country, President Bara
Most victims of Afghanistan copper crash were US Navy SEALs
A majority of the US soldiers who perished in the shooting down of an American chopper in Afghanistan were part of the elite forces that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a media report said.
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