Pakistan's military said attack helicopters have killed more than 50 Taliban fighters in Buner district, which was overrun by militants last week. Pakistan's military spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas briefs media about recently launched military oper

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Afghanistan's Neighbors Prepare For Post-2014 The Afghan army has been preparing to take over the countrys security as NATOs 2014 deadline to withdraw all combat troops moves a year closer. But even with 300,000 national security forces now hired, Af

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Labor has lost its election-winning lead with the latest Newspoll showing the ALP and the Coalition 50-50. A Nielsen poll published at the weekend showed the Coalition ahead on the two-party preferred basis. Today's poll shows primary support for Ton

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The United Nations says it held secret talks with the Taliban to discuss a truce. The revelation was made as Foreign Ministers gathered in London to map out a plan to hand security back over to Afghan forces. They've also unveiled a 550-million-dolla

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The International Red Cross is warning about an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Libyan city of Sirte. They say food, water and medicine are quickly running out. The city has been under intense fighting between the rebels and forces loyal to Colo

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Secret US documents released by Wikileaks support claims by former Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib that he was tortured. Files on more than 700 detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been published around the world. Many analysts say the intelligence r

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This is AP News Minute. 1. Afghanistan intelligence officials say reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been dead for more than two years. The secret head of Taliban hosted Osama bin Ladens al-Qaeda in the years leading up to the 9/11 attack. 2. A

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U.S. and Afghan soldiers together with Afghan policemen stand near the site of a car bomb explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 26 May 2010. Thousands of U.S. troops are heading into southern Afghanistan in June to launch an offensive in Kandahar provi

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Afghanistan's government is welcoming the NATO decision to have foreign troops in the country go after the narcotics infrastructure. That is a change from previous tactics when opium farmers were primarily targeted. VOA correspondent Steve Herman ha

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There is continuing violence in southern Afghanistan, where a resurgent Taliban is continuing to carry out strikes against civilians. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul. A Kandahar provincial official and his bodyguard on their way to

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By Sonja Pace London 12 June 2008 International donors pledged more than $15.5 billion in aid for Afghanistan during a one-day meeting Paris. Western leaders and experts have repeatedly argued that Afghanistan needs more NATO troops to fight the Tal

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1. President Barack Obama is praising House lawmakers for passing a health care overhaul bill. The president is calling Saturdays vote a (quote) courageous one. He says he is confident the Senate will do the same. 2. Officials at Fort Hood in Texas

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 03 June 2008 The U.S. general who led allied ground forces in the invasion of Iraq has taken command of NATO troops in Afghanistan. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports General David McKiernan takes charge as commanders in Afghan

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U.S. President Barack Obama is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by the summer of 2010, and plans to start withdrawing American forces a year later. The president laid out his strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan. Washington | Ken

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A Pakistani private television station and international networks have apparently aired Saturday the final video message of the man believed to be the suicide bomber who killed seven U.S intelligence agents in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago

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A meeting of India's top military brass is under way - the first since last November's terror attack on Mumbai, in which more than 160 people died. The country's defense chief is telling his commanders they must be prepared to meet emerging threats f

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U.S. officials are stressing the threat posed to South Asia by Taliban militants, as they assess the results of the recent U.S.-Afghan-Pakistani summit in Washington. President Barack Obama met at the White House last Wednesday with Afghan President

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U.S. President Barack Obama says he is looking at all kinds of options in Afghanistan - including reaching out to more moderate elements of the Taliban. 美国总统巴拉克.奥巴马说,他正在考虑美国在阿富汗的所有选择,包括跟塔

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Thousands of people have gathered at candle-lit vigils around the country for the asylum seeker who was killed on Manus Island last week. Twenty-three-year-old Iranian man Reza Berati died during a violence at a detention centre last Monday. Immigrat

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 February 2008 A suicide-bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern city Kandahar has killed at least 80 people and wounded scores more, according to security officials. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad the attack,

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