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1. Residents in the Southeast are cleaning up after tornadoes and strong winds pumped in the region. At least 10 were reported dead and score injured. Records show 14 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi alone. 2. Afghan officials say their forces s
Australia will send an extra 450 troops to Afghanistan to address what the government in Canberra describes as a worsening security situation in the troubled country. Australian soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Afghan Insurgents Recruit Child Suicide Bombers Throughout the war in Afghanistan, insurgents have modified their tactics to adapt to the changing battlefield. In the past year, fighters have disguised themselves in burqas, hidden bombs in turbans, a
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Pakistan is not alone in the fight against terrorism. Mrs. Clinton arrived for a three-day visit to Pakistan just hours before a car bomb killed more than 90 people in the northern city of Peshawar. Unit
Green's leader Bob Brown says party leader should consider appointing cabinet ministers from outside the government. The idea's also been raised by the Independent MP Rob Oakeshott as he decides which party to support in minority government. As vote
Nine years after the fall of the Taliban, one of the regions in Afghanistan most damaged by 30 years of war is slowly coming back to life. On Fridays many Kabulis pack into their cars and leave the traffic-jammed capital behind. They get on the Kabul
As U.S. combat troops are pulled out of Iraq, attention is turning to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama has pledged to begin pulling out troops there as well, starting next year. The Iraq withdrawal might have an effect on political and military ca
Meredith Buel | Washington 23 November 2009 Pakistani Army soldier behind his machinegun After five weeks of fierce fighting, the Pakistan military says it has made significant progress in an ongoing air and ground offensive against the Taliban and
The U.S. and other NATO forces on October 7, 2001 attacked al-Qaida extremists and their Taliban allies in Afghanistan, less than a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks. That military operation drove the Taliban from power. But the conflict
A top U.S diplomat has urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to increase anti-terror coordination saying they must extend their governments' authority to their border regions in order to check rising militant activities. Speaking at the end of his three-day
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 19 April 2008 Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan has appeared in a video aired by an Arabic-language channel, saying he is being held by Taliban militants. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad this is the first word from the diplom
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 27 February 2008 The U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Michael McConnell, says the Afghan government controls only 30 percent of the country. His assessment came in testimony to a Senate panel Wednesday, as VOA's De
By Gary Thomas Washington 07 February 2008 The United States is trying to get more help in fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan, but is running into resistance from reluctant allies. As VOA Correspondent Gary Thomas reports, insurgents have ratc
Afghan Women Use Boxing to Fight Stereotypes During the Taliban's oppressive rule in the 1990s, Afghan women were stripped of most of their rights. Women were not allowed to work or get an education, much less take part in sports. Now, more than a de
1.U.S. Marines are staging a major assault on a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan. US, NATO and Afghan troops are working to protect voting sites around this country ahead of next week's presidential election. Taliban militants have vowed to
A powerful bomb explosion in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least eight people and wounded 40 others. Shortly before the attack, a missile fired by a suspected U.S drone aircraft killed at least three al-Qaida-linked insurgents in the volatile t
Pakistan's army says its forces have killed more than 140 Taliban militants during the last 24 hours in Swat valley. Several troops have also been reported killed. Thousands of people continue to flee the clashes, joining hundreds of thousands of Pak
Militants in Pakistan have ambushed paramilitary forces who were being rushed to a region near the capital that was recently overrun by Taliban forces from the nearby Swat valley. Witnesses say gunmen in Buner district, killed at least one of the par
Piling yet another delicate issue on top of Afghanistan's already numerous problems, the Election Commission has presented the country with a dilemma. President Hamid Karzai's term is up in May, yet the commission has ruled that no election is possib
The top US defense intelligence officer says it is not clear how successful Pakistan's military operations have been in reducing the Taliban threat to US and NATO troops. The chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency tells VOA the Pakistani army shoul