Terrorism
Jihadi confession rocks India, Pakistan
Jihadi confession rocks India, Pakistan
NEW DELHI - Just hours after the visiting United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had praised the "sincerity" of Islamabad's anti-terrorism policies, a Pakistani dramatically confessed to taking part…
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Taliban will let guns do their talking
Taliban will let guns do their talking
KARACHI - Amid a growing furor in Britain over the deaths in the past few days of eight British servicemen in Afghanistan, the initiative to seek dialogue with the Taliban…
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Helmand braces for Taliban battle
Helmand braces for Taliban battle
The residents of Nawa, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, are not accustomed to seeing foreign soldiers on their streets. In fact, for most of the past year they have not seen…
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U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley
U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley
KABUL, Afghanistan - Almost 4,000 United States Marines, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed into the volatile Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday morning, reporting little resistance from Taliban…
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Taliban scrap North Waziristan peace deal
Taliban scrap North Waziristan peace deal
MIRAMSHAH: Clashes between security forces and militants intensified in North Waziristan on Monday and the Taliban scrapped a peace deal they had signed with the government 16 months ago. Security…
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Hezbollah keeps its eye on the ball
Hezbollah keeps its eye on the ball
DAMASCUS - Many years ago, French president Charles de Gaulle said, "France has no friends; only interests." These words came to mind as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently met with…
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Pakistan targets its most wanted man
Pakistan targets its most wanted man
KARACHI - The Pakistan military, claiming that its eight-week campaign against militants in the Swat area of North-West Frontier Province is in its "final phase", has turned its attention to…
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Taliban threat spooks Central Asia
Taliban threat spooks Central Asia
As Pakistan continues large-scale military operations against Taliban militants in the country's northwest and the United States ratchets up its troop presence in Afghanistan, a recent comment by Kyrgyz President…
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