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Afghan War Leaves UK Wary of Major Military Engagements
"The long war in Afghanistan has left Britain wary of more major military engagements abroad, much as Vietnam sapped America's will to fight," the British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said Friday...
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Last Phase of Security Transition Within Three Days: Defence Minister
The Afghan Defence Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi on Saturday said that the fifth and last phase of security transition from the Nato led troops will take place within three days. Gen. Bismillah...
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Afghanistan Supports Pakistan's Stance on US Drone Strikes: Karzai
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that he fully backed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's stance on the issue of US drone strikes inside Pakistan. In an interview with a Pakistani private TV...
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MPs Call on Information Minister to Disclose ‘Un-Islamic’ Media Outlets
The Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Sayed Makhdoom Raheen on Saturday said that names of all media organisations and journalists that are working against the 'national interest' and insult...
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TOLOnews 15 June 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: {youtube}TQLo8FcIsxw{/youtube} The Afghan Defence Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi on Saturday said that the fifth and last phase of security transition from the Nato-led...
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Khalilzad Meets Afghan Leaders For Talks Over Elections
The former US Ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad on Saturday said that he has been discussing with Afghan leaders over a national consensus before the 2014 presidential election, but adding that no...
View ArticleModerate Cleric Rowhani is New Iran President
Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was declared Iran's new President on Saturday in an surprise outright election victory that ends eight years of conservative grip on the top office. Read more...
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Moderate Cleric Rowhani is New Iran President
Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was declared Iran's new President on Saturday in an surprise outright election victory that ends eight years of conservative grip on the top office. "This victory is a...
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Three Civilians Killed in Uruzgan Blast
Three civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Uruzgan province early Sunday, local officials said. Five other civilians were injured in the blast. "The incident took place today...
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Turkey Police Storm Protest Park After Prime Minister Ultimatum
Turkish police stormed an Istanbul park with tear gas and water cannon after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to end their occupation of the site. The crackdown came just two...
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Sunni Militants Claim Twin Pakistan Attacks
A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shiite Muslims says it carried out attacks on a bus carrying women students and on a hospital that killed at least 25 people....
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Talks Over Afghan-US Security Agreement to Begin in Few Days: MoFA
Officials of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday said that the fourth phase of talks about the Afghan-US Security Agreement will begin within few days in Kabul. Speaking at a press...
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Exclusive: Taliban Leader Soften Stance in Peace Talks
A top Taliban leader, who served as finance minister in Mullah Omar's regime, Mutasim Agha Jan, said that the insurgent group is ready to negotiate a peace deal with the Afghan government. Read more...
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Drug Smugglers Provide Support to Insurgents in Helmand: Officials
Helmand Police Chief Abdul Nabi Alham on Sunday raised his concerns over increasing terror activities and support provided by the drug smugglers to execute terror attacks in the southern Helmand...
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Afghan Security Transition Officials to Submit Proposal On Requirements of...
The Afghan Transition Coordination Commission on Sunday said that it will submit a proposal about the requirements of the Afghan security forces a day before the fifth phase of security transition...
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Some Lecturers Behind Kabul University Protests: Education Minister
The Afghan Minister of Higher Education Obaidullah Obaid on Sunday said that a number of Kabul University lecturers are behind initiating the series of protests in the University. The Minister said...
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Construction of Mazar-e-Sharif-Aqina Railway Project Inaugurated
The Afghan Ministry of Public Works and the local officials of northern Balkh province on Sunday inaugurated the construction of a railway project in north of Afghanistan. The Minister of Public Works...
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TOLOnews 16 June 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: A top Taliban leader, who served as finance minister in Mullah Omar's regime, Mutasim Agha Jan, said that the insurgent group is ready to negotiate a peace deal with the...
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Turkey Police Storm Protest Park After Prime Minister Ultimatum
Turkish police stormed an Istanbul park with tear gas and water cannon after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to end their occupation of the site. The crackdown came just two...
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Sunni Militants Claim Twin Pakistan Attacks
A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shiite Muslims says it carried out attacks on a bus carrying women students and on a hospital that killed at least 25 people....
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