US troops could start withdrawal from Afghanistan before the July 2011 deadline set by Barack Obama, the Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, has hinted. Continue Reading

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A Nato air strike has killed at least 27 civilians including women and a child who were travelling in a convoy of minibuses. Continue Reading

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LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants are digging in ahead of a major Nato operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Continue Reading

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British troops are needed in Afghanistan for another 15 years, president Hamid Karzai said as scores of foreign envoys attended a conference in London on the country’s future. Continue Reading

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The Taliban has launched its most audacious attack on the Afghan capital in the last year with assaults on a cinema, a five-star hotel, government buildings and a shopping centre. Continue Reading

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KANDAHAR: Twenty people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in a restive province of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, an Afghan army general said. Continue Reading

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KABUL: Four US soldiers serving under the Nato force were killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, days after seven CIA agents died in a suicide bombing, the alliance said Monday. Continue Reading

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KANDAHAR: Five car bombs were detonated simultaneously on Tuesday in Afghanistan’s largest southern city, flattening  buildings and killing at least 41 people, officials said. Continue Reading

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KABUL – AT LEAST three gunmen stormed a central Kabul bank on Wednesday and were surrounded by police, an official said, as the Taleban said the attack was part of a series planned for the eve of elections. Continue Reading

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KABUL: In a stuffy Kabul wedding hall about 400 men and a dozen enthusiastic women listen to Afghan presidential candidate Frozan Fana outline her manifesto as the first woman to run the violent, tribal nation, AFP reports. Continue Reading

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