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Karzai sacks academics over ‘offensive’ book
21 Jun 2012 1:09 AM GMTAfghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday sacked four academics from a leading research centre over a book that sparked fury for reportedly insulting...
‘US troops to leave Afghanistan by Sept’
21 Jun 2012 1:08 AM GMTUndeterred by the spike in terrorist attacks on its forces inside Afghanistan, the US has said that there is no change in its withdrawal-timeline from...
Taliban strikes Afghan, NATO Kandahar bases
20 Jun 2012 1:43 AM GMTTaliban insurgents struck Afghan and NATO bases in the restive province of Kandahar on Tuesday, after a coalition soldier was killed by attackers in...
India’s rebuff to US impresses Afghan Taliban
18 Jun 2012 1:51 AM GMTIn an unusual comment, the Afghan Taliban has praised India as a 'significant country' in the region and said that New Delhi has done well to resist...
Afghan war claimed 1,756 children in 2011
14 Jun 2012 2:28 AM GMTChild casualties in the conflict in Afghanistan rose by more than a quarter last year, the UN said on Wednesday, with an average of nearly five...
China, Afghanistan upgrades ties
9 Jun 2012 9:47 AM GMTChina on Friday upgraded its ties with resource-rich Afghanistan to level of a strategic and cooperative partnership and pledged ‘selfless support’...
NATO sorry for Afghan air strike
9 Jun 2012 9:45 AM GMTThe commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan apologised on Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week, the first...
Karzai condemns NATO strike
8 Jun 2012 1:39 AM GMTAfghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned as unacceptable a NATO air strike that killed 18 civilians and would cut short a trip to Beijing...
40 civilians killed in Afghan blast
7 Jun 2012 2:37 AM GMTUp to 40 civilians were killed in a bloody day across Afghanistan on Wednesday as a twin suicide bombing laid waste to a crowded makeshift bazaar and...
NATO kills Qaeda leader in Afghanistan
30 May 2012 1:30 AM GMTNATO on Tuesday said that al-Qaeda's second in command in Afghanistan had been killed in an air strike near the Pakistani border. The US-led...
French troops to pull out by 2012: Hollande
26 May 2012 7:01 AM GMTAll French combat forces will pull out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, France's new president said in Kabul on Friday, but some trainers will...
American envoy to Kabul to step down
23 May 2012 7:34 AM GMTUS Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, a veteran diplomat who served as an American envoy in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria plans to step down soon.The...