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/ 30 October 2010
US and Nato troops killed about 50 insurgents during attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, calling in air strikes to repel an assault on an outpost.
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/ 19 October 2010
Osama bin Laden is living in relative comfort in the far north-west of Pakistan, according to a Nato official.
Gunmen in south-western Pakistan set fire to nearly 30 tankers carrying fuel for Nato troops in Afghanistan on Saturday.
Nato’s chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers and said he hoped Pakistan’s border would reopen for Nato supplies.
At least 45 civilians were killed in a rocket attack by the Nato-led foreign force in Afghanistan last week, a spokesperson said on Monday.
Nato blamed the Taliban on Thursday over an attack on an Afghan wedding that killed more than 40 people.
Suspected Taliban gunmen in Pakistan set fire to more than 50 trucks carrying supplies for Western forces in Afghanistan, killing at least seven.
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/ 18 February 2010
Taliban insurgents are using civilians as human shields against the United States-led attack, a senior Afghan commander said on Wednesday.
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/ 13 February 2010
US-led Nato troops launched an offensive on Saturday against the Taliban’s last big stronghold in Afghanistan’s most violent province.
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/ 17 November 2009
Nato’s chief said on Tuesday the alliance’s mission in Afghanistan would soon gain momentum, in remarks seeking to allay doubts about the operation.
EU and US diplomats bring together Bosnian politicians on Thursday to seek a solution to deepening ethnic divisions.
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/ 18 September 2009
Nato proposed a new era of cooperation with the US and Russia on Friday, calling for joint work on missile defence systems.
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/ 10 September 2009
The rescue of a British journalist from the Taliban has provoked anger about the risks reporters take in war zones.
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/ 4 September 2009
Nato acknowledged on Friday that large numbers of Afghan civilians were being treated in hospitals after its aircraft opened fire on hijacked tankers.
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/ 4 September 2009
The stench of burnt flesh hung over the banks of the Kunduz river on Friday, the ground scattered with the body parts of villagers.
Afghanistan’s 17-million voters are set to go to the polls on Thursday with security forces on high alert against a threatened Taliban onslaught.
Nato on Monday launched operation Ocean Shield to help fight rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa.
Nato’s hawks back a strategy that threatens cybergeddon.
After a dramatic three-hour chase, seven Somali pirates stood on the deck of their mother ship watching the helicopter circling in the darkness above.
Nato launched military exercises in former Soviet Georgia on Wednesday under a storm of criticism from Russia and following a rebellion in Georgia.
More than 1 000 soldiers from Russia, China and Central Asia have arrived in Tajikistan for three days of joint military exercises.
Turkey blocked Europe’s candidate to head Nato, souring a summit marking the military alliance’s 60th anniversary.
President Hamid Karzai warned the international community on Wednesday to stay clear of getting involved in governance within Afghanistan.
Unexploded cluster bombs threaten thousands of Serbian civilians almost 10 years after they were dropped during Nato’s 1999 air war over Kosovo.
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/ 4 February 2009
A senior British officer serving in Afghanistan has been arrested on suspicion of leaking official secrets, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Pakistani engineers on Wednesday opened an alternative supply route for Nato in Afghanistan after militants blew up a key bridge and torched trucks.
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/ 20 January 2009
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday the killing of civilians by foreign troops was a main source of instability in Afghanistan.
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/ 30 December 2008
This week’s eruption of violence pitting Israelis against Palestinians in Gaza could be seen as a metaphor for the unpredictable year of 2008.
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/ 16 December 2008
In Afghanistan, a deadly Taliban insurgency, rampant crime and an unchecked drugs trade show no sign of abating.
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/ 26 November 2008
President Hamid Karzai has criticised the US and other foreign countries for creating a ”parallel government” in Afghanistan’s countryside.
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/ 27 October 2008
Experts argue that a handful of warships can do little to stamp out the lucrative Somali piracy business.
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/ 23 October 2008
A Nato flotilla sailing toward the Somali coast will begin anti-piracy operations within the next few days, according to officials.