SUICIDE ATTACK ON PAKISTANI CHURCH KILLS 75 PEOPLE
By RIAZ KHAN Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide…
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PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AFGHAN TALIBAN PRISONER
By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON FILE – This March 4, 2001, file photo shows Taliban’s then-Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Muttawakil, who served as foreign minister…
GUNMAN KILLS AFGHAN PROVINCIAL ELECTION OFFICIAL
By AMIR SHAH Afghan men wait at a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Afghanistan’s presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the…
ANOTHER FEMALE POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN AFGHANISTAN
By MIRWAIS KHAN and AMIR SHAH FILE –In this file photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, Afghan policewomen arrive to a graduation ceremony after eight weeks of training at a police…
AFGHAN TALIBAN ATTACK US CONSULATE, KILL 2 AFGHANS
By AMIR SHAH and NAHAL TOOSI A damaged vehicle sits in front of the U.S. consulate after an attack by a car bomb and a gunfight in Herat Province, west…
PAKISTANI TALIBAN, ARMY EXCHANGE PRISONERS
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Wednesday, July 31, 2002, Taliban supporter Muhammad Jaffer, right, is received by his unidentified relatives after his release from the Kot Lakhpat Jail…
AFGHANS MARK KILLING OF NORTHERN REBEL LEADER
By AMIR SHAH An Afghan guard of honor stands next to a portrait of Ahmad Shah Massoud, during a ceremony commemorating the 12th anniversary of his death in Kabul, Afghanistan,…
MILITANTS ATTACK US BASE ON AFGHAN SUPPLY ROUTE
By RAHMAT GUL and RAHIM FAIEZ Smoke rises from NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan–Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of…