TALIBAN ATTACK KILLS 1 NATO SOLDIER IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan officials investigate the site of a deadly suicide attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base in the Ghani Khail district of Nangarhar province, east of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 4,…
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PAKISTAN PM IN KABUL DISCUSSES TALIBAN, ENERGY
By PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Sharif said Saturday…
Rights group: Afghanistan must reject stoning law
By PATRICK QUINN Afghan women with their children enjoy a view over Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Human Rights Watch says that the Afghan government should reject a proposal…
PAKISTANI DRONE PROTESTERS BLOCK NATO SUPPLY ROUTE
By RIAZ KHAN Supporters of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party, headed by cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, wave their party’s flag while burning a representation of a U.S. flag during a protest against…
Afghan election season off to a messy start
By KATHY GANNON In this Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 photo, an Afghan man has his picture taken to register for the upcoming Afghan elections in a mosque, used as a…
US, Afghans work toward agreement on night raids
By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH An Afghan policeman stands at attention as his commander passes by at a checkpoint overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Security in the…
Pakistan imposes curfew in city after clashes
By ZARAR KHAN Smoke hangs over a burnt market which was set on fire by Shiite Muslims in Friday’s clashes with Sunni Muslims, while authorities block a road with horse-carts…
Malala plotter chosen as Pakistani Taliban leader
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard…