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  • Sharif Calls for Peace Talks With Pakistani Taliban

    ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, who is set to become prime minister for a third time after his party won recent parliamentary elections, on Monday called for peace talks with domestic Taliban extremists, saying "this is the best optionrdquo; to fight militancy. Addressing newly elected federal and provincial lawmakers of his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party in Lahore, Sharif ...

  • 14 killed in Afghan suicide bombing

    A Taliban suicide bomber Monday blew himself up in front of a government office in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province, killing at least 14 people and wounding 13 others, the interior ministry said. The bombing took place in front of the entrance gate of the Baghlan provincial council headquarters in Pul-e-Khumi around 10.30 a.m., Xinhua reported. Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni, the head of the ...

  • Karzai leaves for state visit to India

    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Monday left on a two-day visit to India, the president's office said in a statement. "President Hamid Karzai, leading a high-level delegation, left this morning (Monday) on a two-day state visit to India at the invitation of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee," Xinhua quoted the statement as saying. During his visit, Karzai is scheduled to meet Mukherjee, ...

  • A friend comes calling

    President Hamid Karzai will be in India for a two-day visit, discussing issues that are of importance to both countries. This would be his twelfth visit here, and this in itself, is testimony to the importance of this relationship that both need to nurture constantly. There are however concerns that affect both countries, arising from the impending drawdown, as it is called, of U.S. forces next ...

  • Getting to Yes with the Taliban - By John Arquilla

    Hagel's front office gets a new Hand; Shineski, under fire; Obama to talk drone, Gitmo policy; MCT: Amos being investigated; Terminal Lance: "Shut up!" and a bit more. - by Gordon ...


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  • Pakistans Sharif calls for Taliban talks

    Pakistan's presumptive prime minister has called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk "should be taken ...

  • Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province...

    Afghan policemen evacuate a wounded person after a suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan Province, on Monday. ...

  • Why insider attacks are down in Afghanistan

    No one claims the problem is solved, but officials are cautiously hopeful that the lower number of 'green-on-blue' killings in Afghanistan this year means preventive measures are having an ...

  • In Kabul UNESCO chief spotlights Afghanistans educational and cultural gains

    UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova (left), toured the Ayesha-e-Durrani school in Kabul as part of her three day visit to Afghanistan. Photo: UNAMA/Eric ...

  • UN officials in Afghanistan urge ratification of law to eliminate violence against women

    Print 20 May 2013 &#150 Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan are today urging the Government to fully implement legislation to protect women from child marriage and other forms of violence, in line with international commitments, after the Afghan Parliament failed to ratify the law over the weekend. President Hamid Karzai passed the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) ...

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