Suicide attack on army bus in KabulSuicide attack on army bus in Kabul
KABUL: A suicide attacker blew himself up next to a bus carrying army personnel in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, wounding at least six people, officials said. The situation remains unclear but no deaths have been reported, defence ministry deputy spokesman Dawlat Waziri said. Western security sources confirmed the attack. A foreign news agency photographer said that ambulances were carrying the wounded to hospital after the attack..
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Karzai demands US Special Forces out of two Afghan provinces Karzai demands US Special Forces out of two Afghan provinces
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of US Special Forces from Wardak and Logar provinces of Afghanistan within two weeks. Presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi said that President Karzai, in today’s national Security Council meeting, ordered the ministry of defence to kick out the US Special Forces from Wardak and Logar provinces within two weeks. “The US special forces and illegal armed..
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Kabul police gun down two would-be suicide bombersKabul police gun down two would-be suicide bombers
  KABUL: Afghan security forces Sunday shot dead two suspected suicide bombers in a car near a construction site in Kabul's diplomatic enclave, a police official and a foreign news agency photographer said. The men were killed in their car in Wazir Akbar Khan, where most foreign embassies are located, a police official said, asking not to be identified by name because he was not authorised to speak to the media. A news photographer..
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Car bombings in Afghanistan, kill threeCar bombings in Afghanistan, kill three
  KABUL: Two suicide car bombings in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed two intelligence agents and a police officer, officials said. In the first attack, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a spy agency facility in the eastern town of Jalalabad, 150 kilometres (90 miles) east of Kabul. It was followed by a similar attack on a police base in Logar, 70 kilometres south of the capital, officials said. The attacks..
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Afghanistan rejects Islamabad request to extradite Maulvi Faqir Afghanistan rejects Islamabad request to extradite Maulvi Faqir
KABUL: Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul Friday turned down a request by Pakistan foreign ministry to hand over Maulvi Faqir Muhammad, saying that there existed no extradition treaty between the two countries, an excuse brought up by Pakistan during the UK trilateral summit to avoid repatriating Afghan Taliban.  Earlier in a telephonic conversation on Wednesday, the Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul had informed FM Hina..
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UN: Afghan civilian death toll in airstrikes downUN: Afghan civilian death toll in airstrikes down
KABUL: The number of Afghan civilians killed in US and Nato air strikes dropped by nearly half last year to 126, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The report came a day after President Hamid Karzai banned government forces from requesting foreign air support during operations in residential areas.        The overall civilian death toll in 2012 also declined some 12 per cent to 2,754, compared with 3,131 the previous..
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NATO kills insurgent involved in US soldier’s death NATO kills insurgent involved in US soldier’s death
KABUL: An Afghan soldier-turned-insurgent who was feted by the Taliban for killing an American soldier during an insider attack in eastern Afghanistan last year has been killed in a raid, the US-led international coalition said on Monday.     NATO identified the insurgent as Mahmood and said that he and an accomplice, identified only as Rashid, died in last Wednesday’s operation in eastern Kunar province’s Ghaziabad..
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Karzai bans NATO air support for Afghan forcesKarzai bans NATO air support for Afghan forces
KABUL: President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said that Afghan security forces will be banned from calling for NATO air strikes in residential areas to help in their operations.  NATO air strikes and civilian casualties have become a significant stress point in the relationship between Karzai and his international backers. The issue threatens to further destabilize a precarious international withdrawal, to be completed by the end..
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Afghan govt welcomes troop withdrawal plan Afghan govt welcomes troop withdrawal plan
KABUL: The Afghan government on Wednesday welcomed President Barack Obama's announcement that the United States will withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan over the next year. "We welcome this," Defence Ministry spokesman Gen Mohammad Zahir Azimi said. "We will take all security responsibilities by the end of 2013”, he added.--Agencies  ..
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General Dunford takes charge of Nato in AfghanistanGeneral Dunford takes charge of Nato in Afghanistan
KABUL: US General Joseph Dunford took charge of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, taking over from General John Allen as the coalition prepares to withdraw the bulk of combat troops by next year. Marine general Dunford will likely be the last commander of the United States’ longest war, tasked with bringing forces home after more than 11 years and overseeing the transfer of Afghan security duties to local forces.--Agencies  ..
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US military equipments withdrawal from Afghanistan beginsUS military equipments withdrawal from Afghanistan begins
KABUL: Withdrawal of United States (US) military equipment has begun from Afghanistan as around twenty-five containers left for Karachi through Torkham border. Custom officials said the first convoy of at least 25 containers, loaded with US military equipment from a key NATO base in Afghanistan, reached Torkham border in strict security.The convoy left for Karachi after custom clearance.  ..
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Bomb blast in Helmand kills six: OfficialsBomb blast in Helmand kills six: Officials
KANDAHAR: A landmine explosion ripped through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan and killed six members of a family, provincial authorities said Saturday. KANDAHAR: At least six people were killed when an explosion ripped through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan. According to official reports, six members of a family killed in a landmine explosion in Nad Ali district of Helmand province of Afghanistan. Ahmad Zirak,..
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