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US, AFGHAN FORCES KILLED 33 CIVILIANS IN 'SELF-DEFENCE'
To defend themselves and Afghan forces, US forces returned fire in self-defence at Taliban who were using civilian houses as firing positions, the statement added... READ MORE›
TROOPS ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE IN AFGHAN FIREFIGHT THAT KILLED 33
A??On this occasion the Taliban chose to hide amongst civilians and then attacked Afghan and U.S. forces,a??... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY SAYS BATTLE WITH TALIBAN KILLED 33 CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN
Earlier this month, the United States announced it would deploy 300 more Marines to Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold that has seen fierce fighting in recent months... READ MORE›
NOVEMBER FIGHT WITH TALIBAN KILLED 33 CIVILIANS
The two Taliban figures, responsible for violence in Kunduz the previous month, were killed in the operation... READ MORE›
US MILITARY ADMITS 33 CIVILIANS KILLED IN TALIBAN CLASH
A US military investigation has found that air raids targeting the Taliban during a gun battle in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province last year killed 33 civilians... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY SAYS 33 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN TALIBAN BATTLE 3 MONTHS AGO
On this occasion the Taliban chose to hide amongst civilians and then attacked Afghan and U.S. forces... READ MORE›
KIDNAPPED PROFESSORS BEG TRUMP TO NEGOTIATE RELEASE IN TALIBAN VIDEO
In 2014, the Haqqani group released Bowe Bergdahl, a US soldier, in exchange for five Taliban prisoners... READ MORE›
5 UAE DIPLOMATS DISCUSSING AFGHAN AID PROJECTS KILLED IN KANDAHAR BLAST
This attack is against the national security of Afghanistan, Ghorzang said... READ MORE›
EX-AFGHAN INTERPRETERS SAY FRENCH ARMY ABANDONED THEM, DEMAND VISAS
Former Afghan interpreters for the French army organised parallel protests in Kabul and Paris on Tuesday, citing death threats from Islamist insurgents and demanding visas... READ MORE›
TWIN BLASTS CLAIMED BY TALIBAN KILL MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE IN KABUL
A police official said a suicide attacker approached an intelligence agency building in Kabul before detonating his explosives... READ MORE›
23 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED AS TWIN BLASTS ROCK KABUL
23 killed, dozens injured as twin blasts rock Kabul -- RT News... READ MORE›
300 MARINES TO AID FIGHT AGAINST TALIBAN IN SPRING
Our mujahedeen continued their progress in the presence of tens of thousands of Americans and other invading forces, said Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman... READ MORE›
US TO DEPLOY 300 TROOPS TO AFGHAN'S SOUTH
The US Marines will deploy 300 troops to Afghanistan's embattled southern Helmand province as part of NATO's advise-assist mission... READ MORE›
DESPITE BAN INVASIVE VIRGINITY TESTS REMAIN PREVALENT IN AFGHANISTAN
One police substation in Kabul sent 26 cases of moral crimes -- which include rape cases -- to forensic medicine in 2015, and most involved virginity tests... READ MORE›
BILL GATES: WORLD FACES DECADE AT RISK FROM ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BUGS
People across the world, particularly those in developing countries, face a decade at risk from pandemics spread by antibiotic-resistant bugs, the billionaire Bill Gates has warned... READ MORE›
2016: THE YEAR THE WORLD STOPPED CARING ABOUT REFUGEES
Deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan swelled this year, with 100,000 repatriated in September alone... READ MORE›
THE AFGHAN FAMILIES BEING REPATRIATED BY PAKISTAN
Pakistan's request for all three million Afghan refugees to leave is causing chaos on its borders and plunging families into uncertainty... READ MORE›
WOMAN BEHEADED 'FOR GOING OUT IN CITY WITHOUT HER HUSBAND'
The Middle East Press claims a government spokesman told them Taliban militants killed her for the infidelity act of going shopping without a male guardian... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN'S VICE PRESIDENT IS KNOWN FOR BRUTALITY. BUT HE MAY HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
Abdurrashid Dostum, a former warlord, has vowed to fight prosecution in a new case... READ MORE›
AFGHANS ANGRY AFTER QUALIFIED FEMALE AIR FORCE PILOT APPLIES FOR ASYLUM IN U.S.
A recipient of the U.S. State Department's Women of Courage award in 2015, Capt... READ MORE›
AFGHAN RESPONSE TO FEMALE PILOTA??S U.S. ASYLUM CASE
Things are not changing for the better in Afghanistan, Captain Rahmani said in an interview on Friday... READ MORE›
THESE AFGHANS FLED TO GERMANY FOR A SAFER, BETTER LIFE. NOW THEY'VE BEEN SENT BACK.
I told him Afghanistan, and he said to me in Dari, 'Don't worry you're safe now... READ MORE›
DIRE CONDITIONS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES ON JORDAN'S BORDER
As UN staff cannot cross the Jordanian border to distribute aid, that will be done by contractors... READ MORE›
AFTER ATTACK, BERLIN'S REFUGEE COMMUNITY BRACES FOR BACKLASH
Like fellow Afghan Mohebzada, Soltani sought asylum in Germany because the Taliban had made repeated threats to kill him and he saw no other option... READ MORE›
AFGHAN LEGISLATOR, SEVERAL OTHERS KILLED IN ATTACK AT HIS HOME
Afghan men inspects the remains of belongings at a lawmaker's home in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday after a gunmen attack... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS WHO HELPED U.S. FORCES FACE TALIBAN THREAT, VISA WAIT, TRUMP RESISTANCE
Matthew Ball relied heavily on his Afghan interpreter during a yearlong mission in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous areas, entrusting him daily with his life... READ MORE›
HOPELESS AFGHAN STRUGGLE TO SAVE BOY SEX SLAVES
'Unconscionable' Bacha bazi has seen a chilling resurgence in post-Taliban Afghanistan, where it is not widely perceived as homosexual or un-Islamic behaviour... READ MORE›
GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT CONFERENCE IN TURKMENISTAN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat the Global Sustainable Transport Conference on Nov. 26 and 27... READ MORE›
'KAFKAESQUE NIGHTMARE': TALIBAN RELEASES VIDEO OF KIDNAPPED CANADIAN-AMERICAN COUPLE
The video showed for the first time the two sons of Canadian Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, a US citizen... READ MORE›
BOLLYWOOD STARS GIVE THEIR NEWBORN SON THE CONTROVERSIAL NAME OF A BRUTAL ISLAMIC CONQUEROR
Taimur the Lame, often known as Timur or Tamerlane, was a brutal Mongol invader who conquered many parts of Persia and central Asia... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Sistan
US SOLDIERS TOLD TO IGNORE AFGHAN ALLIES ABUSE OF BOYS
After each case, Captain Quinn would gather the Afghan commanders and lecture them on human rights... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKE HITS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS HOSPITAL IN AFGHANISTAN
The military has been playing an increasingly active role in Afghanistan amid a Taliban resurgence, particularly in the northern province of Kunduz... READ MORE›
HOW ANTIBIOTIC-TAINTED SEAFOOD FROM CHINA ENDS UP ON YOUR TABLE
Almost two-thirds of the shrimp that went through the packing facility ended up with American Fisheries, she says... READ MORE›
WATCH RUSSIAN TV S BIZARRE TRAILER FOR PUTIN PRESS CONFERENCE
LONDON -- First the Pakistani Taliban bombed or burned over 1,000 schools... READ MORE›
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS FOUR AT AFGHAN US BASE
A suicide bomber has killed four people inside Bagram air base, the largest US military facility in Afghanistan... READ MORE›
AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED IN NATO AIR STRIKE IN KUNDUZ
The air raids on Thursday were in support of US and Afghan forces during an attack targeting senior Taliban commanders, according to provincial spokesman Mahmood Danish... READ MORE›
300 ISIS FIGHTERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN OPERATION
300 ISIS Fighters Killed in Afghanistan Operation U.S... READ MORE›
US ADMITS AIR STRIKES 'LIKELY' KILLED AFGHAN CIVILIANS
US forces in Afghanistan conceded on Saturday that their air strikes in the northern province of Kunduz had very likely resulted in civilian killings... READ MORE›
ICONIC 'AFGHAN GIRL' FROM 'NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC' ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN
National Geographic's iconic, green-eyed Afghan Girl was arrested Wednesday at her home in Peshawar, Pakistan, on charges she possessed a forged national identification card, authorities said... READ MORE›
SWISS COTTAGE TESCO STAFF TELL BLIND WOMAN TO 'GET DOG OUT'
Related Stories A blind woman was left horrified and distressed when staff at Tesco in north London shouted at her to get her guide dog out... READ MORE›
FROM A NAT GEO COVER TO A MUG SHOT
She was just 12 when she was photographed by Steve McCurry in a camp for displaced people in Peshawar, the biggest city along Pakistan's frontier with Afghanistan... READ MORE›
POSSIBLE U.S. AIRSTRIKE HITS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS HOSPITAL; AT LEAST 9 DEAD
Military jets have conducted numerous airstrikes in Kunduz after the Taliban overwhelmed Afghan security forces on Monday... READ MORE›
AFGHAN TALIBAN HANG UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN PUBLIC
Kabul Polytechnic university student was accused by the group of killing a senior Taliban official... READ MORE›
43 PERCENT RISE IN ESTIMATED OPIUM HARVEST
Figures from government and UNODC show 10 percent increase in poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication... READ MORE›
HUNGRY, SCARED, AND NO CLOSER TO SAFETY
Migrant children are being failed by uk, says lords committee report... READ MORE›
USE OF STRONGEST ANTIBIOTICS RISES TO RECORD LEVELS ON EUROPEAN FARMS
Use of some of the strongest antibiotics available to treat life-threatening infections has risen to record levels on European farms, new data shows... READ MORE›
ICC PROSECUTOR: U.S. FORCES MAY HAVE TORTURED IN AFGHANISTAN
The U.S.-led invasion into Afghanistan toppled the Taliban from power after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center andA the Pentagon... READ MORE›
TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN ATTACK ON BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
A gunman reportedly wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops in Kabul... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITMENT DOCUMENT SEEKS TO PROVOKE 'END OF THE WORLD'
Islamic State recruitment document seeks to provoke 'end of the world'... READ MORE›
THE BEHEADING OF A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL PROMPTED HUGE PROTESTS IN AFGHANISTAN
They chanted slogans against the government, the Taliban and neighboring Pakistan, which is seen as having a hand in Afghanistan's Islamist insurgency... READ MORE›
NIGHTCLUB SHOOTER'S DAD HOSTED ANTI-AMERICAN TALK SHOW
The name of the show refers to the Durand Line, the long-disputed border that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan... READ MORE›
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP WITH TRICLOSAN 'NO BETTER AT KILLING GERMS' A?? STUDY
Antibacterial hand soaps containing triclosan - a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous - are not much better at killing germs than regular soap, researchers have said... READ MORE›
'AFGHAN GIRL' WELCOMED HOME BY PRESIDENT
Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, has welcomed back Sharbat Gula, the green... READ MORE›
QUAKE ROCKS AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN; AT LEAST 263 DEAD
LAHORE Pakistan More than 260 people were killed when a magnitude-7.5 earthquake centered in Afghanistan rocked neighboring Pakistan and rattled buildings as far away as India... READ MORE›
MEDICAL GROUP TO EXIT AFGHAN CITY AFTER STRIKE KILLS AT LEAST 22
It was the only free trauma care hospital in northern Afghanistan, according to Doctors Without Borders... READ MORE›
GENERAL IS SAID TO THINK AFGHAN HOSPITAL AIRSTRIKE BROKE US RULES
General Campbell was clear that he, too, would prefer to keep as many troops in Afghanistan for as long as possible... READ MORE›
AFGHAN VICE PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF TAKING RIVAL HOSTAGE
Mr. Ishchi has been involved in politics in the north for decades and helped General Dostum found the Junbish party, which he leads now... READ MORE›
BLAST KILLS AT LEAST 80 DURING PEACEFUL PROTEST IN KABUL
A former foreign correspondent based in New Delhi and Kabul, she reports periodically from Afghanistan and other trouble spots overseas... READ MORE›
WATCH RUSSIAN TV S BIZARRE TRAILER FOR PUTIN PRESS CONFERENCE
General Sharif later left to visit Kabul, the Afghan capital, for a special visit, a Pakistani military spokesman said... READ MORE›
CALL TO PUNISH GPS OVER ANTIBIOTICS
The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions... READ MORE›
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US ADMITS STRIKE MEANT TO HIT ISIS KILLED SYRIAN TROOPS
Russia backs the Syrian government and Mr. Assad, and the United States has called for him to step down... READ MORE›
TEEN IS TAKEN INTO STATE CARE WHILE GARDAI EXAMINE 'FALSE IMPRISONMENT'
Hungarian police then informed their colleagues in Ireland and gardai visited the Dublin property... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIAN FORCES GAVE DEFEATED ISIL MILITANTS SAFE PASSAGE
Roughly 2,000 Islamic State militants were killed by airstrikes alone in the three-month Manbij offensive, according to the U.S. official... READ MORE›
WHY THE PENTAGON SEES RECAPTURE OF SYRIAN CITY AS TEMPLATE FOR BATTLING THE ISLAMIC STATE
Conditions have worsened in the nearby city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, as rebels and Russian-backed government forces trade attacks... READ MORE›
IS AL-QAEDA'S AFFILIATE IN SYRIA NO LONGER A 'SIDESHOW'?
The United States, Moscow repeatedly charged, had not lived up to its agreement to separate the opposition forces- it backs from the militants... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DESERVES 'RESPECT,' SAYS DAVID CAMERON
In December last year, the prime minister slapped down Trump after the billionaire presidential candidate proposed a ban on Muslims from entering the United States... READ MORE›
FEWER FOREIGN FIGHTERS JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
Earlier this month, the State Department said the number of Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria was lower than at any time in the past two years... READ MORE›
OBAMA TO CONVENE SPECIAL MEETING WITH WORLD LEADERS FOCUSED ON THE ISLAMIC STATE
But the Islamic State has used crude chemical weapons, employing mustard gas and chlorine, in both Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
NEW U.S. INTELLIGENCE REPORT SAYS ISLAMIC STATE WEAKER
So too has a U.S.-led air campaign that has launched more than 10,000 strikes against the Islamist extremists, Earnest said... READ MORE›
SYRIAN TROOPS CLOSE TO ENCIRCLING A REBEL STRONGHOLD ALEPPO
And all oppose the Islamic State, which has seized territory spanning the Syrian-Iraqi border... READ MORE›
MILITARY CHIEFS GATHER IN PARIS TO BOLSTER ISLAMIC STATE FIGHT
He focused on efforts to collapse the Islamic State's power centers of al Raqqa, in Syria, and Mosul, in Iraq... READ MORE›
BROKEN SYSTEM ALLOWS ISIS TO PROFIT FROM LOOTED ANTIQUITIES
Few objects have turned up so far that can be traced to the Islamic State's plunder... READ MORE›