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Al Qaeda's plans of Mumbai-style attack in Europe foiled

London: An Al-Qaeda-linked plot to launch a Mumbai-style terror attack simultaneously on London and major cities in France and Germany was disrupted by intelligence agencies, a report has said.

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28 people killed in 3 drone strikes in Waziristan

At least 28 people were killed when three US-led drone attacks struck in remote areas of South and North Waziristan in Pakistan.

British forces hand over flashpoint Afghan district to US

British forces have transferred responsibility for security in the violence-wracked district of Sangin in southern Afghanistan to US forces, the ministry of defence said on Monday.

Plump British Army Chief asks for new uniform

London, Sept 19: Britain's new army chief has spent £1,000 for his plus-size uniform to fit his bulky body weighing 127 kg.

General Sir Peter Wall, 55, who took over as Chief of the General Staff las

India, Pak, Afghan and 17 others on US' drug 'Major List'

US President Mr Barack Obama has identified India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and 17 other countries as a major drug transit or a major illicit drug- producing nations of the world.

‘Karzai kin occupy £90m Gulf empire’

Sept. 11: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s close relatives and associates either own or occupy 12 expensive homes in the Gulf valued at £90 million, raising fears that western aid money sent to the war

1 dies in Afghan protest over Quran burning

One person was killed and six others were injured in Afghanistan on Friday in a protest over a US pastor's plan to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack, a media report said.

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Indian toilet model to be used in Afghanistan

Low-cost lavatory technique, developed by an Indian NGO, will be adopted by the US Army to build public toilets in Afghanistan, a senior US military official said.

The US troops will build at least 4

Mehsud charged for killing 7 CIA agents in Afghanistan

Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was on Thursday charged for his involvement in the murder of seven American nationals last year at a CIA base in Afghanistan, the US said on Thursday. The two

Key Karzai aide in graft probe is linked to CIA

Aug. 26: The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the centre of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the CIA, according to Afghan and American officials. Moha

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