Taliban promise to capture, kill Prince Harry
The Taliban have promised to use all their power to kill or capture Prince Harry when the British royal returns to Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot.
The 27-year-old prince is expected to fly
Six dead in attack on Afghan police building: Official
Six police officers were killed on Sunday in a car bomb attack on their headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a bastion of Taliban militancy, a local government official said.
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7 security personnel, 18 militants killed in clashes in Pak
Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a Taliban attack on their check post in the country's northwestern tribal belt, security officials said on Friday.
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US wants Pakistan to snap ISI ties with Taliban
Amid credible reports that the Pakistan's spy agency ISI was secretly supporting Taliban insurgents to recover lost ground in Afghanistan, the United States has asked Islamabad to snap those ties and
U.S. military says Taliban set to retake power: Report
The United States military has said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control over Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country, Britain's Times
Pakistan helping Taliban: secret NATO report
The Pakistani security services are secretly helping Afghanistan's Taliban, who assume their victory is inevitable once Western troops leave, a secret NATO document says, according to reports on Wedne
India readying for limited conflict with China: US intel
The Indian military is preparing to 'fight a limited conflict' with China, said a top American intelligence officer who added that New Delhi may not send troops or heavy equipment to Kabul so as not to provoke Pakistan.
Obama confirms use of US drone strikes in Pakistan
President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets within Pakistan - operations that until now had not been officially acknowledged.
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US, Taliban prisoner release talks fail
The initial talks between the US and Taliban in Qatar on the release of five of the militant group's prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center have failed, a media report said on Monday.
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Taliban, US negotiators meet in Qatar
Taliban negotiators have begun meeting with US officials in Qatar, where they are discussing preliminary trust-building measures aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, The New York Times reported on