Topic: Afghanistan

Five Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Taliban bombers killed five Polish soldiers in an attack on their convoy in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the deadliest single loss for Warsaw's NATO contingent in the 10-year war."This is the most deadly attack in the history of Polish military missions abroad," Poland's ...

Kabul police station attack ends, no casualties

KABUL (Reuters) - An attack on a police station in the west of Kabul on Friday ended without casualties, police and the Interior Ministry said.An attacker threw a hand grenade at the station, ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on his official Twitter ...

Suicide bombers attack west Kabul police station

KABUL (Reuters) - Several suicide bombers attacked a police station in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a police source said."At least four suicide bombers carried out an attack on a police station," the source said, adding that one ...

Pakistan battle kills '1 soldier, 25 insurgents'

Dozens of militants ambushed Pakistani troops on Friday, killing a soldier and sparking clashes that left up to 25 insurgents dead in the Taliban-infested tribal badlands, officials said.Members of the Frontier Corps paramilitary were attacked while driving through the Mamuzai area of ...

U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ...

Lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties ...

US lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan, ties strained

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ...

U.S. lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan as distrust grows

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A crisis in relations looked set to deepen after a House-Senate negotiating panel agreed to freeze $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region.Pakistan ...

Lawmakers freeze $700 million to Pakistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of a U.S. House-Senate negotiating panel have agreed to freeze $700 million in U.S. aid to Pakistan until it offers to help in the fight against improvised explosive devices in the region, exerting more pressure on a ...

How a massacre killed an Afghan family's hope

Tarana dressed up for the holiday in a specially tailored bright green robe, a 12-year-old Afghan girl excited to set off with her family for a religious festival that a decade of war had so far spared.After a suicide bomber ripped apart ...
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