FSB prevents terror act in Moscow by militants trained in Afghanistan, Pakistan. Get short URL. Published time: May 20, 2013 14:49. Edited time: May 20, 2013 17:49. FSB operation taking place in a small town of Orekhovo-Zuevo in Moscow …News RSS : Today
Click for detailed story The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said. “We are planning to keep a force of perhaps 6,000 to 12,000 after 2014 when all combat forces are to be out of Afghanistan,” Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, …
Afghanistan lodged an official protest with Pakistan on Monday after troops exchanged fire at the border.
Afghan officials said the fight broke out after Pakistani troops returned to the site of a gate on land both sides claim along the porous border. It is not clear whether there were any casualties in Monday's fighting. Last week, crossfir…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed veteran U.S. diplomat James Dobbins as Washington's new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said on Friday.Dobbins, head…
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama has named veteran diplomat James Dobbins as his special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made the announcement on May 3 in Washington, D.C.. Dobbins, 70, has…
Ambassador James Dobbins will be the new special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement Friday. It won't be unfamiliar territory for the career diplomat. Among other roles, Dobbins (pictu…
Click for detailed story KANDAHAR – A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed a senior member of Afghanistan’s peace council on Wednesday, officials said, the latest setback to efforts to end more than 11 years of war. Shah Wali Khan, the head of the High Peace Council (HPC) in the key southern province of Helmand, died along with two police bodyguards when an explosion ripped through his vehicle. The HPC is a …
The Pentagon identified four US victims in Saturday’s crash of a surveillance aircraft in Afghanistan and said the incident appeared unrelated to Taliban violence.
Click for detailed story KABUL (AFP/Reuters ) – The Taliban in Afghanistan vowed on Saturday to start a new campaign of mass suicide attacks on foreign military bases and diplomatic areas, as well as damaging “insider attacks”, as part of a new spring offensive this year. The offensive was announced via emails from Taliban spokesmen. The Taliban statement said this year’s offensive, named after Khalid …