Imran Khan urges Pakistan to take steps to halt US drone attacks
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 19, 2013
Pakistani politician Imran Khan today urged the government and military leaders to build a strategy to halt US drone attacks in the country's northwest as he was sworn into parliament.
Death toll in Pakistan suicide attack rises to 34
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 19, 2013
The death toll from a suicide attack at a funeral in Pakistan rose to 34 today after seven victims died overnight in hospital, police said.
Taliban claim deadly US attack hours after peace moves
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 19, 2013
The Taliban today claimed responsibility for an overnight attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops, just hours after Washington said its officials would meet the insurgents for talks.
Malala Yousafzai denounces 'cowardly' Pakistan attack
Agence France-Presse | Monday June 17, 2013
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, on Monday denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly".
Afghan police chief survives car bomb attack
Associated Press | Monday June 17, 2013
A provincial police chief in southern Afghanistan escaped a suicide car bomb attack that hit his convoy in southern part of the country today, said officials. Three officers were wounded in the attack.
Death toll in Pakistan twin blasts reaches 25, Sunni Muslims claim responsibility
Agence France-Presse | Sunday June 16, 2013
A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shiite Muslims has said it carried out attacks on a bus carrying women students and a hospital that killed at least 25.
Georgia shuts two bases in Afghanistan after attacks
Associated Press | Wednesday June 12, 2013
Georgia said on Wednesday that the country has closed two of its bases in Afghanistan after 10 of its soldiers were killed by militant attacks within the last four weeks, but it will not reduce the number of troops serving there.
Suicide blast in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
Associated Press | Tuesday June 11, 2013
A suicide car bomber struck outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 39 in the second consecutive day of militant attacks in the heart of Kabul.
Pakistani Taliban claim attack on NATO supply line
Associated Press | Tuesday June 11, 2013
The Pakistani Taliban are claiming responsibility for an attack on NATO supply trucks that killed four people in the country's northwest.
Six people killed in NATO convoy attack in Pakistan, say officials
Agence France-Presse | Monday June 10, 2013
Militants attacked NATO supply trucks in northwest Pakistan with guns and mortars today, setting vehicles ablaze and killing at least six people, officials said.
Kabul airport attack over; seven militants killed, say officials
Associated Press | Monday June 10, 2013
Afghan authorities say a battle with insurgents near Kabul's international airport has ended and all the attackers have been killed.
Taliban claim Kabul attack, say military airport is target
Agence France-Presse | Monday June 10, 2013
Taliban militants launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport early today, taking over two nearby buildings which security forces attempted to storm as blasts and shooting rocked the Afghan capital.
Roadside bombs kill two soldiers in Pakistan
Associated Press | Sunday June 9, 2013
Two roadside bombs killed two soldiers in a restive northwestern region of Pakistan on Sunday while a gun attack in the country's south killed two more, officials said.
Italian soldier killed in western Afghanistan
Associated Press | Saturday June 8, 2013
Italy's government says an enemy attack has killed at Italian soldier in western Afghanistan.
Taliban claim attack on Georgians in Afghanistan
Agence France Presse | Friday June 7, 2013
The Taliban today claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan that killed seven Georgians and wounded nine others.
