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"India Wants To Keep Pak Busy": Khawaja Asif's Bizarre Two-Front War Claim
Doubling down on his 'proxy war' claim, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said New Delhi was keeping Islamabad busy on both eastern and western fronts, referring to the recent clashes with Taliban forces along the Durand Line.
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China's Xi says Xinjiang is front line on terrorism, hails police
Police are the "fists and daggers" in the fight against terrorism, China's President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western Xinjiang region where authorities say members of a Muslim minority are waging a violent separatist campaign.
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Prince Harry faces return to Afghan front line: report
Prince Harry may return to Afghanistan for another spell of duty after military chiefs decided to use Apache helicopters to provide "top cover" for British troops as they withdraw from the war-torn country.
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US, NATO ready plan to hand off frontline combat
The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending. Top military and diplomatic officials from the US and NATO allies are meeting this week to finalize the combat handover program and a strategy...
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Life on the Front Lines in Afghanistan
From his rooftop position, Sgt. Santiago Zapata watched the firefight begin after prayer call ended, a rocket-propelled grenade exploding as the muezzin's voice was still fading into the Afghan dusk.Tracer rounds whizzed overhead, mortar shells burst nearby and heavy machine guns clattered. Then as suddenly as it began, it was over. Sergeant Zapata...
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"India Wants To Keep Pak Busy": Khawaja Asif's Bizarre Two-Front War Claim
Doubling down on his 'proxy war' claim, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said New Delhi was keeping Islamabad busy on both eastern and western fronts, referring to the recent clashes with Taliban forces along the Durand Line.
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China's Xi says Xinjiang is front line on terrorism, hails police
Police are the "fists and daggers" in the fight against terrorism, China's President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western Xinjiang region where authorities say members of a Muslim minority are waging a violent separatist campaign.
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Prince Harry faces return to Afghan front line: report
Prince Harry may return to Afghanistan for another spell of duty after military chiefs decided to use Apache helicopters to provide "top cover" for British troops as they withdraw from the war-torn country.
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US, NATO ready plan to hand off frontline combat
The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending. Top military and diplomatic officials from the US and NATO allies are meeting this week to finalize the combat handover program and a strategy...
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Life on the Front Lines in Afghanistan
From his rooftop position, Sgt. Santiago Zapata watched the firefight begin after prayer call ended, a rocket-propelled grenade exploding as the muezzin's voice was still fading into the Afghan dusk.Tracer rounds whizzed overhead, mortar shells burst nearby and heavy machine guns clattered. Then as suddenly as it began, it was over. Sergeant Zapata...
