Afghanistan avalanches toll rises to 70
By ians • Feb 10th, 2010Kabul, Feb 10,The toll in avalanches in northern Afghanistan has risen to 70, Xinhua reported Wednesday.
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Afghan extremism will spread to India: Mottaki
By DPA • Feb 6th, 2010Munich, Feb 6, Taliban-linked extremism in Afghanistan is blossoming because of the Western intervention there and is set to spread to India, Central Asia and Arab states, Iran’s foreign minister warned Saturday.
Tragedy Strikes Aamir Khan
By Chandana Buch • Feb 2nd, 2010
Feb 2, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Yesteryear s renowned producer Tahir Hussain, father of the famous Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan passed away in city of Mumbai following a heart attack.
NATO plans to station AWACS in Gulf for long term
By agencies • Feb 2nd, 2010Brussels, Feb 2, NATO expects to soon be able to station an AWACS surveillance aircraft in one of the Gulf states on a long-term basis as a way of strengthening its missions in Afghanistan and off the Somali coast, the alliance’s secretary general said Monday.
Swedish diplomat named UN mission chief in Afghanistan
By DPA • Jan 28th, 2010
New York, Jan 28, Stefan de Mistura, a veteran UN troubleshooter, was named head of the UN mission in Afghanistan Wednesday.
IMF, World Bank cancel $1.6 bn in Afghan debt
By DPA • Jan 27th, 2010Washington, Jan 27, Afghanistan has received $1.6 billion in debt relief from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Paris Club of creditors, the three groups said Tuesday.
Rocket attack during Bulgarian minister’s Afghan visit
By DPA • Jan 25th, 2010
Sofia, Jan 25, A rocket was fired Sunday on a military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Mladenov was visiting his country’s troops there.
US talking to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan to defeat extremists
By ians • Jan 23rd, 2010Washington, Jan 23, The United States says it continues to have a “significant dialogue” with India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on how to stabilise the region and defeat and deter extremists threatening all three countries.
US to engage India, China, Russia to stabilise Af-Pak region
By Arun Kumar • Jan 22nd, 2010Washington, Jan 22, The US proposes to engage Russia, China and India this year as it tries to bring stability to Afghanistan and Pakistan while it continues its mission to “disrupt, dismantle, and defeat Al Qaeda and its safe havens in Pakistan”.
Did ISI have a hand in attack on CIA base?
By Arun Kumar • Jan 12th, 2010Washington, Jan 12, A US strategic think tank has discounted “widespread rumours in the United States” that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency had a hand in the Dec 30 attack in Khost, Afghanistan that killed several CIA agents. The possibility that jihadist sympathisers in the lower ranks of the Pakistani intelligence complex may have offered their services to the Taliban cannot be ruled out, the think tank said.