An Iraqi soldier stands guard near a military base. A senior Iraqi police officer has been killed by a bomb left outside the door of his house at Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, a police official in Anbar province said. (AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)Iraq lawmakers can't agree on election law _ again
Iraqi lawmakers failed Thursday to agree on an election law for the country's January vote, raising concerns the balloting may be delayed and in turn push back a U.S. troop withdrawal.
New Afghan violence makes Obama decision tougher
President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.
UN to pull out foreign staff from Afghanistan
The United Nations on Thursday said it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilise the country.
Al Qaeda says was behind ambush on Yemen officers
An al Qaeda group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of seven Yemeni security officials in an ambush near the Saudi border this week.
Saudi fighter jets said to hit rebel targets in Yemen
A government advisor says the airstrikes, which began Wednesday, have been numerous and heavy. The attack follows the slaying of a Saudi official by insurgents.
‘Taliban resistance dwindling’
The resistance in South Waziristan has dwindled significantly because of the army’s effective strategy, and “sensing defeat”, the majority of the group has either fled from the area or gone into hiding, ISPR Director General Maj Gen Athar Abbas said on Thursday.
LeT torn between Denmark, India?
As the details of a fresh Lashkar plot to target India emerge, it appears that a conflict of priorities may have come in the way of its plan to launch another Mumbai-style attack.
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