REUTERS/Adrees LatifTaliban clash with Afghan forces
Afghan police have clashed with Taliban fighters who attacked a building near a police station in the provincial capital of the eastern province of Paktia, officials have said.
National police Canada's problem in Afghanistan
From a rocky slope above a village in southern Afghanistan last February, Canadian Forces engineer Matt Austin watched a Taliban suspect scramble for safety with troops in hot pursuit.
US combat medics face tough choices in Afghanistan
Demonising America
It was in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran that America was labelled The Great Satan. Judging from current trends, the day is not too far off when America will be given the same moniker in Pakistan. Ever since the US resorted to carrying out drone attacks against terrorist suspects inside Pakistan, vocal condemnations of America have been widespread.
Suicide attack kills local leader in northern Iraq
A suicide bomber killed a local leader in northern Iraq on Monday, police said, the latest attack in an area where al Qaeda remains a threat.
Cleric's Death, Torture Case Jolt Iran
Iran's opposition seized upon the death of one of the Islamic republic's founding fathers -- a revered ayatollah who was also a fierce critic of the nation's leadership -- to take to the streets in mourning.
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