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In Pakistan, female suicide bombers are on a par with male terrorists
June 26, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- As it became known after yesterday's terrorist attack in Pakistan, the militant group 'Tehreek-e Taliban-e Pakistan "(Pakistan Taliban movement) used women as a suicide bomber for the first time for...
New terrorist attack in Afghanistan, hospital ruined
June 25, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- A car bomb attack caused at least 60 deaths at a hospital in Afghanistan's Logar province, local officials say. Civilians were hurt in the blast, some critically. Most of the casualties were civilians...
Afghan troops end Taliban attack on Khost police HQ
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May 22, 2011Afghan security forces have retaken control of a government building which was stormed by Taliban suicide bombers, local officials have said. Two of the attackers were shot dead during the fighting in the eastern city of Khost, but two others managed...
Afghanistan: Hundreds escape from Kandahar prison
April 25, 2011More than 470 inmates at a prison in southern Afghanistan have escaped through a tunnel hundreds of metres long and dug from outside the jail. Officials in the city of Kandahar said many of those who escaped from Sarposa jail were Taliban insurgents...
Afghanistan: Kabul attack on defence ministry kills two
April 18, 2011Two soldiers have been killed and seven people hurt after a man in army uniform opened fire inside the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul, officials have said. The attacker, who was also wearing an explosive vest, reached the second floor, where the defence...
Playing chess with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
February 07, 2011The US is facing a dilemma on how to deal with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. On one hand, accepting them means accepting an Islamist system that will certainly have an anti-American and anti-Israeli agenda, and on the other hand rejecting and delegitimizing...
Suspected US drone strikes kills 6 in NW Pakistan
January 24, 2011Pakistani officials say two suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed six suspected militants in the northwestern part of the country. The officials said an unmanned aircraft fired two missiles, killing two suspected militants as they rode a motorbike...
NATO denies plan to expand special operations into Pakistan
December 23, 2010The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has denied a New York Times newspaper report that U.S. forces are planning to expand special operations raids into Pakistan's tribal areas, where Afghan Taliban have their hideouts. South Asia experts here in Washington...
6 US, 2 Afghan soldiers killed in Afghanistan
December 13, 2010Six American and two Afghan soldiers were killed Sunday when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden van into a new jointly operated outpost in southern Kandahar province. U.S. and Afghan officials said a number of American and Afghan troops were...
Taliban video shows US captive
December 09, 2010The Taliban have released a video displaying the only U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan. The video released Wednesday shows Specialist Bowe Bergdahl who has been held by the Taliban since he disappeared from his base in Paktika province in eastern...