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  US ignored Pak's nuclear smuggling efforts during Afghan war

  World | October 14, 2015 23:25 IST

  Washington: The US went soft on Pakistan's nuclear smuggling efforts during former President Ronald Reagan's administration, fearing that any action would upset their bilateral ties at a critical time of the Afghan war, according to

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  US on course to end Afghan war: Obama

  World | September 24, 2013 23:27 IST

  United Nations:  US President Barack Obama today said the US is on course to end the Afghan war next year after having “achieved” its mission of dismantling the core of Al Qaeda that attacked America

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  Mullah Omar is 'still willing to talk'

  World | August 07, 2013 9:37 IST

  Kabul,Aug 7: In a five-page message emailed ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, Taliban's reclusive leader urges a continued struggle against the international coalition and its Afghan allies.The Taliban's reclusive leader said on Tuesday that his

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  Clinton meets visiting Afghan President Karzai

  World | January 11, 2013 18:57 IST

  Washington,Jan 11: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai to hold discussions over a host of issues including the progress on bilateral security agreement and presence of US forces

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  Thousands Rally In Pakistan Against Cooperation With NATO

  World | March 28, 2012 10:59 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 28: Thousands of members of extremist groups rallied near parliament on Tuesday as leaders of the right-wing Defa-e-Pakistan Council, including Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, warned the government against reopening routes for transporting supplies to

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  Taliban Says Afghan War Is A Stigma On West

  World | September 10, 2011 19:08 IST

  Kabul, Sep 10: The post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan by the US and its allies “will remain a permanent stigma on the face of Western democracy”, the Taliban said today.  The Islamist grouping, which refused to

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  US Military Intelligence Changes Its Tack In Afghan War

  World | June 27, 2011 14:59 IST

  Washington, Jun 27: Military intelligence officers were scrambling a year ago to collect and analyze the social, economic and tribal ins and outs of each valley and hamlet in Afghanistan.This information wasn't the kind of

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  Bush Could Have Avoided Afghan War, Reveal Classified Documents

  World | September 14, 2010 10:50 IST

  Washington: As the US prepared to invade Afghanistan in 2001 after 9/11 attacks, Pakistan's powerful ISI wanted America to enter into a dialogue with the Taliban, but the then Bush Administration "bluntly" told President Pervez