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  PM Narendra Modi condemns terror attack in Afghanistan

  India | July 02, 2018 16:03 IST

  Sikhs and Hindus have long suffered widespread discrimination in the conservative Muslim country and been targeted by Islamic extremists.

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  Three British Sikhs jailed for smuggling Afghans into UK

  World | July 15, 2017 17:47 IST

  Three British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 19 years for helping about 70 illegal Three British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 19 years for helping about 70 illegal Afghan im into the UK by misusing passports in a 600,000 pounds scam.

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  China to carry out shuttle diplomacy for Pakistan, Afghanistan

  World | June 26, 2017 19:03 IST

  China today announced that it will launch "shuttle diplomacy" between Pakistan and Afghanistan to ease tensions between the two neighbours and promote the peace process in war-torn Afghanistan amidst a spurt in terror attacks in both the countries.

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  Punishments but no criminal charges for US soldiers in hospital bombing

  World | April 30, 2016 6:52 IST

  Washington:A US gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process errors and equipment failures and none of the crew knew they were striking a trauma center,

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  Over 300 dead in Pak-Afghan quake

  World | October 27, 2015 13:31 IST

  Islamabad: Over 300 people are confirmed to have been killed a day after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Pakistan and Afghanistan as rescuers scrambled to deliver relief aid to victims.The death toll in the

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  Mullah Omar sheltered by ISI: Hillary Clinton email

  World | September 01, 2015 13:29 IST

   Washington: Top Taliban leader Mullah Omar was sheltered by Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI after the outfit's leadership fled from Afghanistan in 2001, according to an email received by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton

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  Afghan president Ghani walks the tightrope on Taliban

  World | August 13, 2015 12:00 IST

  Islamabad:  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's decision to send a delegation to Pakistan for prevailing over Islamabad so that its support to the Afghan Taliban stops clearly shows that with the death of Mullah Omar, Pakistan

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  US calls for peace between Afghanistan, Pakistan

  World | August 12, 2015 11:38 IST

  Washington: The US has called for lowering of tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan and has asked leaders of both the countries to work together to combat violet extremism.US Secretary of State John Kerry call up

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  Why India aids Afghanistan, and why it matters

  India | July 31, 2015 11:16 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the inauguration of Afghanistan's new Rs 710-crore Parliament building, financed and constructed by India.The parliament building—part of a $2 billion (Rs 12,800 crore) aid package—is symbolic of

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  Iran seeks $8 bn Indian investments; wants expeditious decision

  July 26, 2015 13:39 IST

  New Delhi: Asking India to take advantage of the period ahead of lifting of sanctions against it, Iran has invited Indian investments of about USD 8 billion in infrastructure projects there without wasting time in

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  Reconsider international military force pullback from Afghanistan: India

  World | June 23, 2015 9:06 IST

  United Nations: Within hours after terrorist suicide bombers attacked Afghanistan's parliament on Monday, India asked the international community to reconsider pulling troops from there because of the worsening security situation.Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji told

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  Sonia condemns attack on Afghan parliament

  National | June 22, 2015 15:11 IST

  New Delhi : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday condemned the terror attack on Afghan parliament, calling it a "heinous attempt by fundamentalists to subvert democratic forces".Expressing deep concern over a string of explosions in

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  Taliban kill 20 police officers in attack: Afghan official

  World | June 13, 2015 13:25 IST

  Kandahar: An Afghan official says at least 20 police officers have been killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country's volatile southern Helmand province.Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province's joint coordination of police

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  Gunmen kill at least 13 in Afghan highway attack

  World | March 24, 2015 12:16 IST

  Kabul:Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan attacked passing vehicles on a darkened highway during a midnight assault Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, authorities said.The attack happened in Wardak province's Sayad Abad district, where Taliban fighters hold

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  Shahid Afridi to now bat against polio

  Cricket | July 07, 2012 21:06 IST

  Islamabad, Jul 7:Cricket star Shahid Afridi was today roped in by Pakistani authorities and UNICEF to boost an anti-polio campaign in the tribal belt in the wake of a ban imposed on vaccination campaigns by

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  Iraq says al-Qaida fighters flowing into Syria

  World | July 05, 2012 18:11 IST

  Baghdad, Jul 5:  Iraq's foreign minister says the government has "solid information and intelligence" about al-Qaida militants infiltrating Syria from Iraq to carry out attacks.  Hoshyar Zebari told reporters Thursday that authorities are worried about