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NATO ends combat mission in Afghanistan
World | Dec 29, 2014, 07:49 AM ISTKabul: The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Sunday formally ended its 13-year-old combat mission in Afghanistan.In a ceremony held here, US commander of ISAF General John F. Campbell said: "Today marks an end
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NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan attack
World | Aug 12, 2014, 02:42 PM ISTKabul: A NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed on Tuesday in an attack in eastern Afghanistan.The ISAF neither provided the nationality of the victim nor the details about the incident.Nearly 50,000 NATO-led
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Today in History: NATO takes over command of peacekeeping force in Afghanistan
World | Aug 11, 2013, 06:59 AM ISTNew Delhi. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), took control of ISAF(Afghanistan Security Agency) on August 11, 2003, ending an unwieldy system of rotating command among individual nations.It took command of the 5,000-strong international peacekeeping force
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Windsurfing in, kite-surfing out of Rio 2016
Other Sports | Nov 11, 2012, 05:55 PM ISTRio de Janeiro, Nov 11: The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has reinstated windsurfing as an Olympic event for the 2016 Rio Games.The announcement was made after a vote of ISAF's general assembly Saturday which overturned