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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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NATO a tension-maker: Russian minister
World | Aug 05, 2014, 11:32 AM ISTMoscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) would create tensions with Moscow even if there was no Ukraine crisis."As you know, the NATO has not ceased to
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Putin orders central Russia forces on 'full combat alert'
World | Jun 21, 2014, 03:05 PM ISTMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered military forces in central Russia on combat alert as well as a drill of airborne troops, a day after Ukraine ordered a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels. Nato
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49 militants, 5 soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
World | Apr 29, 2014, 12:09 PM ISTKabul: At least 49 Taliban insurgents and five soldiers were killed following a massive attack by the militants in eastern Afghan province of Paktiya, a defence ministry official of the country said Tuesday."More than 500
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Ukrain crisis: US to alternately cajole, threaten Russia
World | Apr 17, 2014, 11:42 AM ISTGeneva: Ukraine is hoping to placate Russia and calm hostilities with its neighbor even as the U.S. prepares a new round of sanctions to punish Moscow for what it regards as fomenting unrest.The carrot-stick strategy
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NATO suspends cooperation with Moscow
World | Apr 02, 2014, 09:34 AM ISTBrussels: NATO foreign ministers have agreed to suspend "all practical civilian and military cooperation" with Russia over its annexation of Crimea, as the Western military alliance saw "no sign" that Russia is pulling its forces
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Karzai satisfied with India's response to military aid demand
India | Dec 14, 2013, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Afghan President Hamid Karzai today expressed satisfaction over India's response to his demand for stepping up military aid, saying the “facts” on such supplies were much better than “what is known” amidst indication
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NATO can't slow down given complex threats
World | Nov 22, 2013, 07:24 AM ISTBudapest : Given the complex threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and cyber warfare, NATO's Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow has said the security organisation cannot slow down.Vershbow, attending the 17th International NATO Conference,
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Pakistan to bar Afghan refugees after NATO leaves
World | Oct 26, 2013, 02:02 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan won't allow Afghan refugees to enter the country after the withdrawal of NATO forces from war-torn Afghanistan in 2014, a minister said."Pakistan will not welcome fresh influx of refugees from Afghanistan and use
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Bhatkal wanted to fight NATO forces in Afghanistan after 9/11
India | Sep 01, 2013, 03:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal wanted to fight NATO forces in Afghanistan as an 18-year-old when the US launched its campaign against Taliban following the 9/11 attacks, investigators here said. “Following the US
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NATO not to participate in Syria attack
World | Aug 31, 2013, 08:17 AM ISTCopenhagen: NATO has declined to participate in the possible attack on Syria over allegations of the Bashar-al-Assad regime recently using chemical weapons against civilians."I see no NATO role in an international reaction to the Syrian
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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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27 killed, 77 wounded across Iraq
World | Jul 14, 2013, 02:56 PM ISTBaghdad, July 14: At least 27 people were killed and 77 others wounded in separate attacks across Iraq, including a bomb attack against a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, police said.A roadside bomb went off Saturday
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NATO helicopter makes 'hard landing' in Afghanistan
World | Jul 12, 2013, 05:00 PM ISTKabul, July 12: The NATO-led coalition says one of its helicopters made a “hard landing” in northern Afghanistan but that there were no injuries.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed militants had fired on an American Chinook
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20 killed in Baghdad blasts: officials
World | Jul 02, 2013, 09:57 PM ISTBaghdad, Jul 2: A series of car bombs minutes apart targeting markets across Baghdad killed 20 people today, officials said, the latest in a nationwide surge in attacks sparking fears of a return to all-out
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11 die as Taliban attack NATO base in Kabul
World | Jul 02, 2013, 01:09 PM ISTKabul, July 2: At least 11 people were killed Tuesday morning when the Taliban launched an attack on a NATO supply base in the eastern part of the Afghan capital, the seventh massive attack in
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UK's Cameron pledges to 'stand together' with Pak on terrorism
World | Jun 30, 2013, 05:22 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 30: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron today promised to “stand together” with Pakistan in the war against terrorism and nudged his counterpart Nawaz Sharif to help clinch a peace deal with Afghanistan before
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Four killed, 21 injured Iraq attacks
World | Jun 20, 2013, 06:53 AM ISTBaghdad, June 20: At least four people were killed and 21 wounded in separate incidents of shooting and bomb attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, the police said.Three people were killed and 15 injured in a
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NATO terms Karzai's accusation as 'ridiculous'
World | Mar 19, 2013, 12:28 PM ISTBrussels, March 19: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said it is "absolutely ridiculous" for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to accuse the US of colluding with the Taliban."I reject the idea that was publicly
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NATO assessing damage to base in south Afghanistan
World | Sep 15, 2012, 05:51 PM ISTKabul, (Afghanistan), Sep 15: The U.S.-led NATO military coalition says it is assessing damage to a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that was attacked by insurgents, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other