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WASHINGTON (PAN, the White House said on Tuesday. Obama spoke with the two leaders over the telephone, with Afghanistan being a prominent topic for discussion,

WASHINGTON (PAN supply routes that has remained closed for six months following a NATO airstrike that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers last November. American officials were

WASHINGTON (PAN, which  has also blocked the transportation of textbooks for Afghan children, a US official said Monday. “It’s not just about support for the

WASHINGTON (PAN summit in Chicago later this month, including agreements on interim milestones in 2013 and on the size and cost of Afghan forces, officials

WASHINGTON (PAN are being kept under “ruthless pressure”, a top British commander based in the country has said, claiming a decline in the number of

WASHINGTON (PAN. “We’ve said in the past and continue to say that Iran needs to play a more constructive role in the region,” State Department

WASHINGTON (PAN — a long-running, emotive issue for the people and government — were unacceptable, the Pentagon said Tuesday, explaining it was working under challenging

WASHINGTON (PAN): The White House has ruled out holding any negotiations with the Al Qaeda network, asserting that disrupting, dismantling and defeating it is the

WASHINGTON (PAN): US President Barack Obama on Saturday said that the goal of defeating Al Qaeda and denying it the chance to rebuild was within

WASHINGTON (PAN): Al-Qaeda’s leadership, including Osama bin Laden, has been decimated, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Friday, insisting the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed

WASHINGTON (PAN since the outset of his presidency.  “In December 2009, en route to tripling the US military presence there, he declared that US military

WASHINGTON (PAN this week, a powerful US lawmaker on Thursday alleged the US-Afghan strategic partnership agreement reflected a decade of failed nation-building effort of the