KABUL (PAN): Defence Minister Stephen Smith on Tuesday announced that Australia would shut its military base in central Uruzgan province and bring home most of
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Twenty-nine militants and two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in two different incidents in southern Helmand province, officials said on
LASHKARGAH (PAN) on Tuesday announced that some of its service members had suffered injuries in a suicide attack in southern Helmand province. A group of
WASHINGTON (PAN can be “very helpful” in the Afghan-led reconciliation process, America’s top diplomat said Monday, insisting Islamabad had been supportive of the effort. Reconciliation
WASHINGTON (PAN at the Guantanamo detention centre, an incident that allegedly provoked prisoners to go on hunger strike. “It’s nonsense. There’s absolutely no mishandling of
WASHINGTON (PAN on Thursday honoured former US ambassador Ryan Croker for his immense contribution to the country’s development at a fundraising dinner here. Croker received
WASHINGTON (PAN): More than five months after being taken into US custody, the Obama administration on Wednesday announced Al Qaeda operative Spin Gul would be
WASHINGTON (PAN’s fall, a top American expert told Congressmen after lawmakers raised concerns over the Afghan leader’s recent statements. “President Karzai was the ISI. That view
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two people were killed and six others wounded during a bomb explosion at a religious school in the Marja district of southern Helmand
WASHINGTON (PAN’s policies and the American drawdown. “I would characterise the insurgency now as being somewhat confused,” International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Deputy Commander Lt.