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WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States should acknowledge the Afghan government’s lead for any reconciliation negotiations in the country, a Pentagon commander told lawmakers on Thursday. “Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (PAN both in denying a safe haven to terrorists and successful security transition to local forces by 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (PAN, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. “He emphasised that Pakistan and the United States have many shared interests, including fighting terrorism and extremism, supporting

WASHINGTON (PAN in the next 12 months and a halt to the war by the end of 2014, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the

WASHINGTON (PAN if he goes ahead with his plans to announce the pace of a drawdown of troops before 2014 and the post-2014 presence in

WASHINGTON (PAN Bank since arriving here on Sunday. Secretary of State John Kerry, who listened to a traditional Afghan arrangement by members of the Afghanistan

TIRINKOT (PAN): A district chief was injured along with three of his bodyguards in a roadside bombing in the central province of Uruzgan, an official

KABUL (PAN): The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the spy service, on Wednesday said recent group suicide attacks on government entities in Kabul were beyond

WASHINGTON (PAN): New US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said he preferred a peaceful resolution to the 11-year-old Afghan conflict, but his country

WASHINGTON (PAN to take steps necessary to opening their much-talked representative office in Doha.  “We call on the Taliban to take the steps necessary to

WASHINGTON:(PAN after 2014, the exact numbers of which they are still discussing.  “I’ve never heard anyone suggest — no one has ever suggested zero to

WASHINGTON (PAN): Capping nearly three decades of public life, John Kerry was sworn in as US Secretary of State on Friday replacing charismatic Hillary Clinton