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The US and NATO say they want to end their combat mission in Afghanistan next year. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says that he’d like troops to transition to training roles, and have Afghan security forces take the lead. The new transition deadline would come …

 

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At Least 79 Dead in Egyptian Soccer Riot
79 are dead and up to a thousand injured after a shocking soccer riot in Egypt. Fans of the home team stormed the field and attacked visiting supporters with knives, sticks, and other weapons. Players from both teams …

 

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After months of secret talks the US is considering the release of an unknown number of Taliban fighters from Guantanamo Bay. The prisoners would be transferred into the hands of the Afghan government. In exchange, the US is asking that the Taliban respond with some …

 

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In Pakistan, new violence is causing disruptions to NATO’s oil supply routes through the country. A group of armed militants on motorcycles opened fire on a convoy contracted by NATO to deliver oil to Afghanistan. Pakistan has now blocked its two NATO supply routes, which …

 

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Iran says that their military forces have shot down an unmanned US spy plane near their Eastern border. They claim the plane was an unmanned RQ-170 that had violated their airspace. A NATO spokesperson admitted that an advanced surveillance drone went missing over Western Afghanistan …

 

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Al Qaeda is claiming that it has taken a 70-year old American citizen hostage. Aid expert Warren Weinstein was kidnapped four months ago in Pakistan. Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri listed his demands in a video. They include a full stop to airstrikes in …

 

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A senior US military official has been sacked for making disparaging comments about leaders in Afghanistan. Major General Peter Fuller was the deputy commander of Nato’s Afghan training mission. He was quoted by Politico as saying that the leaders there are, quote, “isolated from reality”. …

 

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Karzai would side with Pakistan against US. Ties between Afghanistan and the US have definitely taken a turn for the worse. Afghan president Hamid Karzai now says that if America got into a war with Pakistan, Afghanistan would take Pakistan’s side! Is it time to …

 

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Authorities unsure of Turkish quake toll
In the wake of Turkey’s deadly earthquake which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, rescuers are in a desperate attempt to find survivors. Almost 300 have been killed with over 11 injured so far. Authorities say over a thousand buildings …

 

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Former head of the US Army General Stanley McChrystal has said the war in Afghanistan is a botched operation. While speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, McChrystal said about his time in Afghanistan quote – “most of us – me …

 

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