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Australia inquiry finds troops 'unlawfully killed' dozens of Afghans

November 19, 2020 6:14 pm

Military officials have admitted that Australian forces committed crimes in Afghanistan following a multi-year inquiry. It's the first time the military has accepted allegations of illegal activity during the conflict.

The Jailing of Aafiya Siddiqui

January 16, 2022 8:22 am

Aafiya Siddiqui's imprisonment is being used by radicals to turn Pakistani Muslims against US.

Pakistan: Ex-foreign minister Khawaja Asif allowed to contest election

Senator McCain has poor sense of history, says Pakistan minister

October 06, 2017 10:26 am

"Senator McCain was drawing parallel between Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan. Let me remind him through this forum, he has a poor sense of history," Asif said in Washington while speaking at the US Institute of Peace, a Congress supported think-tank.

US wants Pakistan to take action against terror safe havens: Jim Mattis

US Defense Secretary, NATO chief arrive in Kabul weeks after Trump pledges more troops to Afghan

September 27, 2017 12:10 pm

The unannounced high-level visit comes as Afghan security forces struggle to beat back the Taliban which has been on the offensive since the withdrawal of US-led NATO combat troops at the end of 2014.

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Amnesty says 1.2 million Afghans internally displaced by war

May 31, 2016 2:30 pm

Displacement has increased since the withdrawal of International troops in 2014.

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Afghan official: Date expected for Kabul-Taliban meeting

February 23, 2016 11:44 am

An Afghan official says talks in Kabul between representatives of four countries trying to end Afghanistan's war with the Taliban are likely to set a date for a face-to-face meeting between the two sides.