U.S. soldier detained after opening fire at Afghan civilians
March 11th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by BNO News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (BNO NEWS) -- A U.S. service member was arrested on early Sunday morning after going on a shooting spree in southern Afghanistan, killing as many as seventeen civilians and injuring ... Read more...
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Attack on US airbase in Afghanistan kills two
March 6th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 5 (IANS) Two children died Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in front of a US airbase in eastern Afghanistan.The attack took place around 5.30 p.m. ... Read more...
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Malaysians protest Quran burning in Afghanistan
February 24th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 24 (IANS) A group of Malaysian Muslims marched from a mosque to the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur after Friday prayers to protest against the burning ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Afghan clashes against Quran burning
February 24th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 23 (IANS) Seven people were killed in Afghanistan in continuing clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters over the burning of the Quran by US soldiers, the ... Read more...
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Four killed in Afghanistan Quran burning protests (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 19 injured Wednesday after thousands of Afghanis for the second day staged angry demonstrations in Kabul and Jalalabad ... Read more...
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Quran burning protests rage in Afghanistan
February 22nd, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Thousands of Afghans Wednesday staged demonstrations in Kabul and Jalalabad over the alleged burning of the holy Quran by foreign soldiers, with three injured in ... Read more...
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NATO denies running secret prison in Afghanistan
October 19th, 2010 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 18 (IANS) NATO Monday denied media reports that US military is allegedly running a secret prison in war-torn Afghanistan."We refuse these allegations, there are no secret prisons in the country, ... Read more...
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Claims that prisoners being harassed at US “secret jail” in Afghanistan
October 16th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 16 (ANI): There have been repeated allegations from ex-detainees that prisoners are being abused at a "secret jail" at Bagram airbase, the main American military base in Afghanistan, according to ... Read more...
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Pak media blames India for engineering recent terror acts in Afghanistan
March 7th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.7 (ANI): While links between the Kabul attack, in which 17 people, including six Indians were killed, and the ambush in Kandahar, in which four Pakistani labourers were killed, is ... Read more...
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15 Pak citizens detained at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan: Brit NGO
February 27th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.27 (ANI): A British non-governmental organisation (NGO), Reprieve, has claimed that at least 15 Pakistanis have been detained at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan's Parwan province by the US security ... Read more...
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US shifted Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban leaders to Afghanistan: General Beg
November 16th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 16 (ANI): Former Pakistan Army Chief General (retired) Mirza Aslam Beg has alleged that the US has shifted the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud and the other Taliban ... Read more...
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‘Prisoner 650 at Guantanamo was indeed Pak terror suspect Dr Aafia’
April 2nd, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 2 (ANI): Former terrors suspect Binyam Mohamed in a testimony has said that he witnessed Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafiya Siddiqui during her detention at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, contradicting ... Read more...
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Terror suspect Dr Aafia to be searched naked before she meets attorneys, relatives
August 11th, 2008 - 11:17 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Aug 11 (ANI): The ordeal for Pakistani-American national Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was allegedly arrested from Kabul on terror charges and was later extradited to the US , seems ... Read more...
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