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Germany gears up for Afghan meet with Pakistan talks

Germany on Friday welcomed a promise from Pakistan to work “without hidden agendas” in Afghanistan, as it gears up to host a key international conference on the war-torn country.
More than 90 delegations from all over the world will gather in Bonn on December 5, with Afghanistan’s neighbours playing a key role.
German Foreign Minister [...]

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Pakistan’s Khan offers to help US in Afghan pullout

Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan told a huge rally Sunday that his party would help US troops pull out from Afghanistan and bring militancy in the country to an end.
Addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in the eastern city of Lahore he said his Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party would like [...]

Pakistan needs Afghan ‘counter-measures’: Musharraf

Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf warned Wednesday that his country’s spies will need to take “counter-measures” in Afghanistan if US troops leave it unstable or it becomes too close to India.
On a visit to Washington, Musharraf described relations between the United States and Pakistan as “terrible” but defended the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency that US [...]

Pakistan army chief tells US: focus on Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s powerful army chief said in a rare briefing to parliamentarians that the U.S. should focus its efforts on stabilizing neighboring Afghanistan, rather than pressuring Islamabad to step up its war against Islamist militants on Pakistani territory, a parliament member said Wednesday.
Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani’s appearance before two parliamentary defense [...]

Pakistan warns Afghanistan after pact with India

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan warned Afghanistan against anymore regional “point scoring” on Thursday after Kabul signed a pact with Islamabad’s archenemy New Delhi that some fear could prompt Pakistan to strengthen its alleged support for Afghan insurgents.
Pakistan is under increasing American pressure to cut ties with militants that it is widely believed to be holding onto for [...]

Afghan president strikes softer tone on Pakistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s president said Monday that Pakistan has broken promises to help end the Taliban-led insurgency but that he hopes the two countries can work together like brothers — softening his rhetoric after days of tough talk in which he had suggested relations were about to break down.
The two countries’ relations have become increasingly [...]

Afghanistan urges Pakistan to take steps for peace

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government urged neighboring Pakistan on Sunday to take concrete steps to help end the Taliban insurgency and use its influence to bring the militants to direct peace talks.
The appeal follows accusations that Pakistan, through its historical ties with some of the militant groups, has played an active role in supporting attacks [...]

US citizen killed by Afghan at Kabul ‘CIA compound’

A United States citizen has been shot dead by an Afghan employee at an annex to the US embassy in Kabul used by the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said Monday.
The attack at the Ariana Hotel compound late Sunday also wounded another US citizen, and the gunman was killed in the incident, an embassy spokesman said.
It [...]

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Gunfire reported at building used by CIA in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities say gunfire was heard near a building that has been used by the CIA in Kabul.
It was unclear whether anyone was killed or hurt.
The authorities said Sunday that shots were heard around the former Ariana Hotel just blocks from the Afghan presidential palace. They spoke on condition of anonymity [...]

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Afghans accuse Pakistan over fresh border shelling

Pakistani security forces have fired hundreds of rockets into Afghanistan in recent days, killing a child and forcing hundreds to flee their homes, Afghan officials said on Sunday.
Fazilullah Wahidy, governor of the northeastern province of Kunar where the shelling happened, told AFP: “The shells were fired directly from Pakistani military posts and garrisons on that [...]

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