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Pakistani Taliban bomb Afghan supply convoy

LANDI KOTAL, Pakistan, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Militants set off a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as trucks supplying Western forces in Afghanistan were passing by, wounding three people, a government official and witnesses said. ...  > full story

Tribal politics key to building bridges in Afghanistan

BALA MORGHAB, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Building bridges in Afghanistan requires more than bricks-and-mortar. ...  > full story

Eight killed in suicide blast in Pakistan

MINGORA, Pakistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide car-bomber killed eight people on Monday in an attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, military officials said. ...  > full story

U.S. troops investigated for abuse of Afghans

KABUL, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Two U.S. soldiers based in Afghanistan are being investigated for alleged abuse of Afghan detainees, the U.S. military said Monday. ...  > full story

Suicide blast kills 8 Afghan civilians, 2 police

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed eight civilians and two policemen in an attack on a police convoy in a crowded bazaar in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, the local police chief said. ...  > full story

Ex-Taliban spokesman killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — A former Taliban spokesman was shot dead in his home late on Friday evening by unknown gunmen in the southeastern province of Nangarhar, a provincial official said on Saturday. ...  > full story

Suspected U.S. strike kills 2 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile at a house in the militancy-plagued Pakistani region of North Waziristan on the Afghan border on Saturday, killing two people, security agency officials said. ...  > full story

Press and "Psy Ops" to merge at NATO Afghan HQ: sources

KABUL, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. general commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan has ordered a merger of the office that releases news with "Psy Ops," which deals with propaganda, a move that goes against the alliance's policy, three officials said. ...  > full story

Qaeda's Zawahri says U.S. wars behind financial crisis

DUBAI, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda's second-in-command said in an Internet video the U.S. financial crisis was caused by Washington's military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and taxpayers were paying the price. ...  > full story

Afghans riot in Kabul after civilian killed

KABUL, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Dozens of angry Afghans pelted police with stones after a convoy of foreign contractors rammed a minivan off a road and one civilian was killed and three more wounded in the Afghan capital on Friday, witnesses said. ...  > full story
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