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Europe pushes US on spying
AFP, Published on 31/10/2013
» Europe and Washington traded spying accusations, as envoys met to seek ways to rebuild trust after shock revelations about the scale and scope of US surveillance of its allies.
US drone strike kills three in NW Pakistan
AFP, Published on 31/10/2013
» A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Thursday killed three insurgents in a northwest Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.
Afghan schoolgirl scarred in acid attack now a teacher
AFP, Published on 01/11/2013
» When attackers threw acid in Shamsia Husseini's face outside her school in Afghanistan, she defied them by returning to class -- and now she has struck another blow for female education by becoming a teacher herself.
Gunmen kill six Shiites in southwest Pakistan
AFP, Published on 01/11/2013
» Gunmen shot dead six Shiite Muslims on Friday, officials said, in what appears to be the latest in a wave of sectarian attacks in Pakistan's troubled southwest.
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in US drone strike
AFP, Published on 02/11/2013
» A US drone strike Friday killed Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud, security and insurgent sources said, dealing a major blow to the militant network and casting doubt over proposed peace talks.
Tribesmen open fire on US drone after Taliban chief killed
AFP, Published on 02/11/2013
» Tribesmen opened fire on a US drone over Pakistan's troubled tribal belt on Saturday where Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a drone strike a day earlier, residents and officials said.
Angry tribesmen fire at drones
Published on 02/11/2013
» DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN -- Militants from the Pakistani Taliban met on Saturday to choose a new leader as angry tribesmen fired at US drones flying overhead a day after their chief was killed.
Taliban picking Mehsud's successor
AFP, Published on 02/11/2013
» The Pakistani Taliban's ruling council met on Saturday to choose a new leader after a US drone strike killed Hakimullah Mehsud, as the government said it was determined to press ahead with peace talks.
US brushes off Pakistani claims drone strike scuttled Taliban talks
AFP, Published on 03/11/2013
» The United States insisted it has a shared interest with Pakistan in ending extremist violence after Islamabad accused it of scuttling efforts towards peace talks by killing Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike.
Karzai criticises timing of killing of Pakistan Taliban chief
AFP, Published on 04/11/2013
» The Afghan president has criticised the timing of a US drone strike that killed the Pakistani Taliban leader, after an angry Islamabad expressed fears the death would undermine planned peace talks.