Coordinated Taliban attacks in Afghan south kill six policemen
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Afghan checkpoints in the south on Tuesday, killing ...
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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"
KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest ...
Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but ...
U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to ...
Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent
By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas ...
U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company
By Susan Guyett INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns ...
Afghan Taliban says frees four remaining Turks
By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday it had freed the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians detained last ...
Afghanistan says nine migrants killed by Iranian border guards
By Sharafuddin Sharfyar HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Iranian guards fired on a large group of Afghan migrants illegally crossing the border ...
Discovery of alleged Russian plot points to growing jitters
By Timothy Heritage OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO, Russia (Reuters) - As Russia congratulated its forces for foiling an alleged Islamist plot on Moscow, the ...
Afghan police demand weapons amid simmering tension with Pakistan
By Hamid Shalizi GOSHTA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan border police, enraged by recent clashes with their Pakistani counterparts, are pleading for ...