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Tens of thousands of people have fled Pakistan's lawless tribal region ahead of an expected army offensive, officials said Wednesday, as fighter jets pounded Taliban positions.
tags: afp, baitullah mehsud, pakistan, south asia, south waziristan
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Eight new fatalities Tuesday made October the deadliest month yet for US forces in Afghanistan, as President Barack Obama announced a key meeting with army chiefs to discuss his fateful troop decision.
tags: afghanistan, afp, army chiefs, president barack obama, south asia
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday re-emphasised Pakistan’s key position in the American strategy for South Asia, telling a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Islamabad had an enormously important role in th
tags: manmohan, obama, south asia, us military
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Size matters. With a billion plus people who appear to have gotten their economic and political act together, and as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh concludes his visit to the USA, the talk is of India’s status as an emerging global power. The hype may be w
tags: editorial, hindu fundatamentalism, india, indian accusations, kashnir, manmohan singh, pakistan, south asia, usa
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Sri Lanka was under new pressure Friday to submit to a war crimes investigation after the United Nations authenticated a video allegedly showing prisoners being executed by troops last year.
tags: afp, mahinda samarasinghe, philip alston, south asia, tamil tiger
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Thousands of US-led troops backed by helicopters Saturday stormed an Islamist stronghold in southern Afghanistan in NATO's biggest operation since the Taliban regime's overthrow in late 2001.
tags: afp, governor mohammad gulab mangal, helmand province, south asia, taliban
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Riders from Afghanistan will be the star attraction in next month's Tour de Pakistan cycle race after Indian cyclists were left out in the cold by organisers, an official said on Saturday.
tags: afp, south asia, tour de france, tour de pakistan
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Twin suicide attacks seconds apart targeted the Pakistani military Friday, killing up to 45 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country's cultural capital this week.
tags: afp, south asia, suicide attacks, taliban
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Pakistani authorities could have prevented the 2007 murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and deliberately failed to properly investigate her death, a UN-appointed independent panel said here.
tags: afghan president hamid karzai, afp, asif ali zardari, benazir bhutto, president pervez musharraf, south asia
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A Japanese freelance journalist missing in Afghanistan since last week is being held by the Taliban in the country's north, media reports in Japan citing unnamed insurgent sources said Monday.
tags: afghanistan, afp, baghlan, south asia, taliban
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