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Australian soldier charged vows to clear his name

SYDNEY – An Australian former soldier charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan vowed on Sunday to clear his name, saying he had never...

Charged Australian soldier to remain in jail

SYDNEY—One of Australia’s most-decorated soldiers will remain in prison after his lawyers did not apply for bail on Wednesday, a day after he was...

Afghan mother seeks justice after Pakistani bombing kills hundreds

KABUL—Samira Muhammadi hopes an international investigation can “extinguish” her pain after a Pakistani bombing killed her son and hundreds of other Afghans in the...

NGO: ‘Hundred skilled, wounded’ in Kabul drug clinic strike

KABUL – The Norwegian Refugee Council on Wednesday said hundreds of people were killed and wounded in this week’s Pakistani air strike on a...

Afghans shoot at Pakistani aircraft

KABUL, Afghanistan ­— An explosion followed by successive gunfire were heard in central Kabul on Sunday, AFP journalists reported, with the Taliban government saying...

Afghan film opens Berlin festival, questions men under Taliban

Are there any good men in Afghanistan? The opening film at this year’s Berlin Film Festival poses the question against the backdrop of the...

Australia calls on Trump to respect NATO troops

Sydney, Australia – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that comments from US President Donald Trump lamenting the efforts of non-US troops...

Afghan resistance museum revamp in Taliban rule

HERAT, Afghanistan – An Afghan who fought against Soviet forces still visits a museum celebrating the resistance, but, in keeping with rules by the...

Israel army strikes Hezbollahs in Lebanon

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistani Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwestern border area with Afghanistan, killing six soldiers and wounding four others,...

Trump says US freeze on asylum decisions will last ‘a long time’

Aboard Air Force One, Undefined—US President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration intends to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for "a long time" after...

Trump’s latest put-down for female reporters

WEST PALM BEACH – US President Donald Trump called a female reporter stupid on Thursday (Friday, Manila time), adding to the litany of insults...

US to review immigrant visas as National Guard soldier dies after attack

Washington, United States—US President Donald Trump announced Thursday (Friday in Manila) the death of one of two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House,...

Afghan quake kills over 20, injures 320

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – A strong earthquake killed more than 20 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that...

Pakistan-Afghanistan talks to resume

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week and will maintain a ceasefire until then, Turkey’s...
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