KABUL, Afghanistan – With public anger running high over alleged civilian deaths in airstrikes by Western forces, Afghan authorities said today that at least 17 civilians had been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan.
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Take a restive, nuclear-armed nation with an untested new government, an escalating Islamic insurgency, long-standing tensions with its neighbors and an economy in free fall for months.
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In a blow to hopes that tribal leaders will prove a potent new ally in the fight against Islamic insurgents, a suicide bomber struck an anti-Taliban gathering of tribal elders today, killing at least 30 people and injuring about 100 others.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suicide bomber bearing a box of sweets managed to penetrate the most heavily secured police enclave in the capital today, wrecking a residential building that housed anti-terrorism police and injuring half a dozen officers.
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KARACHI, Pakistan – A suicide bomber set off his explosives today while trying to force his way into an opposition politician’s home in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 60 others during a holiday celebration.
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Fierce new fighting flared Saturday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels after months of relative calm.
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Amid an intensifying campaign of
U.S. airstrikes aimed at Taliban and Al Qaeda figures, a missile attack Friday in Pakistan’s tribal region killed at least 21 people, local and intelligence officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – In a move that could herald changes in Pakistan’s policy toward Islamic militants, the government today named a new chief of its powerful intelligence agency.
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A summer of heavy fighting during which Western military leaders had hoped to seize the initiative from Islamic militants has instead revealed an insurgency capable of employing complex new tactics and fighting across a broad swath of Afghanistan.
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A suicide bomber struck a United Nations convoy today in southern Afghanistan, killing two Afghan doctors on their way to provide polio vaccinations to children, together with their driver.
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