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Pakistan signals end to blockade of NATO suppliesIslamabad (AFP) May 15, 2012 Top Pakistani leaders will Tuesday discuss ending a blockade of foreign military supply routes into Afghanistan and repairing US relations, signalling a rapprochement ahead of a NATO summit. Islamabad shut its Afghan border to NATO supplies after US air strikes killed 24 soldiers in November, provoking a new crisis in relations on top of the outcry from the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden the previous May. But Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Monday that it was time to "move on", c ... read more |
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Men in Afghan uniforms kill two NATO troops: ISAF Two NATO troops were killed by two men in Afghan police uniforms in southern Afghanistan Saturday, the military said, with Afghan sources identifying the victims as British soldiers based in Helmand province. ... more | .. |
 NATO summit must protect Afghan women: UN The United Nations mission in Afghanistan sounded warnings Saturday over the future of women's rights and schooling for girls ahead of a NATO summit focused on the withdrawal of troops from the war-torn nation. ... more |
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 US coalition forces admit Afghan civilian deaths NATO and US forces in Afghanistan admitted Friday that a number of civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes, days after President Hamid Karzai warned that such deaths threatened relations with the US. ... more | .. |
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 NATO admits Afghan family killed in airstrike NATO forces in Afghanistan Tuesday admitted responsibility for the deaths of a civilian family of six in an airstrike in the southern province of Helmand last week. ... more | .. |
Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier: ISAF A soldier with NATO's US-led coalition in Afghanistan was killed by a man in Afghan army uniform on Sunday, a spokesman for the mission said, in the latest so-called "green-on-blue" attack. ... more | .. |
 Civilian deaths threaten US pact: Afghan president Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the NATO commander and the US ambassador on Monday to warn that civilian casualties in military operations threatened a strategic pact he has signed with the US. ... more | .. |
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NATO accused of lack of honesty over reporter's death NATO forces in Afghanistan were less than honest over the killing of a prominent Afghan journalist by an American soldier, an investigation by a Kabul-based think tank charged Wednesday. ... more | .. |
NATO reaches 'important stage' in Afghan war: general NATO is at an "important stage" in the war in Afghanistan, with insurgents losing ground while Afghan forces grow in strength as foreign troops gradually go home, a top general said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Possible thaw in Siachen dispute Pakistani army Gen. Ashfaq Kayani's comments on the Siachen dispute indicate possible progress regarding the glacial area high in the Himalayas. ... more | .. |
 US envoy to take up tense ties in Pakistan A US envoy headed Wednesday to Pakistan in a new bid to ease months of severe strains between the war partners, after lawmakers in Islamabad called for steps including an end to drone strikes. ... more |
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