Nato member Turkey has chosen a Chinese defence firm that has been sanctioned by Washington to co-produce a US$4 billion long-range air and missile defence system, rejecting rival bids from...
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- Oct 3, 2013
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Three Nato troops killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were British, officials said on Wednesday.
Public consultation on government plans to increase the number of operators in the Hong Kong mobile phone market comes to an end.
Taliban militants stormed an Afghan court on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people in a bid to free insurgents standing trial, officials said, in the deadliest attack for more than a year.
President Barack Obama nominated US Air Force General Philip Breedlove on Thursday to become Nato's top military commander, a key role as Nato aims to wind down an 11-year-old combat mission in...
Five members of the Nato-led international force fighting in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in the south of the country, the coalition said in a statement on Tuesday.
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He accused the Taliban and the US of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year.
Two children, aged seven and eight, were shot dead on Thursday as they tended cattle in southern Uruzgan province, in an incident which could inflame tensions over the conduct of foreign soldiers...
If he issues the decree as promised, the move would pose a significant new challenge to government troops who have relied heavily on foreign air power to give them an advantage against insurgents...
The Taliban on Wednesday likened the planned withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan to America’s pullout from Vietnam, calling it a “declare victory and run” strategy.
Far from home, poorly paid and discriminated against, Mushtaq and Sefadullah are among thousands of Afghans deserting the army in a worrying trend two years before Nato troops leave.
Ten young girls were killed when a landmine exploded on Monday while they were collecting firewood in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, officials said.
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