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Nato commits to fund Afghan forces to 2020 INTERNATIONAL

Nato commits to fund Afghan forces to 2020

Nato allies have promised the United States they will help fund Afghan security forces to the tune of around $1bn annually over the next three years despite public fatigue in Western countries about their involvement in the conflict.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama says he will keep 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan until 2017 INTERNATIONAL

Obama says he will keep 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan until 2017

President Barack Obama, saying the security situation in Afghanistan remained precarious, said he will keep US troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year's end.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New Taliban leader demands foreigners leave Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

New Taliban leader demands foreigners leave Afghanistan

The Afghan Taliban's new leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada said Saturday, in his first ever message for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, that peace is only a possibility ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan extends Afghan refugees stay until end of 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan extends Afghan refugees stay until end of 2016

Islamabad granted Afghan refugees an extra six months to remain in Pakistan Wednesday as authorities stepped up efforts to work with the UN and Kabul to relocate camps to Afghanistan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State militants launch new attacks in eastern Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Islamic State militants launch new attacks in eastern Afghanistan

Heavy fighting between Islamic State militants and government security forces has claimed dozens of lives in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nepal bars its citizens from working in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Nepal bars its citizens from working in Afghanistan

Nepal has barred its citizens from working in Afghanistan after a suicide bomb attack killed 13 Nepali guards in Kabul this week, an official said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghanistan risks 'new spiral in violence', UN official says INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan risks 'new spiral in violence', UN official says

Afghanistan faces the risk of a new spiral in violence following a series of attacks on civilians in the last few months but on the battlefield, security forces have been holding their ground, a UN official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Taliban kidnap around 25 people on Afghan highway INTERNATIONAL

Taliban kidnap around 25 people on Afghan highway

Taliban on Tuesday kidnapped around two dozen people after pulling them off buses in southern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest in series of abductions on the country's increasingly dangerous highways.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nepali guards among at least 23 killed in Afghanistan attacks INTERNATIONAL

Nepali guards among at least 23 killed in Afghanistan attacks

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 14 Nepalese security guards in a blast targeting their Kabul minibus, the first claimed attack in the capital since Washington expanded the US military's authority to strike the insurgents.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghanistan welcomes broader US military role against Taliban INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan welcomes broader US military role against Taliban

Afghanistan on Saturday hailed Washington's decision to expand the US military's authority to tackle a resurgent Taliban insurgency, saying the support will boost the capacity of struggling local forces.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian charity worker kidnapped in Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Indian charity worker kidnapped in Afghanistan

An Indian charity worker has been kidnapped in Kabul, officials said on Friday, the latest in a wave of abductions of foreigners in the war-battered country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Twelve people killed, 50 kidnapped in Afghan highway attacks INTERNATIONAL

Twelve people killed, 50 kidnapped in Afghan highway attacks

Suspected Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan killed 12 people after stopping their vehicles on a road in the east of the country, while 50 people were kidnapped in the north, the latest in a spate of highway attacks, officials said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016