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Pakistan, which is believed to have strong influence over the Taliban, had been mediating peace talks launched last month, but postponed them indefinitely after the announcement of Mullah Omar’s death.

The Taliban issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack on the base. A suicide bomber targeted members of an irregular anti-Taliban militia, killing 25 people, according to a local police spokesman.

Last month, 11 Hazaras were kidnapped in northern Baghlan province, which also has been plagued by militants since the Taliban stepped up their war against Kabul in April. “Do you have a taste for digging your own graves?” After all the Afghan security forces consist...

Explosions and gunfire also erupted when Camp Integrity, a US special forces base in Kabul, came under attack late Friday, killing nine people, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation service member.

The statement on Monday from President Ashraf Ghani’s office also says it will not accept any “parallel political structure” opposed to the Afghan government. Mullah Omar’s death will have serious ramifications not just for the future of Afghanistan, but...

Military jets were heard flying over the centre of Kabul shortly after the Camp Integrity explosions.

A wave of attacks on Afghan army and police bases and American special forces in Kabul has killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, during the deadliest day in Kabul for years.

Astronauts Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren, and Kimiya Yui all munched on red romaine lettuce this afternoon, except unlike your sad desk salad, this produce was grown on the worldwide Space Station.

The US Air Force (USAF) has deployed six F-16 Fighting Falcons multirole jet fighters and 300 personnel to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base, in a bid to support Operation Inherent Resolve.

Turkey’s largest city Istanbul was shaken by twin attacks on the US consulate and a police station that killed one senior officer, while five police were killed in the southeastern Sirnak province in an escalating cycle of violence.

“The Incirlik base agreement has been signed on our part”.

It seems like NASA astronauts can now add space farmers to their curriculum vitae as the Americans have shown everyone from the worldwide Space Station their dinner of red romaine lettuce that has been grown and harvested in space.

Reacting sharply, Congress leader Anand Sharma said, “the unwarranted, uncharitable and provocative statement by the Finance Minister and BJP, accussing Congress of disruption makes it abundantly clear that the government is neither serious nor honest in breaking the...

But this is not the first time astronauts have succeeded in harvesting greens in space. Why is this such a historic salad?

“Bon appetit!” Scott Kelly, the station’s US commander, bid Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui, his fellow astronauts, as they each took a leaf.