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Pentagon to request thousands more troops for Afghanistan next week

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops… Read More

Palestinian shot by Israeli occupation troops dies: ministry

WEST BANK: A Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli occupation troops in the occupied West Bank… Read More

Army supports mainstreaming Fata as per aspirations of tribes: Bajwa

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa on Sunday visited South Waziristan Agency… Read More

Pakistani forces foil terror attack from Afghan soil

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army gunned down eight Afghan terrorists who had entered Pakistan through the Pak-Afghan border, ARY… Read More

Afghanistan’s Abdullah welcomes Trump commitment to troops

KABUL: Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that the United States would continue… Read More

Obama tells what was his toughest decision?

WASHINGTON: What was President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A… Read More

Today marks 15 years since the Afghan War began still defying US timelines

WASHINGTON: Fifteen years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, President Barack Obama and the American… Read More

US to boost military presence in Iraq for Mosul battle

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Wednesday that Washington would send more US… Read More

US military confirms IS used chemical rocket to attack troops

WASHINGTON: The United States Military has confirmed that a rocket fired by Islamic State jihadists at US… Read More

Seven Saudi troops killed in Yemen border clashes: coalition

RIYADH: A Saudi army officer and six soldiers were killed Saturday in clashes with Iran-backed… Read More

US to send 560 more troops to aid Iraq’s anti-Islamic State fight

WASHINGTON: Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Monday that Washington will deploy 560 additional troops to… Read More

Naval chief checks preparedness at posts near Indian border

KARACHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah on Monday visited Pakistan Marines posts… Read More

US to keep 8,400 troops in Afghanistan into 2017: Obama

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that 8,400 US troops will remain in Afghanistan into… Read More

Clashes, air strikes leave 34 militants, five troops dead in North Waziristan

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani military's latest ground and aerial onslaught in the troubled northwest killed at… Read More

U.N. fears for hundreds of thousands if Syria troops encircle Aleppo

GENEVA/AMMAN: Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government… Read More

Iran mocks Saudi offer to send ground troops to Syria

DUBAI: The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday Saudi Arabia lacked the… Read More

Iraqi troops close in on Islamic State redoubt in Ramadi

BAGHDAD: Iraqi troops have pushed deeper into the heart of the last remaining district held… Read More

Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza flare-ups

HEBRON, WEST BANK: The Israeli army killed a Palestinian who it said tried to ram… Read More

Iraqi PM asks NATO to press Turkey to pull troops from north Iraq

ANKARA: Iraq asked NATO on Tuesday to put pressure on alliance member Turkey to withdraw… Read More

U.S. weighs special forces in Syria, helicopters in Iraq

WASHINGTON: The United States is considering sending a small number of special operations forces to… Read More