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Foreign troops killed in southern Afghanistan
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Central & South Asia
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‘Insider’ attack officer reveals Taliban link
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Analysis: Insider attacks
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Have forces been infiltrated?
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Progress made in policing
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Sting of subjugation
Anti-Islam video protests held in Pakistan
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Central & South Asia
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Anti-Islam Video Protests
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Anti-Islam video: A test for Arab leaders
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US police quiz anti-Islam video suspect
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Anti-Islam video stirs censorship debate
Libya makes Benghazi attack arrests
Last Modified: 16 Sep 2012 15:54 GMT
Middle East
Middle East
Nato express regret after airstrike kills civilians
Nato officials have expressed their regret after civilians were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan which was targeting known insurgents.
Afghan government officials said that Nato planes had killed eight women and girls from a remote part of Laghman province’s Alingar district, a claim initially rejected by the US-led coalition.
However, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) – as the coalition is known – later acknowledged that civilians had been killed and expressed its regret over the airstrike. It insisted known insurgents had been the target.
“ISAF takes full responsibility for this tragedy,” a statement said………………………………
Mitt Romney misfires in his attempt to discredit Barack Obama’s ‘weak’ foreign policy
16 September 2012 12:00 AM
For most Americans, last week’s images were a shock: attacks on US compounds and the murder of diplomats in countries they thought they had been helping since the so-called Arab Spring which some are now dubbing the Arab Nightmare.
