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To defang Taliban, some look to private schools

QUTBAL, Pakistan (AP) — The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have…

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers

KABUL (AP) — NATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U…

Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line

KABUL (AP) — Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in…

Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler…

Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered,…

UN: About 200 staff to be pulled from Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that…

Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces…

Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level…

Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe,…

2 coalition service members missing in Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and…

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