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Al-Qaeda leader Qazi Zafar killed in drone attack

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PESHAWAR: A top Al-Qaeda operative Qazi Zafar suspected of being involved in the US consulate Karachi bombing has been killed in a US drone strike in Dandi Darpakhel village near North Waziristan’s main town of Miramshah on Wednesday.
Official sources confirm that Qari Zafar who had a bounty of 5 [...]

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Dutch cabinet collapses in dispute over Afghanistan

Dutch forces have been in Uruzgan since 2006

The Dutch government has collapsed over disagreements within the governing coalition on extending troop deployments in Afghanistan.
After marathon talks, Christian Democratic Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende announced that the Labour Party was quitting the government.
Mr Balkenende has been considering a Nato [...]

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Afghanistan senior police officer held by Nato

KABUL: Nato-led invading forces arrested a deputy provincial police chief they accused of helping place roadside bombs north of Kabul, officials said, in the latest sign of concerns about weaknesses in Afghan security forces.
Provincial officials said on Sunday that the man was an honest and good officer.
The Interior Ministry, which oversees [...]

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