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Imagine driving down a scenic road in some exotic, far-flung locale when around the bend the railing disappears, the road narrows to practically a trail, and thousands of feet below — if you squint — you can see the skeletal remains of cars long lost. Yes, sometimes the road less …

Tajik officials say eight police officers and nine alleged assailants have been killed in attacks in and around the capital, prompting the U.S. Embassy to close and sparking fears of further violence in the Central Asian country. The Interior Ministry website said a “terrorist group” led by Deputy Defense Minister …

Top Taliban leader Mullah Omar was sheltered by Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ISI after the outfit’s leadership fled from Afghanistan in 2001, according to an email received by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her tenure. Mullah Omar is reported to have died at a hospital in Karachi two …

Contrary to the latest Pakistani claim that the Haqqani network no longer exits inside its territory, the Pentagon on Monday said terrorist safe havens in that country undermined the stability of Afghanistan. “We have expressed our deep concern to the government of Pakistan about terrorist sanctuaries inside its border that …

Ukrainian citizen, Dmytro Bilyi, was realeased in the result of a joint effort of Russia and Afghanistan. MOSCOW: Moscow is ready to hand a liberated Ukrainian national, Dmytro Bilyi, who had been kidnapped by Afghan insurgents, over to Ukrainian diplomats after Russia had assisted in his release, the Russian Foreign …

An aide to former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder says the Bush administration ‘really played through all possibilities.’ The United States considered using nuclear weapons against Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks, Der Spiegel reported on its website Saturday. Michael Steiner, who served as a political advisor to then-German …

Three Bulgarians and one Afghani citizen suspected of transporting 71 refugees, who were found dead in a truck in Austria, have appeared in court in Hungary. A prosecution spokesman told journalists the four faced human trafficking charges involving torture and targeting financial gain. The 71 victims included eight women and …

The British embassy in Iran has reopened, nearly four years after it was closed. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is attending a ceremony in Tehran with Iranian diplomats to mark the reopening. Iran is simultaneously reopening its embassy in London. The UK embassy was closed in 2011 after it was stormed …

Fighter jet crashes into busy main road after it fails to pull out of loop manoeuvre during exhibition. A military jet taking part in a British airshow has crashed into a busy main road, killing seven people and injuring 15 others. The Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which was participating in …

At least 12 people reported killed and 20 wounded in explosion at Ratchaprasong intersection, near shrine in Bangkok. At least 12 people have been killed and 20 wounded by a bomb blast that hit the commercial centre of the Thai capital Bangkok, police have said. The blast, which was said …