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UK to withdraw 3,800 troops from Afghanistan by end-2013

Britain will withdraw 3,800 troops, almost half of the current force serving in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province, by the end of 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Wednesday.......

Pix: Prince Harry swaps Vegas for Afghan frontline

Prince Harry, known as Captain Wales in the British military, on Friday arrived at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province to start an operational tour as an Apache helicopter pilot, the......

2 British soldiers killed by man in Afghan uniform

Two British soldiers were gunned down on Monday by a man in an Afghan army uniform in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials said in Kabul. Two British soldiers were killed after the......

Image: UK introduces Trojan tank to Afghan war

Angry British troops have used the mighty IED-busting Trojan tank against the Taliban in Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand provincein Afghanistan on Monday during Operation Moshtarak, The Sun......

Obama launches 1st major op in Afghanistan

Almost 4,000 United States Marines, backed by helicopter gun ships, are attempting to regain control of the volatile Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan, which currently is occupied by......

Beckham hails 'life changing' Afghanistan visit

England midfielder David Beckham has said that visiting British troops fighting in Afghanistan was "one of the best things" he has done in his career.Beckham had spent time with the troops in......

Beckham targetted by Taliban in Afghanistan?

The Taliban launched a ferocious assault on NATO's biggest base in Afghanistan to target either ace footballer David Beckham or British Foreign Secretary William Hague or Defence Secretary Liam......

Why Rahul Dravid stepped down

From the time he announced it, Rahul Dravid's decision to step down as captain of the Indian cricket team seemed tobe far deeper than the public reason he gave for it.- Dravid's exit: Is the BCCI......

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QNA

Q. The opium production in Afghanistan has increased eight times more when NATO is in charge , what could be reasons for this , who gets this money ?
Z: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-opium-production-in-afghanistan-has-increased-eight-time/25468571/answers/

Q. which desert is called as the " desert of death " ?
The Abuser: A. Only one province, eastern Herat, is expected to see a decrease in cultivation this year, it added.More than a third of Afghanistan's total opium...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-desert-is-called-as-the--desert-of-death--/22419946/answers/25468584

Q. Where is the sacred Sraswathi river situated in India?
The Abuser: A. References to the Sarasvati river in the Rigveda are identified with the present-day Ghaggar River, although the Helmand River as a possible locus...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-is-the-sacred-sraswathi-river-situated-in-india/22419946/answers/17480479

Q. Is there any archeological evidence that proverbial River Saraswati did exist ? If yes, what is it?
Sajan Sajan: A. Most scholars agree that at least some of the references to the Sarasvati in the Rigveda refer to the Ghaggar-Hakra River, while the Helmand River...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/is-there-any-archeological-evidence-that-proverbial-river-sa/17480342/answers/16217867

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officials

Ten police officers have been killed in Afghanistan, by a roadside bomb in the west of the country and during fighting in the south, officials said... ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Afghanistan/10-Afghan-police-killed-in-latest-violence-officials/Article1-1063550.aspx

can security forces deliver post 2014?

Kabul: Every year as the snow melts, groups like Taliban and its affiliates, the Haqqani network, as also the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) cross over from... ...

http://ndtv.com.feedsportal.com/c/33805/f/606695/s/2c29bbb0/l/0L0Sndtv0N0Carticle0Cworld0Cendgame0Eafghanistan0Ecan0Esecurity0Eforces0Edeliver0Epost0E20A140E369254/story01.htm

A friend comes calling

New Delhi - President Hamid Karzai will be in India for a two-day visit, discussing issues that are of importance to both countries. This would be... ...

http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/national/423912/a-friend-comes-calling/

Car bomb kills 15 in Afghan capital

At least two soldiers and four contractors with NATO-led forces were killed along with nine Afghan civilians on Thursday when a suicide bomber in a... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/car-bomb-kills-15-in-afghan-capital/article4720160.ece

Kabul suicide bomb on Nato convoy kills 6

A powerful suicide car bomb targeting a Nato military convoy in Kabul killed six Afghan civilians on Thursday in the first major attack in the... ...

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UK to withdraw 3,800 troops from Afghanistan by end-2013

Pix: Prince Harry swaps Vegas for Afghan frontline

2 British soldiers killed by man in Afghan uniform

Image: UK introduces Trojan tank to Afghan war

Obama launches 1st major op in Afghanistan

Beckham hails 'life changing' Afghanistan visit

Beckham targetted by Taliban in Afghanistan?

Why Rahul Dravid stepped down

People speak for helmand

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