The Afghan government hopes to hold talks with Taliban representatives in Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, according to a senior Afghan official.
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A blast Monday in the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, killed a suspected militant leader and two others, police said.
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Thousands of Chinese security forces have flooded into an ethnically Tibetan area of southwestern China following large protests that led to violent, sometimes deadly, clashes with the police.
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Pakistan says it has not yet decided whether to try a doctor for high treason for assisting the U.S. in gathering intelligence ahead of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
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The Sudanese army has freed 14 Chinese nationals who were kidnapped in the volatile South Kordofan state, the official Sudan News Agency said Monday.
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