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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Nov 26, 2010 (AFP) - A US drone attack targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Friday, killing three militants near the Afghan border, local security officials said. The unmanned aircraft targeted the vehicle in Pir Keley village, 10 kilometres (six...

Russia Formally Pins Blame On Stalin At Katyn MOSCOW, Nov 26, 2010 (AFP) - The Russian parliament on Friday agreed a "historic" declaration that Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin personally ordered the Katyn massacre of Polish officers in World War II. The landmark decision came amid...

British MI6 Promoted Peace Talks Impostor LONDON, Nov 26, 2010 - British spies promoted an impostor whom they believed was a top Taliban commander key to the Afghan peace process, paying him several hundred thousand dollars, reports said Friday. Britain's foreign intelligence service MI6...

GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 26, 2010 (AFP) - Bangladesh cricketers won their nation's first ever Asian Games gold medal by ending Afghanistan's dream run in the inaugural final on Friday. Mohammad Ashraful's men ensured their place in history with a five-wicket victory in a thrilling Twenty20 final...

Way to go greens.. !:tup: GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 25, 2010 (AFP) - Fired-up Pakistan annexed the Asian Games men's hockey gold medal after 20 years with a convincing 2-0 win over Malaysia in the final on Thursday. Veteran Sohail Abbas put Pakistan ahead with his team's first penalty corner...

Second goal. Rehan Butt. Field goal. 2-0. Second half !

Pakistab scores first goal. Sohail Abbas on penalty corner. 1-0.

Pakistan says It's Bombs Come From Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 25, 2010 (AFP) - Pakistan said Wednesday that most of the explosives used in bomb attacks on its territory were smuggled from Afghanistan but insisted it was restricting the cross-border movement of insurgents fighting US troops...

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Pakistan Win Men’s Squash Team Gold GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 25, 2010 (AFP) - Pakistan won the Asian Games men's squash team gold medal Thursday by beating Malaysia 2-0 in the final. Team final Pakistan 2 Malaysia 0 Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7...

Afghanistan Beat Pakistan In Asian Games Cricket Semi-Final Afghanistan has knocked favorites Pakistan out of the cricket competition at the Asian Games, recording a shock 22-run victory in the semifinals. Led by a brilliant allround performance from Karim Khan Sadeq, Afghanistan...

It's Lt Gen !

Pakistan Thrash India in Squash Semi-Final Pakistan thrashed arch-rivals India in the semi final of squash team event in 16th Asian Games by 2-0 here at Guangzhou, China. In the first match, Farhan Mehboob of Pakistan beat Siddharth Nimesh of India in closely fought match by 3-1...

@ Mods: Guess we should have one Asian games thread instead of several.

Correction: Pakistan has also qualified for Semi-final of Kabbadi :tup: [Good news anyway] Beaten Bangladesh by 36-15. We play Iran in the semi-final.

Pakistan Beats India In Asian Games Squash Semi-Final Congrats are due once more. Pakistan has beaten India in the squash team event semi-final of the Asian games by 2-0. Another final with Malaysia now.

ABU DHABI, Nov 24, 2010 (AFP) - A humble truck driver from Pakistan's most dangerous Al-Qaeda lair is dreaming of the big time after bowling out the national cricket team's batsmen on the sidelines of their lacklustre Gulf tour. The 25-year-old Abdul Haq thought things were looking up when he...

This bunch of jihadi type is also giving US-NATO a tough time in Afghanistan. Why do you think the US and NATO haven't been able to finish these people off despite their military might? This is not a conventional war my friend. Neither are these jihadists. They do not confront the army in an...

A very interesting read on the experience of a U.S Pilot in Pakistan on flood relief mission. A US pilot’s tale: The gauntlet of goodwill I’m a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with Task Force Denali, a US Army aviation battalion sent from Alaska to provide flood relief to Northern Pakistan. I...

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