AFGHANISTAN

Live rock returned to Afghanistan after three long decades on Saturday as young men and women cheered and leapt into the air to the sound of heavy bass beats and punk rock.

NATO captured Haji Mali Khan Tuesday in an operation in Afghanistan in the Jani Khel district in Paktika Province.

Admiral Mike Mullen has accused the Pakistani intelligence agency of having direct links to the Haqqani network.

In a letter sent to Congress last Friday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States intends to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan next year. Obama claimed his administration has reversed the Taliban's momentum in the Central Asian country and that there has been improvement in the training of Afghan security forces.

Dozens of workers were arrested in a drug bust at Boeing's Ridley Park plant in Pennsylvania.

Anwar-al Awlaki, an Al Qaeda affiliate considered a major threat to security in the United States has been killed in Yemen, U.S officials have announced.

This morning, the death of terror boss Anwar al-Awlaki was reported by Yemen officials.

Afghans are used to having their days broken by a burst of gunfire or the boom of an explosion. But the barrage of drumming, bass beats and amped-up guitar solos that will hit the city next week may stop many in their tracks.

The war-ridden country of Afghanistan has got a shot in its arm with the US Geological Survey releasing a report demonstrating the wealth of the country in the world-class mineral resources.

India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to further liberalise trade flows with tentative moves such as opening a second customs post and issuing more visas, seen as bolstering a fragile peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

Al-Qaida voiced its opinion via its English language magazine Inspire, in an editorial which claimed that Ahmadinejad might have been jealous of Iran's inability to attack the United States itself.

Iran's navy will send ships into the Atlantic Ocean, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday. The vessels will sail out of the Persian Gulf and toward the United States' East Coast as retaliation for American ships in the Persian Gulf.

Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on all-weather friend China.

The U.S navy has successfully launched its TacSat4 satellite into space in a test to improve communication and safety for military troops in out-of-the-way battle zones.

Women in the military are currently eligible to perform 93 percent of the jobs, including artillery duties

China and Pakistan have two very important similarities: a common enemy in India and fears over growing U.S. influence in South Asia.

Pakistan, facing a crisis in relations with the United States, appears to be seeking more support from powerful ally China.

Khar demanded proof and warned that the U.S. was in danger of losing Pakistan as an ally in the war against terror is it continued to make such accusations.

Paul's message of limited government, and Federal Reserve/money supply critiques will receive some air time on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show.

An Afghan man employed at the U.S. embassy attacked a CIA office in Kabul and shot dead an American on Sunday evening.

Pakistan's military will not take action against the Haqqani group, which Washington blames for an attack against its embassy in Kabul, despite mounting American pressure, a Pakistani newspaper reported Monday.