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Taliban held secret talks in Norway to broker Doha deal

OSLO (Reuters) - The Taliban held secret negotiations in Norway over the past few months, helping yield a deal that allowed the radical Afghan rebels to open an office in Qatar, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Tuesday.

Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 30 people, including a provincial legislator, gathered for the funeral of a businessman in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said.

"Taliban is ready to talk peace" with Afghan state - Afghan official

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban is willing to consider peace talks with the Afghan state following secret discussions, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday, in what may be the first significant step towards an end to the long-running war.

Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office, says seeks political solution

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban opened an office in Qatar on Tuesday to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war, saying it wanted a political solution that would bring about a just government and end foreign occupation.

U.S. to hold Afghan peace talks with Taliban in Doha

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban in Doha next week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States has battled the insurgents for 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Taliban to open Qatar office on Tuesday - diplomatic source

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban plans to open an office in Qatar on Tuesday to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war, an Afghan diplomatic source in the Gulf Arab state told Reuters.

Afghanistan to hold formal talks with Taliban in Qatar - Karzai

REUTERS - Afghanistan will send representatives to Qatar soon to discuss peace with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, in a step towards reaching a brokered ceasefire in the 12-year-old war.

Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament - police

KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, police said.

U.S. says it will buy Russian helicopters for Afghan military

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it will spend $572 million to buy 30 Russian-built military helicopters that will be used by Afghan security forces.

U.S. senator puts hold on some Afghan aid over Karzai 'ghost money'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday he is holding up millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Afghanistan until President Barack Obama's administration explains the rationale behind more than a decade of cash payments to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Afghan women lose political power as fears grow for the future

KABUL (Reuters) - A legal requirement that women make up at least a quarter of all provincial elected officials was quietly removed by conservative male parliamentarians, officials said, the latest in a series of decisions undermining advances in women's rights in Afghanistan.

Bangladesh disaster crushes owner's ideal of clothes with a conscience

SAVAR, Bangladesh/MADRID (Reuters) - When Spanish garment maker David Mayor arrived in Bangladesh a decade ago the fashion label he set up had the motto "clothing with a heart".

Pakistan blasts kill 12, historic building gutted in resource-rich province

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Blasts triggered by suspected separatists killed a policeman on Saturday and gutted an historic summer retreat used by Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Baluchistan province, days after a new government vowed to end a guerrilla war there.

Tesco stops sourcing from a Bangladesh factory due to safety concerns

LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco , the world's No. 3 retailer, has stopped sourcing clothes from a factory in Bangladesh after discovering serious problems with the safety of a building, the company said on Saturday.

Expect more attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan, warns deputy commander

KABUL (Reuters) - The international community in Afghanistan, recently hit by two high-profile attacks on aid organisations, should brace itself for more Taliban violence in the coming months, the deputy commander of foreign forces said.

Rockets kill one, gut historic building in Pakistan's resource-rich Baluchistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A rocket attack by unknown people killed a policeman on Saturday and gutted an historic summer retreat used by Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the resource-rich province of Baluchistan, only days after a new government vowed to end a guerrilla war there.

Accused Fort Hood gunman cannot use defending Taliban defense

FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan cannot argue at trial that he was defending the Afghan Taliban when he opened fire in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 people, a military judge ruled on Friday.

SPECIAL REPORT - Lack of a prenup imperils oil billionaire's fortune

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The divorce of oil baron Harold Hamm has had its dramatic moments. Among them: allegations that Harold was unfaithful - and a heated debate over whether the court should order his wife, Sue Ann, to turn over secret video and audio recordings she made of him at home.

UN says more accountability needed on Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More people must be held accountable for the 2010 collapse of Afghanistan's Kabulbank and robust action on asset recovery and financial regulation is essential to ease foreign donor worries and ensure continued aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Nepal sets first post-monarchy elections for November 19

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's first national elections since the abolition of the 239-year-old monarchy will be held on November 19, the government said on Thursday, raising hopes for stability in the Himalayan nation that has lurched from one crisis to another.

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Chitral— former President General retired, Pervez Musharaf’s election Nomination Papers have been filed in Chitral. Former Tehsil Nazim, Shahzada Sikandarul Mulk submitted the papers on behalf of the APML’s leader. Read in News section

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Taliban held secret talks in Norway to broker Doha deal

Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral in Pakistan

"Taliban is ready to talk peace" with Afghan state - Afghan official

Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office, says seeks political solution

U.S. to hold Afghan peace talks with Taliban in Doha

Taliban to open Qatar office on Tuesday - diplomatic source

Afghanistan to hold formal talks with Taliban in Qatar - Karzai

Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament - police

U.S. says it will buy Russian helicopters for Afghan military

U.S. senator puts hold on some Afghan aid over Karzai 'ghost money'

Afghan women lose political power as fears grow for the future

Bangladesh disaster crushes owner's ideal of clothes with a conscience

Pakistan blasts kill 12, historic building gutted in resource-rich province

Tesco stops sourcing from a Bangladesh factory due to safety concerns

Expect more attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan, warns deputy commander

Rockets kill one, gut historic building in Pakistan's resource-rich Baluchistan

Accused Fort Hood gunman cannot use defending Taliban defense

SPECIAL REPORT - Lack of a prenup imperils oil billionaire's fortune

UN says more accountability needed on Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal

Nepal sets first post-monarchy elections for November 19

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