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  • Afghans fear economic meltdown

    Afghans fear economic meltdown

    As NATO discusses its exit from Afghanistan at a summit in Chicago, Afghans fear that a meltdown in their corruption-plagued economy could follow the consequent drop in foreign funding.

    3 hrs ago
  • Pakistan restores Twitter after block

    Pakistan restores Twitter after block

    Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

    • 3 hrs ago
  • Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit

    Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit

    More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to draw up a unified exit strategy in Afghanistan after a decade of war.

    • 1 day 4 hrs ago