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Psychology Explains Why Some People Need Less External ValidationSome people appear unbothered by external approval. Psychology explains this as strong internal motivation and self-worth. Their confidence...- Taliban rule presents aid agencies with moral, fiscal dilemmaThe Taliban in the past week has pledged peaceful relations with other countries, women's rights and independent media but some former dipl...
- Final failure in Afghanistan is Biden’s to ownOn Sunday, the scramble to evacuate U.S. civilians and embassy employees from Kabul — the very image that Biden and his aides agreed they h...
- India heaves a sigh of relief as Trump calls off peace talksIndia, which had been virtually out in the cold in the talks, sees more regional stability in the loss of the deal rather than in its compl...
- The 'Daesh effect' is rekindling a risky strategy for fighting terrorismThe US-led coalition is running out of ideas on how to fight ISIS even as Iraqi security forces are still complaining that they are unprepa...
- China worried over radicalisation of Muslims through Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Former US DiplomatThe Chinese are worried about radicalisation of their Muslim population, primarily the Uighurs, that can flow through Afghanistan and Pakis...
- Pervez Musharraf to be fringe player in Pakistan polls: US expertsPakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, back home from his self-imposed exile, would remain a fringe player in the country's ...
- Haqqani network behind brazen Kabul attacks: Afghan interior ministerThe Pakistan-based Haqqani network is suspected to have carried out the brazen suicide attacks on western embassies and Parliament here, th...
- Pakistan needs to take decisive action against safe havens: Ryan CrockerContinued existence of terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan is a major impediment in fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, America's top diplom...
- Lethal Haqqani networks active in Pakistan, says US envoyIn a "top-secret" cable to the Obama administration, America's envoy to Kabul has warned that the existence of terror sanctuaries in Pakist...
- American troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2014: US GeneralAmerican troops in Afghanistan could remain in the country even after 2014, the timeline set for the withdrawal of US forces from the war-t...
- US to return 1,000 smuggled Iraqi artefactsThe American authorities are set to return more than 1,000 priceless Iraqi artefacts smuggled out of the country after the US-led invasion ...
- White House says no "hard date" for withdrawal in Iraq talksThe White House has said that it is not negotiating a "hard date" for a US withdrawal from Iraq despite PM Nuri al-Maliki's call for a time...
- 'US struggling to ensure Iraq takes control of rebuilding projects'The United States is struggling to turn over to Iraq control of many of its reconstruction projects after spending tens of billions of doll...
- Democrat blames Iraq war for weak economyThe growing cost to the United States of fighting the war in Iraq "is not only linked to our economic skid, but is a leading cause of it," ...
- US defense secretary Gates says Iraq security still tenuousDespite dramatic declines in violence in recent months, the security situation in Iraq is tenuous, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said o...
- Draft comes to US diplomacy in IraqConscription or draft, terms normally used to describe the mandatory enrollment in the armed forces, is coming to the US diplomatic service.
- Giuliani accuses Clinton of 'character assassination'Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani accuses Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of character assassination.
- Bush to address US on Iraq next weekThe US President George W. Bush said on Saturday he would make a speech, expected next week, to defend his strategy in Iraq and urge the wa...
- Bush says offensive in Iraq just beginningUS President George W. Bush signaled Saturday his unwillingness to consider early US troop reductions in Iraq, saying new offensive operati...
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