WASHINGTON NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated manoeuvre by Taliban, according to preliminary US military reports on the deadliest friendly fire incident with Pakistan since the Afghanistan war began. The NATO airstrike killed 24 Pakistani ...

International forces are preparing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds giving jobs to former Taliban fighters in a two-year plan to persuade insurgents to lay down their arms. The scheme being drawn up would provide jobs and protection for fighters who gave up their struggle against Nato-led ...