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U. S., Czech missile deal prompts Moscow warning

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Russia Threatens Military Response to U.S. Missile Shield

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Moscow: To consider military means on US missile shield

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Russia will use "military methods" over US-Czech missile shield

Russia's foreign ministry has said it will be forced to react with military means... more

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Iran to hit Israel, American ships if attacked

TEHRAN, July 8: Iran will hit Israel, US shipping in the Gulf and American interests... more

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Russia threatens military response to US missile defence deal

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Afghanistan orders investigation into US attack

Associated Press reports: "Afghanistan's president has ordered an... more

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Poland rejects U.S. missile shield offer

Poland spurned as insufficient on Friday a U.S. offer to boost its air defenses in... more

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Russian, EU Leaders Discuss Energy and Security

Energy and security dominated the Russia-EU Summit in Western Siberia, where Kremlin... more

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Taleban 'cleared from Kandahar'

Nato and Afghan forces say they have driven Taleban fighters from areas close to the... more

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Afghans start anti Taliban offensive in south

Helicopter gunships and troops blasted a valley in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday... more

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Whole villages seized by Taliban: NATO to counter Taliban, escalate War

"Hundreds of Taliban fighters took over several villages in southern Afghanistan... more

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Taliban attacks Afghan prison, 1,000 prisoners escape

"Taliban fighters have attacked the main prison in Kanadahar in southern Afghanistan, blasting through its entrance and engaging in a gun battle with police. Nearly all of the estimated 1,150 prisoners, including some 400 Taliban, have escaped, Afghan officials have said.

Fighters attacked the main prison in Kandahar on Friday with a car bomb and rockets, killing police and freeing prisoners, according to the officials. A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle at the gates of the prison, Sarwar Danish, the Afghan justice minister said.

Officials with Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said they were aware of the attack but did not have any details.

Hashem Ahelbarra, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Afghanistan, quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the entrance of the gate to the prison before 30 Taliban fighters attacked and killed 16 policemen.

"The Taliban spokeperson said they had freed 400 Taliban fighters and there were around 1,300 prisoners in the jail, including common criminals," he said. "It was a co-ordinated attack and they [Taliban fighters] got assistance from the guards within the jail."

A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "There was an explosion at the main gate of the prison, apparently a car bomb, followed by an assault by a number of Taliban with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. They went into the prison and freed a number of political prisoners. There's still sporadic fire inside the prison; I don't know how many people attacked and how many prisoners were freed."

An Afghan intelligence official said separately there had been at least one explosion and that some prisoners were believed to have escaped. Afghan and foreign troops were outside the prison, the intelligence official said.

Kandahar jail was the scene of a mass hunger strike by hundreds of inmates in May, during which 47 of the prisoners sewed their lips shut after complaining they had been tortured and denied fair trials. Prisoners, including al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, rioted at the country's main Pul-e-Charki jail in Kabul in February 2006, taking control of a block and leaving several people injured.""Taliban fighters have attacked the main prison in Kanadahar in southern... more