Afghan President Hamid Karzai will issue a decree Feb. 17 banning Afghan security forces from requesting the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force to carry out operations or airstrikes in Afghanistan, Karzai said Feb. 16, AP reported.
Pakistan's Cabinet has approved the $1.5 billion Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline, and talks between Islamabad and Tehran are starting Feb. 11, Pakistani newspaper The News reported.
U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford took command of the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan on Feb. 10 and is expected to oversee the withdrawal of most foreign troops from the country by the end of 2014, Reuters reported.
Police imposed a curfew in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir and sealed off the center of the area's main city, Srinagar, on Feb. 9 after the execution of separatist Mohammed Afzal Guru, AFP reported.
At least four people were killed in a U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, Xinhua reported Feb. 8, citing local media.
