WASHINGTON/KABUL - US General David Petraeus was to take command of NATO forces in Afghanistan Sunday after calling for a “unity of effort” among US civilian and military officials.

HYDERABAD - The Communist Party of India-Maoist Saturday claimed that the man killed along with top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an alleged gun battle with police in Andhra Pradesh was a freelance journalist but police said he was a Maoist.

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ISLAMABAD - Ten Taliban militants and three soldiers were killed Saturday in a roadside bombing and clashes in Pakistan’s tribal region along the Afghan border, security officials said.

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HYDERABAD - The body of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, who was killed in an alleged gun battle by the Andhra Pradesh Police, is being brought to Hyderabad for last rites, police Saturday said.

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KOLKATA - A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter was killed by suspected Maoists in Jhargram in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Saturday, police said.

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Mother, brother allowed to see Maoist leader’s body

HYDERABAD - The mother and brother of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, gunned down by the Andhra Pradesh Police a day earlier, were Saturday allowed to see his body.

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‘Maoist’ killed with Azad was journalist: Maoists