Gates, Petraeus differ on flexibility of Afghan exit
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates insisted Monday the July 2011 date to start withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan was ...
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Army opens criminal probe into Afghan war files leak
Washington: The US Army opened a criminal probe Tuesday into the leak of some 90,000 classified military files on the ...
US lawmakers beat back Afghan war challenge after leaks
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Tuesday easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak ...
Outrage over huge leak of Afghan war files
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The leak of 90,000 secret military files triggered an outcry from nations fighting in Afghanistan as the ...
Mattis named overall US commander of Iraq, Afghan wars
WASHINGTON: General James Mattis was named as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control ...
Britain to hand over violent Afghan area to US
LONDON: British troops are to withdraw from one of the deadliest areas of southern Afghanistan where its forces have suffered ...
NATO’s deadliest month in Afghan war
Kabul: The loss of more than 100 foreign troops in the Afghan war in June serves as a grim reminder ...
Petraeus tries to reassure US Congress on Afghan war
WASHINGTON: General David Petraeus, named as the new commander in Afghanistan, tried to reassure an anxious US Congress that NATO-led ...
UK commander: Afghan offensive could take weeks
MARJAH, Afghanistan: A senior British commander has warned it could take weeks to wrest control of the Afghan town of ...
Afghan strategy bears fruit, Iraq on track
WASHINGTON: Noting signs that the new strategy in Afghanistan "is beginning to bear fruit," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also ...
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