Gates warned over Afghan army problems
Kabul: NATO commanders on Wednesday warned US Defense Secretary Robert Gates of the challenges involved in recruiting Afghan soldiers and ...
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Gates tells troops in Afghanistan success in reach
KABUL: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday toured the nerve centre of NATO command in Afghanistan, telling soldiers that ...
Top leaders spell out president’s strategy
WASHINGTON: Top U.S. government and military officials here spelled out President Barack Obama's new war strategy Dec. 6, even as ...
Obama Afghan Strategy Differs from Earlier Plan
President Obama's newly-unveiled Afghan strategy calls for a quick infusion of U.S. troops to fight the Taliban and to train ...
Strategy Sharpens Focus on Mission, Policy Chief Says
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy gives the United States and its allies a clearer set of objectives and a ...
Afghanistan, Iraq drive landmark defense review
NEW YORK: The Quadrennial Defense Review under way within the Defense Department will be unlike any other: the first to ...
US says Afghan pullout date not fixed
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's administration said that a July 2011 target date to begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan was ...
NATO ‘confident’ on Afghan role, some allies reluctant
BRUSSELS: The NATO chief said Wednesday he was confident Washington's allies would step up and boost their role in Afghanistan, ...
Obama Calls for Another 30,000 US Troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: It is in America's vital national interests to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said ...
500 Extra British Troops to Deploy to Helmand
The UK will deploy 500 extra troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced today, Monday 30 November 2009. ...
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