Obama orders Afghan strategy into force
Washington: President Barack Obama has given fateful orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble ...
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Pakistan says towns cleared in Taliban offensive
Sararogha, Pakistan: Pakistan's military said Tuesday that its latest offensive against the Taliban had captured most of the towns and ...
Task Force to Focus on Afghan Roadside Bomb Threat
OSHKOSH, Wisc: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has created a new task force to enhance existing department efforts to counter ...
Bombs kill 11 in Pakistan, intel agency targeted
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Suicide car bombs tore through security offices in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people and heavily ...
Street battles as Pakistan troops advance on Taliban
Islamabad: Pakistani troops were Wednesday locked in deadly street battles with Taliban fighters, pushing a ground offensive deeper into militant-held ...
UN Questions Legality of US Use of Drones
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings says the use of armed unmanned aircraft by the United States ...
Russia offers helicopters for NATO operations in Afghanistan
BRUSSELS: Russia could supply helicopters for NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, an executive at the state hi-tech corporation Russian Technology said ...
Six UN staff killed in Kabul attack: UN spokesman
KABUL: Six foreign UN staff were killed and another nine wounded, including some seriously, in an armed attack on a ...
Gates Receives ‘Mounting Endorsements’ of Strategy Proposals
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s encouraged by unofficial endorsements NATO defense ministers are expressing for ...
Pakistan suicide attack kills six near air base
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Pakistan Air Force base Friday, killing six people and dealing another ...
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