Iraq Drawdown on Track, Policy Chief Says
WASHINGTON: Although much work remains to draw down the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, Pentagon officials told Congress here today ...
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Strategy Review Will Continue, Gates Says
EN ROUTE TO TOKYO: Questions about the legitimacy of Afghanistan’s national elections are a complicating factor, but President Barack Obama’s ...
Gates to Press Asia, NATO for More Afghanistan Support
HONOLULU: As Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates travels this week to Japan and South Korea before heading to a NATO ...
French killed after Italy bribed Taliban: report
LONDON: Ten French soldiers killed in Afghanistan failed to realise the risks in the area because Italian officials had secretly ...
Newly trained counter-IED teams deploy to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Service-members who participated in the first state-side training program for joint counter-IED teams have just arrived in Afghanistan for ...
US military says Afghan force numbers no secret
Washington: The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had made no secret about the expanding US force in Afghanistan, despite a ...
Obama Approves 13,000 Support Troops to Afghanistan
A major U.S. newspaper says President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of at least 13,000 additional support troops to ...
Afghan desert the enemy for US armoured vehicles
Spin Boldak District, Afghanistan: At dawn a long line of US armored vehicles prepared to leave Forward Operating Base Spin ...
Unmanned aircraft systems leading fight
WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 2009) -- It is 2230 hours and the moon casts jagged mountain shadows on an Army patrol ...
Obama, Other Leaders Receive Afghan Resources Request
WASHINGTON: As President Barack Obama and senior defense and national security leaders reconvened meetings today on the way forward in ...
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