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Al-Qaeda Seeks Affiliates to Launch Attacks
Intelligence officials reported that in 2009, the Obama administration killed more senior al-Qaeda leaders in drone attacks along the...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Terrorist Attack Leaves 20 Dead, 13 Injured in Afghanistan
In the most recent eruption of insurgent activity in Afghanistan, a bomb detonated in a market in the province of Uruzgan, killing twenty...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
NATO in Russia
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, was in Moscow this week asking Russia to contribute military supplies and support for the...
Dec 25, 20091 min read
Turkey: Strategic Partner or Precarious Antagonist?
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to discuss foreign policy relating to...
Dec 10, 20092 min read
Indian PM to Visit Russia
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has left for a three-day trip to Moscow, where he is expected to sign a framework civil nuclear...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
President Obama to Meet Turkish P.M. Erdogan Monday
Although American politicians have gotten little reaction to the recent plan from the Obama administration for a troop buildup in...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Troops Launch Offensive in Afghanistan
U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched a new offensive in the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. A military spokesman said...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
NATO to Contribute 7,000 Troops to Afghanistan
NATO has responded to the new strategy for the war in Afghanistan by pledging 7,000 more troops. President Obama unveiled the new...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
Britain to Provide Aid Package to Pakistan
Britain has agreed to deliver an aid package worth $83 million to Pakistan’s government. Gordon Brown, Britain’s prime minister, stated...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
Obama Emphasizes Role of Pakistan in New Strategy
President Obama is hoping to reassure Pakistan of its place as a close US ally after announcing an increase in the number of US troops in...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Troop Deployments to Begin in 2-3 Weeks
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that troop deployments in accordance with President Obama’s new strategy in Afghanistan will...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Thanks for the Americans, Now Give Us Afghans
While the increase of 30,000 Â American troops in Afghanistan is a welcome addition for both Brigadier General Larry Nicholson and General...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Reactions to President Obama's Afghanistan Speech
Yesterday evening, President Obama’s address at West Point confirmed that the US will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The...
Dec 2, 20092 min read
President Unveils Afghanistan Strategy at Westpoint
Last night, President Obama delivered his much-anticipated foreign policy speech at the United States Military Academy. Considering the ...
Dec 2, 20091 min read
McChrystal Ready for Mission
General Stanley McChrystal, Commander NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces, Afghanistan has been eagerly...
Dec 2, 20091 min read
Obama to Unveil Afghanistan Plan at West Point on Tuesday
President Obama is planning to unveil his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at West Point during a speech he is scheduled to...
Nov 30, 20091 min read
U.S. Maintains 'Black Jail' in Afghanistan
The New York Times has reported that the American military continues to maintain a detention camp at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan,...
Nov 29, 20091 min read
German Official Resigns Over Afghan Air Strike
Franz Josef Jung, a German cabinet official and former Defense Minister, resigned over accusations that the German military withheld...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
Governor of Afghanistan's Second-Largest City Injured in Bomb Blast
Tooryalai Wesa, governor of Khandahar, was injured when his motorcade was hit by a roadside bomb. The governor was riding to noon-time...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
US Defense Contracts Funding the Taliban
One contract between the Department of Defense and six Afghan trucking companies is worth $2.2 billion, or 10% of the Afghan GDP....
Nov 27, 20091 min read
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