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KABUL Taliban fighters and their commanders have escaped the Marines' big offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province and moved into areas to the west and north, prompting fears that the U.S. effort has just moved the Taliban problem elsewhere, Afghan defense officials have told McClatchy Newspapers. The movement of the Taliban into those areas has prompted complaints from German and Italian commanders, whose troops operate there, and it has prompted questions about whether the United States has enough troops to pursue the Taliban while at the same time carrying out Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal's plan to "clear, hold and build" in areas wrested from Taliban control. Last week, national security adviser James L. Jones told McClatchy Newspapers that no additional troops would be sent to Afghanistan this year, even as some NATO... [read full story]
James Regan, On 6:13 GMT, Wednesday 25 November 2009 * Minara to bid for Ravensthorpe nickel operation - source * Chinese firm to join as co-bidder - source * Bid price to be less than $500 million - source (Adds details,...
Ericsson has won the bidding to acquire Nortel's GSM business in the US and Canada, as part of its Carrier Networks division. The purchase is structured as an asset sale at a cash purchase price of US$70 million on a cash and...
Angered over being named in the NRO beneficiaries list, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani has filed a case in the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi bench. Haqqani, in his petition, has challenged the...
Teleconference: Afghan men who maintain peace vigil share daily lives, ask about U.S. politics | OLYMPIA – Last school year, one of Olympia High School senior Alex Arbogast’s classes raised money to build schools in Afghanistan.
