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Afghanistan has been called the graveyard of empires — the British withdrew in defeat in the 1800s and the Soviet Union a century later. The United States hopes to avoid a similar fate. But in the ninth year of fighting, the...
Sunday, November 22, 2009 KABUL: Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said...
AFP/File – Armed Afghan police surrround the Serena Hotel in central Kabul on October 28 following a rocket attack. … KABUL (AFP) – A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has injured four people, including two...
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 13, 2009) – Four provincial governors and a 21-member executive committee from the eastern Afghanistan peace and development jirga – a group of elders -- met in the Nangarhar governor’s...
Source: Reuters Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has been accused of plotting attacks in India and in the west, including the three-day assault on Mumbai in November 2008. Here are some details ...
By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Friday, November 21, 2009 VICENZA, Italy — The 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment is heading back to the same region where it took part in the Army’s deadliest battle in...
By Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 – Though the National Guard has a role in reconstruction missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s a temporary one, Defense...
South Asia expert Christine Fair has been offered a top position in the Obama [ Images ] administration, and that too to specifically handle the India [ Images ] portfolio. The former Rand Corporation expert on South Asia...
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to...
“In time of war the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers .” ( AUGUST BEBEL ) The Pakistan Army concluded its Operation Rah e Rast against Tehrik e Taliban Swat in earlier June this year and destroyed the TTP's...
