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By James Bays In the past, military officials have refused to go on the record about the number of prisoners at the jail. Brigadier General Mark Martin, the acting commander, was more forthcoming. He told us the prison...
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...
In Edinburgh at a NATO parliamentary assembly meeting, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said: ''In a few weeks, I expect we will decide in NATO on the approach and troop levels needed to take our mission forward.'' US President Barack...
–The Obama administration should revise its detention policies in Afghanistan to make them consistent with international law, Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch said today.
Nato and its allies will order "substantially more forces" into battle in Afghanistan over the next few weeks, the alliance's secretary general said today. Speaking in Edinburgh at a Nato parliamentary assembly meeting, Anders...
Foreign Minister Yu says troop redeployment will take almost 4 months, thus the Lee administration will not be redeploying troops within the year » Foreign Minister Yu Myung-whan holds a press briefing regarding the re-dispatch...
Eager to dispel its image as a rights abuser after "war on terror" prison scandals, the US has opened a new Afghan jail that critics say still falls short of basic legal standards. The new Parwan Detention Facility has been...
Detention Facility at Parwan Will Replace Notorious Bagram Prison By MIKE GUDGELL BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Nov. 15, 2009 The U.S. military is starting over in Afghanistan. A communal cell with prayer rugs, caps and...
Eager to dispel its image as a rights abuser after earlier prison scandals, the US has opened an Afghan jail that critics say still falls short of basic legal standards. By Bonny Schoonakker, at Bagram Air Field A cell block at...
Vast majority of Britons back IoS call for UK forces to come home By Jane Merrick and Brian Brady in London and Kim Sengupta in Kabul Seven out of 10 Britons back The Independent on Sunday's call for a phased withdrawal of...
