Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave an interview on Pakistani television in which he implored Taliban leader Mullah Omar to return to the country and compete in the next presidential election. Karzai promised to be "wholly solely responsible for his safety." But top...
The first and only 2008 Vice President Debate is over, and between Governor Sarah Palin's "shout out" to third-graders from a particular elementary school and imploring "Joe Six-packs" and "Hockey Moms" to band together or Senator Joe Biden's quip about the "ultimate...
Iran has repeatedly vowed to continue its uranium enrichment program, but in a sign that they may be softening on that position, chief delegate to the IAEA Ali Ashgar Soltanleh suggested that Iran would "reconsider the position" if there were a "legally-binding...
With the United States admitting an increasing number of Iraqi refugees it is only natural that Michigan, with its large Arab-American population (and particularly Iraqi-American Chaldeans), would be a prime destination for those fleeing their war-torn nation. Indeed,...
Iraq's Awakening Council, a Sunni fighting force whose control the US military has just transferred to the Iraqi government, has warned the Shi'ite dominated government against any attempt to abandon the force's membership. The group wants its members to secure...
General David McKiernan, the top military commander in Afghanistan, insists that he needs more troops and aid "as quickly as possible." This seems unlikely in the near term, however, as President Bush has already accepted a Pentagon recommendation that keeps troop...
Updated 10/1 10:35 PM EST An apparent unmanned US drone attacked a house in North Waziristan last night, killing at least nine and wounding several others. Some reports say that foreign militants are among the dead, and others claim the drone came under fire from the...
Lieutenant General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha has been named the new chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), the most powerful of its myriad of largely independent spying organizations. He replaced Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj, a Musharraf appointee who...
Echoing comments made by Secretary of State Robert Gates last week, CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus has warned that Pakistan must deal with its growing militancy or face a threat to its very existence. Gen. Petraeus was hopeful that Pakistani President Asif...
On Sunday, The Observer cited sources who reported that the Taliban and the Afghan government were engaged in a "wide-ranging peace-process" aimed at ending the seven year conflict. The talks were reportedly sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government and are aimed at...
