Updated 9/7 9:15 AM EST Earlier in the week the British press was trumpeting the "triumph" of 100-plus British military vehicles managing to transport a turbine across a little over 100 miles of Helmand Province road from Kandahar to Kajaki in a five day trek they...
In an election that provided few surprises, legislators elected Pakistani Peoples Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari to be the new President of Pakistan. The unofficial count went much as expected, with Zardari capturing 479 out of 702 votes. Besides winning the federal...
Amid calls by Iraq's opposition MPs to present the draft agreement with the United States as it presently stands to parliament, a leaked version of the Status of Forces Agreement has appeared. From last month, this version appears to set no deadline for the withdrawal...
Updated 9/6/08 at 9:00 PM EST In a move seen by some as the latest fallout from Wednesday morning's US attack on South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has ordered that supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan be immediately severed for an indefinite period of...
Just hours remain before Pakistan's legislature decides on a new President, and while it is virtually a foregone conclusion that the winner will be the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari, the already serious concerns about his ability to maintain...
Last night we reported a story, also run in Pakistan's media, which cited an air-strike by a US drone which killed at least six people. The strike reportedly occurred on the outskirts of Miramshah, a small town in North Waziristan just a few miles from the Afghanistan...
With Democratic Party presidential nominee Barrack Obama declaring last night "the surge succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," in a high profile interview on Fox News, and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin claiming twice in her speech the night before...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the scene of last month's deadly US air strike in Herat Province today. During the visit President Karzai vowed "swift punishment" for those responsible for the incident, and warned that relations with NATO had been strained by...
As anger continues to mount in Pakistan over yesterday's attack by US ground troops in South Waziristan, which reportedly killed 20 civilians, unnamed US officials have suggested that the raid was only the beginning of an increase in NATO operations in Pakistan's...
Last night, vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin gave a speech at the Republican National Convention which served as the first major address by a candidate who only a week ago many Americans had never even heard of. And while much of the speech was dedicated to...
