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...
President Bush announced earlier this month that there would be no further troop cuts in Iraq until 2009. CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus has already said he doesn't believe the war will ever end in anything resembling a victory. And while the administration...
The Pakistani military's offensive in Bajaur, started in early August, shows no signs of ending. And with the military already claiming 1,000 killed and 2,000 wounded militants in the fighting in the tiny border agency, the supply of militants shows no signs of...
How are negotiations for America's contentious Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq proceeding? It depends who you ask. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated on Saturday that "we're making good progress." Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyan Zebari claimed at the...
Last week Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, on a visit to Washington DC, warned that he expects another Taliban offensive before winter. The Bush Administration appears to fear strikes in the region as well. The Sunday Telegraph, citing a "senior US...
Pakistani military officials said today that around 1,000 militants have been killed and 2,000 injured in Bajaur Agency since its offensive was launched in early August. Major-General Tariq Khan told reporters that 63 troops had also been killed and 212 injured in the...
One day after a reported five minute exchange of fire between Pakistani and US troops along the Afghan border, Pakistani government spokesman Akram Shaheedi warned the US-led coalition forces "not to violate territorial sovereignty of Pakistan as it is...
United Nations Special Envoy Kai Eide has warned that the security situation in Afghanistan "is worse than it was three months ago," and that the deteriorating atmosphere was distracting countries from fulfilling the commitments they made at June's conference in...
As Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin makes her way around the television interview circuit, it allows us to learn more and more about her foreign policy positions. In her RNC address, she declared victory in Iraq within sight and cautioned against a...
Updated 9/26/2008 1:30 PM EST According to the Washington Times the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives has shelved H.R. 362, fearing that the resolution would provoke a war with Iran. The bill, authored by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - NY), urged the...
