British Forces to Start Leaving Iraq in March
Britain, the only other nation besides the United States with a significant number of troops on the ground in Iraq, intends to begin pulling its...
Pakistan Won’t Hand Over Detainees to India
The United States has praised "positive steps" taken by Pakistan in recent days with respect to last month's Mumbai attacks, which culminated in the arrests...
Obama’s Dueling Transition Teams
Sources are reporting that President-elect Barack Obama's appointee for US ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Susan Rice, after a visit to the State Department...
Think Tank: Taliban has Permanent Presence in 72 Percent of Afghanistan
NATO spokesman James Appathurai condemned a report by the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) as not credible today, after it concluded that the...
Rights Group: Failed US Policies Making Matters Worse in Somalia
Human Rights Watch has released a report today urging the United States, the European Union, and others involved in the situation in Somalia to "rethink...
Growing Fears in Peshawar as Over 50 More Trucks Destroyed
Militants destroyed over 160 vehicles bound for Afghanistan on Sunday morning in and around the Pakistani city of Peshawar in raids on two separate compounds...
General Sees Consensus on Shifting Marines to Afghanistan
Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway, long an advocate of shifting Marines from Iraq to Afghanistan, told the Associated Press today that he sees a...
Blackwater Guards Charged in 2007 Iraq Killings
Five Blackwater security guards will face 14 charges of manslaughter and 20 charges of attempted manslaughter in a September 2007 incident in Baghdad. According to...
22 Arrested in Pakistan Camp Raid
Last night it was reported that Pakistani forces had raided and seized a camp in the Pakistani-held portion of Kashmir. The relief camp was set...
US Links Pakistani Intelligence to Group Blamed for Mumbai Attacks
Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT), the group currently being blamed for last month's Mumbai attacks, has according to the United States been quietly building up its power...
Pakistan Raids Camp of Group Blamed for Mumbai
Pakistani forces raided a camp being used by Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) in the Pakistani-held portion of Kashmir today. Details of the raid were unclear as...
US Troops Deploying South of Kabul as Taliban Approaches
The vast majority of the US combat brigade arriving in Afghanistan next month will reportedly be deployed in the provinces south of Kabul. The Taliban...
