The reports of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's efforts to reach some sort of satisfactory deal with the Taliban simply will not die. The latest claims from the Sunday Telegraph have President Karzai offering the Taliban ministries within his government in return for...
Just days after a US missile strike killed nine along North Waziristan's border with Afghanistan, residents of the area reported another US drone fired two missiles yesterday, killing at least five more. Residents say that tribesmen fired on the invading drones before...
One day after a US drone strike in North Waziristan killed at least nine people, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has issued a harshly worded condemnation of the repeated strikes, warning that they are undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists." Spokesman...
A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle plowed into a crowd at a massive tribal jirga in Pakistan's Orakzai Agency, killing at least 44 and injuring over 100 others. The jirga was attended by between 500 and 2,000 tribesmen, and was discussing forming a tribal...
Though Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said last night that the United States had made 'good concessions' on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that there are still some points of contention yet to be worked out. Primary among...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told Iraq's state-run television station al-Iraqia today that the United States has made 'good concessions' regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). He also said that he was confident the agreement would be reached, as it is...
A missile strike by a US drone hit a house in Ghundai, a village 20 km east of Miramshah in Pakistan's North Waziristan province today, killing at least nine people. It is the second US air strike in the province in less than a week, as a strike on Friday evening...
With South Korean General Kim Tae-Young accusing the North Koreans of working on a new nuclear warhead, the reported North Korean missile test firings earlier in the week, and the announcement that the North is barring IAEA inspectors from all portions of its Yongbyon...
With the outlook in Afghanistan already looking worse every day, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen told reporters this morning that the situation in Afghanistan will likely get even worse next year. He said the situation will not improve until the...
In what Serbian newspapers are calling a "great diplomatic victory," the UN General Assembly has voted 77-6 to ask the International Court of Justice to examine the question "Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the provisional institutions of...
