After Tuesday's election, Iranian citizens and officials hoped that President-elect Barack Obama's victory was the beginning of a radical shift in US foreign policy with respect to Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered a congratulatory statement to...
London-based Arabic language newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi is reporting indications from a Yemeni with "very close" al-Qaeda ties that Osama bin Laden is plotting an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11. The report says that bin Laden...
NATO jets launched a bombing raid in the Khyber Agency's Tirah Valley today, killing eight and injuring three others. The strikes came after a reported exchange of fire between rebels and Afghan forces along the border. The attack targeted a banned organization known...
While stressing their allegations of Taliban complicity in the deaths, the US military admitted yesterday that it had killed 37 civilians in an air strike on a wedding party in Kandahar Province early last week. The report comes just days after Afghan President Hamid...
With just over two months left in office, President Bush is hoping to add his voice to the calls for a military surge in Afghanistan, and will reportedly endorse General David McKiernan's call for an increase in the number of troops in Afghanistan. Of course, only two...
President-elect Barack Obama has spoken with Polish President Lech Kaczynski about the Bush Administration's commitment to spend several billion dollars putting 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. The controversial plan is certainly a big deal in Poland, but...
The official US response to Iraq's proposed amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) was received on Thursday, condemned by top Iraqi clerics during Friday sermons, and will be discussed by the Iraqi cabinet on Sunday. In all that time, we've had only a...
The Independent is reporting tonight that British military commanders are privately condemning plans to use Helmand Province, the embattled province in which the bulk of the British military force operates, into a launching pad for a broad NATO war against drug...
Yesterday, the United States officially responded to the proposed amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) submitted by the Iraqi government. The exact terms of the response were never made public, but officials have said the US accepted some amendments...
The Afghan government has issued an official report on the US air strike earlier this week that hit a wedding party in Kandahar Province. Initial indications from the scene said 40 civilians were killed, and the final report says that 37 civilians were killed, in...
