Yesterday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that reopening the terms of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States would be difficult and that it was time for parliament to either ratify or reject the deal as it presently stands. This is...
Updated 10/19 6:50 PM EST At least 50,000 Iraqis joined a protest in the streets of Baghdad today, organized by followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, chanting anti-US and anti-occupation slogans and waving banners opposing the controversial Status of Forces...
In a statement delivered by spokesman Ahmedullah Ahmedi, local Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Qari Gul Bahadar said that militants in North and South Waziristan will continue to abide by the peace deal signed with the Pakistani government earlier this year...
There aren't many things that a confidant of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a council of Iraqi Sunni religious leaders and the followers of firebrand Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr can all agree on, but they seem to have found common ground on one thing: they all oppose...
Pakistan's military twice bombarded a remote mountainous area in the restive Swat Valley today, killing at least 60 militants and wounded an unknown number of others. The target was said to be a "Taliban training camp and hideouts." The hideouts appear to have...
Last week's rare intelligence briefing for the Pakistani parliament was meant to unite MPs behind President Asif Ali Zardari's terror strategy, but seems to have been an utter failure. While members of the opposition were already calling for an end to cooperation with...
The Bush Administration and Iraqi negotiators may have completed a final draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), but its prospects for approval in the Iraqi parliament seem to grow more questionable by the minute. Aides of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
As the fighting in Afghanistan continues to worsen, Al Jazeera reports that a growing number of members of Afghan security forces are switching sides and joining the Taliban. The article focuses on Sulieman Ameri, a member of Afghanistan's police border patrol in...
Last Updated 10/16 9:25 PM EST NATO forces launched an air strike in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province early this afternoon. According to local officials, the attack killed between 25 and 30 civilians. Local residents took some of the bodies to Lashkar Gah to...
This morning, US drones fired multiple missiles on two homes in the district of Ladha, South Waziristan Agency, killing at least six and injuring five others. Pakistani officials say that two "extremist commanders" were among those killed, but they lacked information...
