In addition to announcing a massive military offensive in the Khyber Agency, the Pakistani government today proclaimed the Khyber Pass, the source of nearly three quarters of the supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, closed until further notice. The military imposed...
Less than a month ago, German General Hans-Cristoph Ammon declared the effort to train Afghanistan's police, Germany's whole raison d'etre in the seemingly endless war, "a miserable failure," and said that at the current rate of progress "it would take 82 years to...
Getting NATO to agree to the US plan to dramatically escalate the war on drugs in Afghanistan was no small task. Tired of trying to persuade the nations of the necessity of the operation, perpetually exasperated General John Craddock lashed out at NATO allies in...
It has been over a week since the Pakistani government promised to deploy its paramilitary Frontier Corps to protect supply trucks being delivered to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The attacks continue, but shipments have crawled to a virtual halt. While all the sides...
Taliban mocks suggestion of doubling US troops in Afghanistan.
The lower chamber of the Czech Parliament voted today on the extension of the mandate for foreign troop deployments in Afghanistan and Kosovo, and with 101 votes needed in the 200 seat house, the government netted only 99 yes votes, defeating the measure. Prime...
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to chart a much more escalatory tone to America's war in Afghanistan, NATO Supreme Commander General John Craddock warned that unless European allies like Britain send much larger forces of their own to the war-torn nation, the...
As high profile incidents of US and NATO forces killing Afghan civilians continue to rise, a furious Afghan President Hamid Karzai has submitted a list of demands to the United States meant to reduce unilateral actions by the international forces against Afghan...
US attacks house, kills three “suspects,” including a woman and a 15-year old boy.
Pakistan’s oldest religious party plans to stop NATO supplies from entering Afghanistan
