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No more US troops to Afghanistan this year: Jones Washington (AFP) July 2, 2009 
White House National Security Adviser James Jones has warned US commanders in Afghanistan that they will not receive more troops beyond those already promised by President Barack Obama. "There was talk about... coming in with more requests," Jones told McClatchy, the parent company of a group of US newspapers, on Wednesday following a tour in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. However, he ... read moreUS Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive 
Helmand Province, Afghanistan (AFP) July 2, 2009US Marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan before dawn Thursday as President Barack Obama's new war plan swung into action. With dozens of aircraft ferrying out troops from various bases, the assault aimed to insert forces into insurgent strongholds in Helmand province in what officers said was the biggest offensive airlift by the Marines since ... more
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US soldier believed captured in Afghanistan: military
Khost, Afghanistan (AFP) July 2, 2009A US soldier is believed to have been captured by insurgents in Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, as a commander for a hardline Taliban faction said his militia had the trooper. It was believed to be the first time militants abducted an American soldier in Afghanistan since US troops were deployed to oust the Taliban regime in 2001 and then remained to fight a growing extremist ... more Germany out of Afghanistan in 'five to 10 years': minister 
Berlin (AFP) July 1, 2009German troops could be out of Afghanistan within five to 10 years, Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said in a television interview broadcast on Wednesday. Asked on German rolling news channel N24 whether troops would leave the war-torn country by 2020, Jung said: "I assume so. In five to 10 years - that is my message." "The quicker we push forward with training (Afghan police and ... more Mumbai gets India's first regional base for anti-terror troops 
Mumbai (AFP) July 1, 2009India's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city. The hub for some 250 National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, opened by Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening, is the first of four new centres across the country. The others in ... more Pakistan clashes, air strikes kill dozens: officials 
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan (AFP) June 29, 2009Clashes and air strikes killed at least 27 militants and five civilians as fighting surged Monday across Pakistan's northwest tribal belt, a Taliban stronghold, officials said. Fighter jets pounded suspected insurgent hideouts in South and North Waziristan, where the military says it is using air raids to lay the groundwork for a full-scale assault against Pakistani Taliban warlord Baitullah ... more |
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Germans discover war in Afghanistan
Berlin (UPI) Jun 25, 2009 German politicians are slowly waking up to the bloody reality of the war in Afghanistan. Following the killing of three Bundeswehr troops by the Taliban near Kunduz earlier this week, politicians in Germany have begun to admit that the West is involved in a war in Afghanistan. For years, officials have refused to say that Germany's military contribution was a war-like mission. ... more Kyrgyzstan changes mind on US Afghan base 
Bishkek (AFP) June 23, 2009The United States and Kyrgyzstan signed a deal on the transit of non-military cargo to Afghanistan that will effectively keep open a US airbase Bishkek had ordered closed, officials said Tuesday. Kyrgyzstan had troubled Washington by ordering the closure of the airbase at Manas, a key transit point for Afghanistan operations, just as US President Barack Obama was seeking to intensify the ... more US strikes kill dozens in Taliban heartland: Pakistan army 
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) June 24, 2009US missile strikes killed dozens of people in a Pakistani tribal area controlled by Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, where the army is preparing an assault, officials said Wednesday. Drone aircraft, which are only deployed by US forces in the region, hit Taliban positions on Tuesday then struck again as hundreds of people gathered for a funeral in Mehsud's northwest tribal stronghold of South ... more Even at home, Afghanistan is close for green berets 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina (AFP) June 24, 2009Even when they are between missions, US special forces dubbed the "green berets" are never far from Afghanistan where they have been fighting for almost eight years. Unlike other troops, they are highly trained to operate in elite 12-strong autonomous units mostly behind enemy lines, and they usually return time and again to the same regions of Afghanistan relying on a network of carefully ... more |
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