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No US troop increase in Afghanistan without deeper cuts in Iraq: Pentagon Washington (AFP) May 6, 2008 
The Pentagon said Tuesday that any sizeable increase in much-needed US forces in Afghanistan will depend on deeper troop cuts in Iraq than currently planned. Military commanders, worried about a persistent and growing Taliban challenge, have said they require up to three more brigades, or about 10,000 troops, to fill gaps in a NATO-led force in Afghanistan. But Pentagon press secretary ... read more |
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US: Turkey striking at 'terrorists' in Iraq
Washington (AFP) May 2, 2008The White House on Friday endorsed Turkey's airstrikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, saying they targeted "terrorists" of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group. "These are ongoing operations against the PKK, a terrorist organization. The United States, Iraq and Turkey are all committed to dealing with this problem," said US National Security Council spokesman Gordon John ... more Analysis: German suspects in Afghanistan 
Berlin (UPI) May 1, 2008 More and more extremists from Germany are traveling to Pakistan and Afghanistan to plot terror attacks; a new video shows a German convert to Islam who calls on Islamists back home to follow his example. The video that appeared Tuesday on a Turkish-language Web site threw German security experts into a frenzy: It showed a German Islamist from Neuenkirchen in the Saarland, whose "wanted" ... more Seven killed in Afghan raid on Karzai attackers 
Kabul (AFP) April 30, 2008Afghan security forces Wednesday raided the Kabul hideout of Taliban militants behind an attack on President Hamid Karzai, sparking a battle that left seven people dead including a woman and child. Two rebels and three government agents were also among the dead after fierce clashes involving rockets and machine-guns raged for around 10 hours at a "safe house" in the west of the capital, the ... more Turkish army confirms air raid, shelling in northern Iraq 
Ankara (AFP) April 26, 2008Turkish warplanes and artillery have targeted Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern Iraq this weekend, the Turkish army said on Saturday. The strikes, on Friday and Saturday, targeted a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels in the Zap, Avashin and Khakurk regions who were trying to penetrate the border for attacks on Turkish territory, the general staff said in a statement on its ... more Bullets flew past president: Afghan minister describes attack 
Kabul (AFP) April 27, 2008Bullets sped past President Hamid Karzai and black smoke and the smell of gunpowder filled the air when militants struck Afghanistan's most important military parade Sunday, a minister told AFP. Gunfire and explosions erupted soon after Karzai had taken his place on a stage with a host of dignitaries, including government ministers, ambassadors and foreign and Afghan military commanders. ... more |
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Kabul (AFP) April 12, 2008French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Saturday that international forces would not stay in Afghanistan for ever and Afghans had to take over more responsibilities. Arriving in Kabul a week after France vowed to nearly double the number of its forces in Afghanistan to 3,000, Kouchner said the foreign military muscle and financial aid ploughed into Afghanistan needed an end product. ... more French troops in Afghanistan to increase to 3,000: minister 
Dushanbe (AFP) April 11, 2008French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday that the number of French troops in Afghanistan would reach about 3,000 after the arrival of a fresh battalion to fight extremists there. "I don't have the exact figure, which is known to the military (but) there will be about 3,000," he told a news conference during a visit to Tajikistan which borders the war-torn country. "We're not ... more China supports Pakistan stability measures: Hu 
Boao, China (AFP) April 11, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday told his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf he supported measures taken by the South Asian government to maintain stability, Chinese state media reported. "China respects, understands and supports all measures taken by the Pakistani government to maintain domestic peace and stability, and promote economic development," Hu said, according to Xinhua ... more Eight dead in fresh Afghan unrest: officials
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) April 9, 2008A policeman and seven Taliban rebels were killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, including a foreign airstrike that also wounded two civilians, officials said Wednesday. International forces' warplanes dropped bombs on a group of Taliban militants travelling by motorcycle overnight, killing three insurgents, said deputy governor of Zabul province, Gulab Shah Alikhail. A civilian ... more India, Pakistan to review peace process next month: ministry 
Islamabad (AFP) April 9, 2008Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan will next month review the fourth round of a slow-moving peace process launched in 2004, the Pakistani foreign ministry said Wednesday. The meeting in Islamabad will be the first major talks between the South Asian neighbours since Pakistan's new government came to power after defeating allies of President Pervez Musharraf in February elections. In ... more |
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Tashkent (AFP) March 27, 2008The US military is not planning to use Uzbekistan as a base for operations in Afghanistan, Washington's ambassador to Tashkent said on Thursday, dispelling media reports about such plans. "The United States does not currently have a military base in Uzbekistan and has not asked for a military base in Uzbekistan... This issue is not on the agenda," ambassador Richard Norland, who spoke in ... more US Army suspends suspect Afghan munitions deal 
Washington (AFP) March 27, 2008A defense contractor reportedly led by a 22-year-old has been suspended from doing business with the US government for allegedly supplying Afghan security forces with old Chinese-made munitions in violation of its contract and US law, officials said Thursday. Until an investigation has been completed, AEY Inc. and its president Efraim Diveroli, have been suspended from future contracting ... more US stepping up unilateral attacks in Pakistan: report 
Washington (AFP) March 27, 2008The United States has stepped up unilateral strikes against Al-Qaeda and foreign fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas, partly because of fears the country's new leaders will insist they be scaled back, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The Pentagon declined to comment on the substance of the report, which said US-controlled Predator aircraft have struck at least three sites used by ... more Analysis: Violence up in India's northeast 
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 27, 2008 An Indian Interior Ministry status report on internal security acknowledged that despite a massive anti-insurgency offensive, there was a sharp increase in overall violence in the country's restive northeast in 2007 over the previous year. The report presented in Parliament during the current budget session said the security situation in the region has continued to worsen for the past ... more Analysis: West questioned over Afghan aid 
Berlin (UPI) Mar 27, 2008 While Afghanistan is in dire need of monetary support, Western powers are not delivering their promised aid, a report found. Up to $10 billion, or 40 percent, of the entire aid promised to Afghanistan has not been delivered, thus jeopardizing economic progress and security in the country, according to a report entitled "Falling Short," published by the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghanistan ... more
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