News About Central Asia 19-MAR-10 en-us Helsinki, Finland (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - Last week it was reported that four-star U.S. Army Gen. Charles Campbell of Army Forces Command issued career-ending official reprimands to Capt. Matthew Myer, Lt. Col. William Ostlund and Col. Chip Preysler, company, battalion and brigade commanders who, according to the Army investigation, failed to adequately prepare their unit for the July 13, 2008, Taliban attack on a remote U.S. outpost in Wanat, Waygal Valley, Afghanistan.]]> Washington (AFP) March 17, 2010 - US operations to push back Taliban forces around Kandahar have "already begun" and will steadily build in coming months, the commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan said Wednesday.]]> Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) March 17, 2010 - US missile strikes killed at least 10 militants in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, as attackers armed with rockets and petrol bombs killed five policemen in a pre-dawn ambush.]]> Washington (AFP) March 16, 2010 - US-led forces will face a "difficult" year in 2010 as they fight to push back Taliban militants from key areas, a top US general said on Tuesday.]]> Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) March 16, 2010 - A US missile strike and clashes between extremist gunmen and tribesmen killed at least 20 militants on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said.]]> Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2010 - China will sharply increase investment in Xinjiang in hopes that higher living standards for ethnic Uighurs in the restive region can quell long-standing unrest, state press said Monday.]]> Washington (AFP) March 15, 2010 - The Pentagon may review allegations Monday that a defense department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to track and kill suspected militants.]]> Kandahar (AFP) March 14, 2010 - A loud explosion on Saturday rocked the centre of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, capital of the country's former Taliban rulers, an interior ministry spokesman said.]]> Baghdad (AFP) March 14, 2010 - Kurdistania, an alliance of the Kurdish autonomous region's two long-dominant parties, has held off a new challenger in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk, early results showed on Sunday.]]> Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) March 11, 2010 - Two US missile strikes deep in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt killed up to 16 militants, with more bodies recovered from the wreckage on Thursday, security officials said.]]>