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Threatened with the loss of a key air base, the US military is making plans to move materiel and fuel to US forces in Afghanistan through a network of commercial links through Russia and Central Asia, a military spokesman said Friday. Adding urgency to the planning is a looming military buildup in Afghanistan that will nearly double the size of the US force and dramatically expand the demand ... read more
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 8, 2009The United States warned its allies Sunday that fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan could prove tougher than in Iraq and appealed, along with Britain, for more troops and equipment. US ambassador Richard Holbrooke insisted that a new approach was required to turn the strife-torn country around, involving all of Afghanistan's neighbours and in particular Pakistan. "It is like no other ... more
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Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 7, 2009The United States reached cautiously out to Iran Saturday offering talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions, as Germany warned of tougher sanctions should diplomacy break down. At a security conference in Munich, Germany, US Vice President Joe Biden said the Islamic republic would win incentives to stop uranium enrichment but stressed that it could face isolation if it turned them down. ... more 
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 8, 2009The United States and Britain urged NATO allies Sunday to provide more troops and equipment to fight insurgents in Afghanistan, with the future of the allied mission there on the line. "I would be remiss if I did not ask individual countries to examine very closely the forces and other contributions they can provide as ISAF intensifies its efforts in preparation for the elections in August," ... more  
Hartlepool, England (AFP) Feb 8, 2009The asbestos-contaminated French aircraft carrier Clemenceau arrived at a "ghost fleet" shipyard in northeastern England on Sunday to be broken up, an AFP reporter at the scene said. The ship, once a proud symbol of the French navy's strength but now known simply as "Hull Q790," was guided by five tugboats into its docking position at a shipbreaking yard in the port of Hartlepool at around 2 ... more 
Dushanbe (AFP) Feb 6, 2009Tajikistan said Friday it was ready to allow US and NATO supplies for Afghanistan to transit its territory, after neighbouring Kyrgyzstan ordered the closure of a vital American airbase. The decision by the Kyrgyz government to shut down the Manas airbase has troubled Washington, which had used the facility as a vital route for flying in supplies for coalition forces in Afghanistan. Taji ... more |
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Islamabad (AFP) Feb 6, 2009A Pakistani court Friday declared nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan a free man, five years after he was effectively put under house arrest for allegedly operating a proliferation network. The chief justice of the Islamabad High Court, Sardar Mohammad Aslam, made the decision after a closed session with lawyers for the government and Khan - revered by many Pakistanis as the father of the c ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 9, 2009South Korea will stand firm in its policy towards North Korea despite a series of threats from the communist state, President Lee Myung-Bak said Monday, urging people to stay calm despite the rhetoric. "I am very aware there are people who are concerned about the recent series of North Korean threats. But you do not need to worry too much," the president said in his regular radio address. ... more 
Washington (UPI) Feb 6, 2009 Some time ago I wrote a column warning that the United States' involvement in Fourth Generation Wars overseas would spur the development 4GW at home. One way it would do so is by introducing soldiers to statelessness. I do not see e-mail, but I was told that column generated lots of it. Many e-diots howled that I had somehow "attacked the troops." Well, guess what? It's starting ... more 
Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 Arab support for the Palestinians has been the bedrock of Arab diplomacy for decades, but the recent Israeli military action against Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip has divided those backing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party and those supporting its Hamas rival. A series of meetings before and after last month's unilateral Israeli cease-fire could mark the beginning o ... more |
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