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Targeted by drone strikes in Pakistan, al-Qaida is losing ground and financing even as attacks by Islamist groups are on the rise, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press.
President Barack Obama says he'll know by the end of 2010 if his Afghan strategy is working, and pledges to change direction if the U.S. military is not on course "in terms of securing population centers" from Taliban militants.
The second-highest ranking U.S. general in Afghanistan says the planned rapid escalation of American troops would take longer than expected.
The second-highest ranking U.S. general in Afghanistan said Monday it will likely take more time than expected to fully deploy the additional 30,000 American troops, saying it could take nine to 11 months before they are all in place. Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez said during a briefing in the Afghan capital that the slower schedule results from the logistical challenges the military faces in ...
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Negotiating with the Taliban insurgency would benefit US interests in the region because history demonstrates that negotiation cultivates greater political responsibility and moderation within insurgent groups.
All hail General Stanley McChrystal, who has won his war for 30,000 more troops to be deployed to a country whose government is so rotten and corrupt many of its citizens prefer the Taliban.
Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Robert E. Hunter says that the NATO alliance is under pressure from the United States to increase force levels in Afghanistan.
It is not easy for a political figure leading his country at a time of two wars to speak at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, but President Barack Obama managed to finesse both the irony and the tension.
U.S. leaders continue to voice confidence that a drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq will proceed as planned next summer, despite a recent spate of devastating bombings in Baghdad.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The decision to hold trials for several alleged members of Al Qaeda in Manhattan federal court isn’t final, a U.S. spokesman said, leaving open the possibility that the cases will be heard in another jurisdiction.
Targeted by drone strikes in Pakistan, al-Qaida is losing ground and financing even as attacks by Islamist groups are on the rise, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press.
Cairo -- Al-Qaida's deputy leader said Barack Obama has deceived Arabs about his efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, and claimed in a message posted Monday that the American president has done nothing for the region so far.
Al-Qaida's deputy leader has accused President Barack Obama of cheating the Arab world by failing to advance Middle East peace talks.
CAIRO — Al-Qaida’s deputy leader on Monday accused President Barack Obama of deceiving the Arab world and failing to advance Middle East peace talks, and said the militants’ struggle against the United States and its allies is “a war between Muslims and infidels.”
CAIRO — Al-Qaida’s deputy leader on Monday accused President Barack Obama of deceiving the Arab world and failing to advance Middle East peace talks, and said the militants’ struggle against the United States and its allies is “a war between Muslims and infidels.”
Several men being held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, may be tried in two New York federal courts, officials said.
Veteran al-Qaida terrorists are leaving Pakistan and Afghanistan and are heading to Yemen, U.S. and foreign government officials say.
Federal prosecutors are considering sending a Guantanamo Bay detainee named Majid Khan -- who grew up in Maryland before allegedly enlisting with al-Qaida -- to face trial in New York, a person familiar with the discussions said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government official says senior al-Qaida operations planner Saleh al-Somali was killed in an American missile strike Tuesday in Pakistan.
The top U.S. military officer warned on Monday the first U.S. troops headed to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's surge can expect more fighting and casualties, hours after 15 Afghan police were killed.
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