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Coalition forces can attain "success" in Afghanistan, but U.S. officials should wait until December 2010 before they can measure the progress of the troop surge, a top U.S. commander told a Senate committee Wednesday.
They key to Afghan withdrawal lies in Pakistan and Obama needs to tread carefully on this path.
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Washington - US President Barack Obama Monday praised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's overtures to Turkey's minority Kurdish community after the two leaders met at the White House. The more the Kurdish population feels included in the n...
Washington, 7 December (WashingtonTV)—US National Security Advisor James Jones said on Sunday that Washington would launch a new effort to track down al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden.
Bombers struck in two Pakistani cities on Monday killing 43 people and wounding more than 100 as the Supreme Court began a hearing that could deepen political tension in the nuclear-armed country.
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of ...
There are so many things wrong with Obama’s “New and Improved” Afghanistan War that it’s hard to know where to begin, but I guess the place to start is with his premise.
Pakistan's top court began hearing challenges on Monday to an amnesty order that could deepen political tension in a nuclear-armed country already facing pressure to fight Taliban militants on several fronts.
Washington Post: Approach Does Not Wage Afghanistan War in a Fundamentally Different Way Than Outlined in August Assessment
Oslo - US President Barack Obama has shortened his visit to Oslo this week where he is to receive the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Monday. Obama had been expected to arrive late Wednesday on the eve of the ceremony in Os...
Washington - The Pentagon announced Monday orders deploying 16,000 troops to Afghanistan, the first part of President Barack Obama's buildup of 30,000 soldiers to reverse Taliban gains and stabilize the country. An infantry battalion force of 1,500 M...
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, said bin Laden, believed hiding mainly in a rugged area of western Pakistan, may ...
The Pentagon says about 16,000 U.S. troops will go into Afghanistan in the first wave of the new surge approved by President Barack Obama.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts.
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