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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is making 50 million pounds ($83 million) in new funding available to Pakistan to help the country pacify its lawless border with Afghanistan.
Albania says it has agreed to accept more former Guantanamo detainees, but not members of China's ethnic Uighur Muslim minority.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s decision to set a target date for starting U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan divided lawmakers as he is seeking to consolidate support for his war plan.
Failure in Afghanistan would mean a Taliban takeover of the country and "have severe consequences for the United States and the world," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday as the Obama administration set out to sell its new strategy on Capitol Hill.
A suicide bomber set off explosives hidden under his jacket outside the entrance of Pakistan 's navy headquarters Wednesday, killing one security guard and wounding 11 other people, police said.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- While President Barack Obama plans to start withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan a year after completing his troop buildup, some Afghans say the necessary progress in stabilizing the country may not happen that quickly.
A suicide bomber attacked Pakistan's navy headquarters in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday, killing a naval official and injuring 11 others in the latest blast in the Taliban-troubled nation.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says he's "absolutely supportive" of the 18-month timeline for President Barack Obama's troop surge even if Taliban forces try to wait out the increased U.S. commitment.
The Daily News' Impact Panel weighed in on President Obama's plan to send more American troops to Afghanistan .
The much-anticipated new U.S. war strategy finally in hand, Afghans and U.S. troops on the ground began asking key questions Wednesday on the fate of the violence-battered nation: Can the Afghan government fight corruption and ready its forces to secure the nation? Can U.S. troops really start going home in July 2011? Will more troops mean more Afghans dying?
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside Pakistan's naval headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday, killing a guard and critically wounding two navy personnel.
President Barack Obama's national security team heads to Congress on Wednesday to sell lawmakers on his dramatic escalation of the Afghan war, which his field commander said would make a "huge difference."
Local politicians were generally receptive to President Barack Obama ’s announcement Tuesday that an additional 30,000 troops will deploy to Afghanistan early next year, though there was some skepticism on the effectiveness of the plan and outright rejection from at least one political heavyweight.
A suicide bomber struck near the naval headquarters in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday, police said, killing a navy official in the latest attack in the Taliban-troubled nation.
Dec. 1, 2009 - Cadets listen as President Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (Charles Dharapak/AP)
Text of President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday about his plans for the Afghanistan war, as provided by the White House: Good evening.
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