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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.
Lawmakers back troop increase but question announced target date for withdrawal
Gates, Clinton face skepticism during hearings in Congress
This is what the president said to me about Afghanistan : We'll try this additional force for another 18 months. During this time, the Afghan leaders must cobble together a government that can provide for and protect its people. In the meantime, the United States and its allies must destroy al Qaeda and its Taliban allies in and on the border of Pakistan . At the end of this period, assuming ...
The threat posed by Al-Qaeda remains strong, experts say, because as well as planning attacks, Osama bin Laden's organisation is inspiring others.
As of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, at least 851 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The...
Films about the war in Afghanistan and slain former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto were named in the line-up for next year's Sundance Film Festival.
Washington, Dec 2 (PTI) US Vice President Joe Biden today said that the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban leadership are in Pakistan and the new Af-Pak policy is focusing on it.
? ? Islamabad, Dec 2 (PTI) A teenaged suicide bomber today struck Pakistan's Navy headquarters, blowing himself up at the gate of the complex here, killing two naval policemen and injuring 13 others in the latest in a wave of attacks targeting security forces.
Karachi, Dec 2 (PTI) Pakistan federal interior ministry today gave security clearance to the national cricketers to participate in the third edition of the Indian Premier League in India in March-April next year.
Karachi, Dec 2 (PTI) Not all the Pakistani players are welcome in the next IPL season as the organisers have sought clearance for only five players from the PCB.
Anxious Democrats show little appetite for seriously blocking President Barack Obama’s new war strategy for Afghanistan and appear to be looking for ways instead to bridge their differences with the White House before funding is debated next year.
Top U.S. officials said the first of 30,000 new U.S. troops would arrive in Afghanistan in two to three weeks but also made clear on Wednesday that plans to start bringing the soldiers home in 18 months could slip.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans and Pakistanis Wednesday greeted President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000-35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan with limited enthusiasm, skepticism that the U.S. has enough staying power to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency and even suspicion that the rapid surge will be followed by a speedy exit.
President Barack Obama was host to India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House . It was his administration’s first official state visit. The event included a star-studded dinner gala with a 400-person guest list that would make Hollywood (and Bollywood) jealous. Obama made flattering remarks and touted the U.S.-India relationship as one of the most important of the 21st century.
President Barack Obama ’s speech at West Point laying out his strategy in Afghanistan shows that, at the very least, he has no illusions about the difficulty of the task ahead.He must contend with a weak government in Pakistan , an even weaker government in Afghanistan , grudging support from our allies, a skeptical American public and opposition from the left of his own party.And he has to find ...
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