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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.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Pakistan on Wednesday to do more to go after militants on their territory but sought to allay Islamabad's concerns over increased U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
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 war strategy on Capitol Hill.
President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday welcomed a US decision to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan and set a timeline to bring forces home, as the Taliban vowed to escalate the eight-year war.
The Taliban rebuffed President Barack Obama's new war plan for Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying his strategy to send 30,000 new troops will only lead to more American casualties.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's military and diplomatic team on Wednesday defended his decision to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, telling lawmakers that the escalation is needed to prevent a Taliban takeover of the country, which could provide a sanctuary for al Qaida.
A suicide bomber attacked Pakistan's navy headquarters in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday, killing a naval policeman and injuring 11 others in the latest blast in the insurgency-hit nation.
The United States sought Wednesday to win firmer backing from Islamabad in fighting terror by pledging to "significantly expand support" for Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation wary of US actions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - 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.
Members of the European Parliament and Members of the South Asia Peace Forum paid their condolences to the Prime Minister of India Shri Manmohan Singh for the massacre done by terrorists last year in Mumbai.
Some European countries are likely to send more troops to Afghanistan but others are already talking about drawing down their numbers. Washington may end up disappointed
Nearly 2,600 bodies have been discovered in single unmarked and mass graves throughout mountainous Indian Kashmir, human rights activists said Wednesday, alleging some of the dead were likely innocent people killed by security forces.
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