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Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s forces have killed 600 fighters, at least 7 percent of the nation’s main Taliban force, in a six-week-old offensive in South Waziristan, military spokesman Athar Abbas said.
In an address on the war plan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, Obama will discuss the limits on U.S. resources, both in military personnel and budget, Gibbs told reporters at the White House. He also will talk about the role of Pakistan in battling extremists.
India has long seen a role for itself in Afghanistan. But Pakistani suspicion and Taliban attacks are making India's Afghan policy challenging.
In an address on the war plan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, Obama will discuss the limits on U.S. resources, both in military personnel and budget, Gibbs told reporters at the White House.
In other news, Iran was censured Friday by the United Nations for refusing to cooperate with a uranium program recommended by the U.N.'s nuclear agency, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban in hopes of bargaining a truce.
Extra forces will be first to move into Afghanistan as part of Obama's escalation of the war. President will outline strategy in speech at West Point.
Days after President Barack Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan and renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that stalled this year amid a troop shortage and political pressure from the Afghan government, senior U.S. officials said.
KABUL – In the United States, being a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout is just one of many diversions offered to kids. But here in Afghanistan, it’s not simply a diversion – it’s a matter of survival.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visits the White House Monday for talks with US President Barack Obama set to be dominated by climate change and the conflict in Afghanistan.
Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency on Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
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With President Barack Obama poised to announce on Tuesday a surge of additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan, U.S. and Canadian forces stationed in the south of the country are anticipating reinforcements to help them secure the crucial city of Kandahar and turn the tide against rebels in this longtime Taliban stronghold.
Afghan border police said Sunday they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hours.
Dario Lopez-Mills/The Associated Press U.S. soldiers wait Monday for Army engineers to install a temporary bridge to replace one blown up by insurgents near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan.
In Colorado, Tom Bearden visited Fort Carson Army base to speak with troops ahead of President Obama's unveiling of his new Afghanistan plan.
President Obama began to fill in world leaders about his new Afghan strategy in Afghanistan. Ray Suarez speaks with a New York Times reporter for more.
