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During yesterday’s hearings before the House and Senate Armed Service Committees, General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry presented a unified front, defending the escalation strategy outlined by the Obama administration. They projected..
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Two of the biggest goals for U.S. forces in Afghanistan are building up Afghan security forces and convincing Taliban fighters to lay down their arms — and cash...
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A bomb exploded near an intelligence office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, damaging the building and killing at least 12 people amid a surge of...
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Every morning, Sarim Zaidi, 17, puts on his school uniform, straightens his tie and hops into the car his parents provide for him to go to the Imperial International...
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Obama’s announcement surge of 30,000 more US troops in Afghanistan may turn out to be the turning point in the history of American war in Afghanistan. Launched in...
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A bomb has gone off in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, killing a navy security officer and injuring three others in a suspected suicide attack.
The blast was at the...
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A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
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Pakistani News channels flung with the news of US-Taliban secret talks involving the well-known Algerian mediator Dr. Abdullah Anas.
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Faced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan increasingly views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as critical to its own security — but is worried...
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This windswept, sand-colored town in the badlands of western Pakistan is empty now, cleared of the militants who once claimed it as their capital. But its main brick...
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British forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with “bags of gold”, according to a new army field manual published yesterday.
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Taliban militants blew up a girls’ school in Pakistan’s Khyber district on Tuesday, the third such attack in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan so far...
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Insurgents fired two rockets on Monday into a market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The...
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The document calls for a “combination of carrot and stick” to encourage Taliban commanders and foot soldiers to lay down their arms and rejoin Afghan...
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Afghan defense Ministry claimed its soldiers would be strong enough in four years time to secure its geographical boundaries and sovereignty. This means that the Afghan...
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Sikh activists burn an effigy of Taliban as they protest against Taliban and Pakistan in Jammu, India, Sunday, May 3, 2009. The protesters alleged that Sikhs and Hindu families in Pakistan’s north western frontier province and tribal areas have left...
