Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone Wtop By ANNE GEARAN | AP National Security Writer | COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province. | Gates toured U.S. bases and met with troops in...
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Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone Seattle Times COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan - | U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province. | Gates toured U.S. bases and met with troops in the thick of the fighting in Kandahar city and th...
NATO says 6 Afghan insurgents killed in clash The Guardian | KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban commander was captured and six insurgents killed in a raid on a rebel hide-out in northern Afghanistan, NATO said Saturday. | The assault in the northern province of Takhar follows a string of recent raids on m...
U.S. to temper stance on Afghan corruption Denver Post | Defense Secretary Robert Gates participates Friday in an award ceremony for soldiers at combat outpost Senjaray outside Kandahar. (Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images pool photo)Related ArticlesSep 1:Defense secretary urges patience in AfghanistanTests sh...
NATO says 6 Afghan insurgents killed in clash Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeDefense Secretary Robert Gates addresses troops from the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, as he visits Forward Operation Base Camp Nathan Smith outside Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. «12»KABUL, Af...
US soldier dies in southern Afghanistan Zeenews Kabul: A US soldier in southern Afghanistan has died after an insurgent attack in the most volatile part of the country, NATO said on Saturday. | The attack was on Friday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement. | A...
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Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans The New York Times | KABUL, Afghanistan — Airstrikes by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts as to whether the attack...
Gates Lands in Afghanistan The New York Times | KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President Hamid Karz...
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain The New York Times | LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to reduce c...
Indiana Co. Marine killed in Afghanistan Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Lance Cpl. Joshua T. Twigg, 21, of Indiana, Pa., died of gunshot wounds in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, the Marine Corps said. | He graduated in 2007 from Penns Manor High School in Indiana County, where he played on the football tea...
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack Contra Costa Times KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A candidate in this month's Afghan parliamentary elections was wounded in a grenade attack amid growing political violence and insurgent attacks aimed at sabotaging the polls. | ...
The risks of withdrawal loom Gulf News | Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of which were forced upon it (Afghanistan and the "war on terror"), with the third (Iraq) started unnecessarily by a US administration blinded by ideology and hubris. | The...
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security The Star | LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim b...
