Obama will send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan?
Since the end of August there has been much speculation on President Obama's decision on the new Afghanistan Strategy. The President has been accused of dithering. General McChrystal has publicly stated...
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US turns its eye to Baluchistan
"Quetta Front & the Baluchi Factor As fighting in Afghanistan, particularly the south, intensifies U.S. policy-makers are beginning to shift their gaze to Afghanistan’s southern border with Pakistan and...
China and Russia Band Together to Fight Terrorism, Weary of USA
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization saw China and Russia begin their military exercise together on Wednesday. Under the code name "PeaceMission-2009", the drill will last five days, July 22-26. The main focus...
Security in Afghanistan Worsening - Canadian Report
Canada has had troops deployed to Afghanistan since January 2002, when members of the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry deployed as part of 10 Mountain Division. Canada has been...
90 feared dead in NATO air-strike in Kunduz northern Afghanistan
Several News services are reporting a tragic event in Kunduz which is in Northern Afghanistan. A NATO air strike was targeting Taliban insurgents who stole two fuel tankers. Early estimates...
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region now at 642
The U.S. Department of Defense has released figures of Deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. The total number as of 6 July 2009 is 642. The Department last updated its figures at 10 a.m. EDT....
US Soldier Captured and Sold in Afghanistan to Taliban's Haqqani
A U.S soldier, private first class, is believed to have been captured in Afghanistan as almost 4,000 U.S Marines launched an operation in the Helmand Province to take control of Taliban strongholds. CNN is reporting...
Car bomb kills dozens in Kirkuk Market on heels of US Withdrawal
Today was the day that American troops withdrew from cities and towns in Iraq and estabilished themselves in the Iraqi countryside. No longer were American troops to be seen, helicopters no longer buzzed the...
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Sadr City - Blast kills more than 75 at Market-Bomb
Wednesday a powerful bomb killed more than 75 people in a market in Sadr City, Baghdad's main Shiite neighborhood. The resurgence of violence casts serious doubts on the readiness of Iraqi Security Forces to...
Rocket attack on Bagram Airbase - Afghanistan kills 2 US troops
An insurgent rocket attack on Bagram Air Base, a major US Base in Afghanistan, has killed 2 US soldiers and wounded 6 others (4 Americans and 2 civilians). According to the top official, Kabir Ahamad, several...
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