Seven Afghan Soldier killed in 'Nato air strike'

One more case of mistaken identity by NATO troops, unfortunately this mistake took life of seven Afghan soldiers. This incident took lace in western Bagdhis province of Afghanistan. It is not the first time this kind of mistargeted killing. Earlier NATO killed several in a...

Kosovo Unveils Statue in Honour of Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton was a special guest in Kosovo today to attend the unveiling of a 11 foot statue in his honour.  Majority Ethnic Albanians see Bill Clinton as a national hero. Kosovo, a former Province of...

AFGHANISTAN: U.S., NATO Forces Rely on Warlords for Security

"The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg of heavy dependence by U.S. and NATO...

NATO SACEUR’S ADDRESS AT RUSI: LESSONS FOR AFRICA

NATO SACEUR’S ADDRESS AT RUSI: LESSONS FOR AFRICA   Kudakwashe Kanhutu RUSI, Whitehall, London 2 October 2009. Admiral James Stavridis, the newly appointed NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe made...

Swiss Delighted That "The Russians are Coming" ....finally

Suvorov's march across the Alps No Russian Head of State has ever visited Switzerland - no Tsar, no President. Are the Swiss on the bottom of priorites?  The Kremlin denies this. Building on common ground...

NYT reporter freed in Afghanistan,a UK soldier dead

It is more like Hollywood action flick, where commandos do the rescue mission. In a similar incident UK journalist Stepehen Farell, who was kidnapped on Saturday by the Taliban militia,  has been rescued by...

Crux of Afgan Debate: Will More Troops Curb Terror?

The idea that a war can be won by means other than troop deployment, but instead with drones, missiles, CIA hit squads, and payouts to warlords in Afghanistan to distance themselves from Al Qaeda. What delusions are floating around America and Europe this week? It is true...

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...

Taliban Tactics/Strategy Surprising-is the Obama strategy working

Without question, Afghanistan was on the backburner while the Bush administration concentrate on the surge in Iraq, which up to this point seems to have been successful.  President Obama changed the...

Afghanistan - More violence on eve of Election Day

Insurgent attacks continued the attempt to discourage voters from taking part in tomorrow's second Presidential election in Afghanistan.   The increased violence seems to have some effect on the...

Air Mobile Assault into Taliban held town by US Marines

U.S. Marines moved into Dahaneh and the surrounding mountains by helicopter.  The Marines were supported by Harrier aircraft.  The assault is to support next weeks Afghanistan election. This is the...

Pakistan gives US, NATO proof on India's covert links with Baitul

The US continues to be in denial as evident from the recent statement of Richard Holbrooke where he said the evidence Pakistan has produced on India's links to terrorism in Balochistan is not credible. The Pakistanis have photographs and video tapes of Indian agents in...

McChrystal is studying new policy for Aghanistan - more troops

General Stanley McChrystal took over command of ISAF in Afghanistan last month.  He was appointed by the Obama Administration in the hope of advancing the war in Afghanistan. His first order was to change...

Politician Health Scares: Sarkozy And Scheffer Leave Hospitals

This past week, fatigue-related health incidents have caused hospitalizations of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Will politicians have to change their daily routines to allow for more 'down' time, or is exhaustion part of...

DIVERGENCES

Yesterdays New York Times has a story that hints at divergences between the US and Pakistan in the war on terror in Afghanistan. Unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials are reported as having said that Pakistan had concerns that the US operational surge in Afghanistan could...

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