A U.S. Army officer who was honored for valor after his combat outpost in Afghanistan was attacked has also received a letter of reprimand for failing to secure the base before the attack, according to Army officials. Such a letter normally would prevent career advancement.
U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Myer received the Silver Star for his [...]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday morning on an unannounced visit, as NATO-led coalition forces are pressing an offensive in the nation’s south.
Gates was scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Coalition forces are battling Taliban fighters around the town of [...]
More than two dozen militants were killed Friday in a Pakistani military airstrike that targeted high-value Taliban leaders, a Pakistani military official told CNN on Saturday.
The strike on militant hideouts in the country’s tribal region killed Taliban leader Fateh Mohammad, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Pakistani station Express TV.
Taliban commanders Mullah Faqir Mohammad and Qari [...]
Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan on Saturday, his office said.
He went to Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand province, as well as a police training college and a British forward operating base, or outpost, according to 10 Downing Street.
Brown’s office told news outlets of his [...]
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan government has banned news organizations from covering militant attacks while they are occurring, saying media outlets unknowingly help the Taliban through such broadcasts. The National Directorate of Security issued the ban Monday. It prevents news organizations from reporting from the site of an attack until security forces secure the area [...]
An official at the human rights charity deplores its work with a ‘jihadist’
A SENIOR official at Amnesty International has accused the charity of putting the human rights of Al-Qaeda terror suspects above those of their victims.
Gita Sahgal, head of the gender unit at Amnesty’s international secretariat, believes that collaborating with Moazzam Begg, a former British [...]
Washington Post General McChrystal sees progress in Afghanistan Los Angeles Times The situation is no longer deteriorating, he says, his most optimistic assessment yet. He says the open talk of an upcoming offensive in Helmand is also a signal to Afghans that things are improving
Reuters McChrystal Sounds Note of Optimism on Afghanistan Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of US and allied forces in Afghanistan, said he no longer believes the battlefield situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, the first time he has made such a determination since taking command ..
Washington Post Pakistan denounces conviction of neuroscientist in US court The Guardian An FBI picture of Aafia Siddiqui, released in 2003, when she was named as a suspect over links to al-Qaida operatives. Photograph: AP Pakistanis were united in anger today after an American court convicted Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US-educated … Pakistan protesters slam US guilty verdict AFP US verdict sparks Pakistan protests Aljazeera.net Pakistan concerned over “Indian influence” in Afghanistan: spokesman Xinhua Washington Post
Aljazeera.net Settlement with Taliban possible only if violence ceases: Krishna The Hindu PTI 'With a military solution in Afghanisthan not in sight, the focus must be on the political process”: SM Krishna. File photo India made it clear that any solution to the Afghanistan problem would have to take place under the leadership of its … Karzai appeals to Saudi King to mediate with Taliban Telegraph.co.uk Karzai's Taliban reconciliation strategy raises ethnic, rights concerns at home Washington Post Afghan leader cancels meeting with Muslim body Reuters Sydney Morning Herald
