A top US army officer said on Sunday he did not have confidence in a hand-held device used by Iraq's security forces to detect explosives and stop suicide bombers passing through checkpoints. (AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)Iraq to hold elections in January
Iraq will hold an election in January as scheduled after the United States forced the country's bickering MPS into a grudging show of unity on Sunday.
Did Hill pressure Iraq MPs on election law?
US Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill and Multinational Forces Commander in Iraq General Raymond Odierno congratulated in a statement Iraqi MPs for passing the election law and agreeing over crucial issues for Iraqis.
U.S. Gen. Casey: more troops needed for Afghanistan
General George Casey, Army chief of staff, on Sunday became the latest U.S. military official to advocate sending more troops to Afghanistan as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy.
U.S., Afghans Target Taliban Region
U.S. and Afghan forces are engaging in heavy fighting against the resurgent Taliban militants in the Kunduz and Badghis provinces of northern Afghanistan, pushing into once-peaceful areas overseen by European allies.
Second Bombing in Two Days Hits Pakistan’s Peshawar
A suspected suicide bomber struck a police post in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least four people in the second attack there in two days.
Anti-Taliban Mayor Killed in Pakistan Blast
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