REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodNATO Pledges 7,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
Responding to American entreaties for more soldiers in Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary general, announced Friday that the alliance had agreed to contribute a further 7,000 “new forces” to the coalition there following Washington’s decision to commit some 30,000 American reinforcements.
Obama homed in on an Afghanistan pullout date
Reporting from Washington - It started out as a projection from the military, intended only for the ears of the president and his top advisors. But in a war council meeting at the White House less than a month ago, Obama proposed making it public.
Travelling by road in Afghanistan 'now more dangerous than under Taliban'
Major General Nick Carter said that, before the 2001 invasion, young women could travel alone between major cities without risk of harm. Now, there is a constant threat from sophisticated IEDs and criminal gangs who rob and kidnap passengers.
At least 39 killed in Pakistan mosque attack
Militants hurled hand grenades then fired on a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing at least 39 people, rescue services said
Did Barack Obama forget India in Afghanistan-Pakistan speech?
Rumors are circulating in the halls of power through out New Delhi, India that President Barack Obama left out one important player in his Afghanistan policy speech that included Pakistan as a key component in the policy. The fact that President Obama failed to mention India's role in the plan was painfully obvious, after he spent weeks of putting his plan for South Asia together.
Al-Qaeda helping LeT to provoke Indo-Pak conflict: US
Al-Qaeda is providing Pakistan-based LeT with targeting information and helping them in plotting attacks in India, aimed at provoking a conflict between the two countries that would ultimately destabilise Pakistan, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.
Analysis: `Not Iraq:' 1 surge doesn't fit all
America's second major military "surge" shares the same goal as the first nearly three years ago: to stem runaway violence in Afghanistan as troops did eventually in Iraq. The comparisons quickly fade from there.
Iraq election decision postponed until Sunday
Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi said on Thursday he had postponed until Sunday a decision on whether to sign or veto an election law required for next year's critical poll, after a court gave him more time.
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