U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (C) discusses potato and onion prices with a vendor (L) in a bazaar in Nawa, Helmand province, January 11, 2010. Vilsack is in Afghanistan on a three-day visit to assess how to rebuild its agriculture sector. Picture take January 11, 2010. REUTERS/Sue Pleming
Generals should be guided by truth, not politics
In his Dec. 27 column, ["An admiral who found the center," op-ed], David Ignatius distorts the proper role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He glosses over Adm. Mike Mullen's professional failures, particularly on Afghanistan and his handling of the firing of Gen. David McKiernan.
3,100 more troops on Afghanistan deployment list
The troops, most from the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade at Ft. Hood, Texas, will deploy this summer. The Pentagon has now issued orders to 25,000 of the 30,000 additional troops bound for Afghanistan.
U.S. official promises expanded oversight in Afghanistan
President Obama's special inspector general for Afghanistan said in Kabul on Tuesday that his team is boosting its staffing as U.S. aid money into the country grows -- along with the potential for fraud and abuse.
U.S. uses Predator drone to hit suspected insurgents in Afghanistan; 13 killed
Using a Predator drone, the U.S. military this week fired a Hellfire missile into a crowd of suspected insurgents in Helmand province, killing 13 people and wounding three, military officials said Tuesday. It was one of two such attacks by unmanned aircraft on the same day.
Afghan villagers protest 'Nato killings'
Yemen al-Qaeda link to Guantanamo Bay prison
The failed Detroit airliner bomb attack on Christmas Day awakened the world to the threat from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a group that until then was hardly a household name.
Reports: Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen
The leader of an al Qaeda cell in Yemen has been killed in clashes with security forces, the Yemeni government said Wednesday. Abdullah al-Mehdarhad, whose name is also spelled as al-Mihdar, led a cell in the Habban region of Yemen's Shabwa province, according to 26sep.net, the Web site for the Yemeni military.
New evidence of Qaeda tie to Madrid blast: expert
The 2004 Madrid bombings, Europe's deadliest Islamist militant attack, probably were instigated by al Qaeda and were not the work of autonomous cells, a top terrorism expert says.
Iraq forces detain 25 suspects, seize explosives in Baghdad
Qassim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, said in a statement that his troops confiscated 200 kg of C4 explosives, 200 kg of TNT, 60 mortar rounds and some 250 litre of ammonium nitrate which is used for making bombs during the search operations conducted early Tuesday morning.
Iraq security measures set off rumors of coup
Baghdad says it ordered a virtual lockdown to foil a plot involving car bombs and suicide attacks. The ensuing panic paints a picture of a jittery city bracing for elections.
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