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Committee has completed a detailed look back at a crucial failure early in the battle against Al Qaeda : the escape of Osama bin Laden from American forces in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora in December 2001. “Removing the...

Afghanistan.   US Army General Stanley McChrystal gave his assessment to a delegation of US lawmakers who visited Kabul earlier this week, participants said on Saturday. (Reuters)  

She said her government has already announced that the refugee camps would be emptied soon. Those who know the situation there, argue that that's what the Sri Lankan government said in May, that soon the Tamil civilian would be allowed...

Hit the deck,� cries Leading Seaman Erik Lindholm as air sirens wail. Pods of soldiers and civilians drop to the dust-caked ground or scoot into concrete bunkers just before 10 a.m. Rocket attack,� drones the male voice over the loudspeaker...

Police in the city claim to have arrested a member of a banned outfit and recovered arms and ammunition, DawnNews reported. The suspect, identified only as Junaid, was arrested near Garden Town and is said to belong to the banned...

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency buildings be lowered to half-staff Tuesday in memory of U.S...Cleaver was killed last week in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber attacked his unit. Flags should remain at half-staff...

The much-touted anti-Naxalite offensive of the Central para military forces in coordination with the state governments, which should have begun by now, has been quietly put off to January. And, that too will be limited to only two states of...

The Coast Guard had intensified patrolling yesterday in view of the Heroes day, when they intercepted the Sri Lankan fishermen, the sources said. The apprehended fishermen were being brought to be handed over to the Kasimedu Police station. On being...

A Nation In Solidarity Against Terror -- is being organised by the ministry of home affairs with a view to sending a strong message that India has the capacity, courage and confidence to overcome the threat. "India has at regular...

Afghanistan — Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world. Now fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers invariably encounter illiterate farmers who may never...