News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 2 months ago
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany are urging the United Nations to press ahead with plans to convene a major international conference on Afghanistan's future. Britain's Gordon Brown, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel have...
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 2 months ago
He says that Taliban militants have no chance of retaking power and that terrorists no longer have a safe haven there. Afghan elections are undermining the legitimacy of the regime in Kabul. Commanders on the ground are expected to call for more...
News Source: The Local
| 2 months ago
We are aware that in the past the death of soldiers has often been used for propaganda, especially in Germany," said President Horst Köhler, alluding to the Nazi past, during a ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday evening. The monument located in the...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 2 months ago
Ms Merkel told parliament she "deeply regretted" any civilian deaths caused by a German-ordered air strike on two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan, which killed more than 50 people on Friday but said she would not tolerate international partners...
News Source: The Frontier Post
| 2 months ago
Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected on Tuesday criticism of a deadly air strike in Afghanistan instigated by Germany and called for an agreement this year on how to transfer responsibility for security to Afghan officials. Addressing parliament three...
News Source: The independent
| 2 months ago
Angela Merkel says she 'deeply regrets' the loss of innocent lives The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rushed to defend her government's military engagement in Afghanistan in the wake of a Nato air strike last week that turned into the deadliest...