News Source: Dawn
| 2 months ago
Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, Nato is struggling to define a strategy to counter a spreading insurgency in Afghanistan, as a mounting coalition death toll saps public support. President Barack Obama, voted in to the White House last...
News Source: Sify News
| 2 months ago
Pakistan is clearly a tempting target not least because of the fact that it is a nuclear-weaponed state and that is a terrifying prospect. "Even if only a few of those (nuclear) weapons fell into their hands, believe me they would use them. The...
News Source: Sky News
| 2 months ago
His comment comes as the coalition commander in Afghanistan , US General Stanley McChrystal, is requesting up to 40,000 additional troops. Gen McChrystal's plan is reported to have met with a cool reception in Washington where Vice President Joe...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 2 months ago
Taliban and achieve the international community's objectives in Afghanistan. The comment seemed to back the large troop boost widely believed to be sought by U.S...Stanley McChrystal, the top coalition commander in Afghanistan. Afghan government,...
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| 2 months ago
Top UK general backs call for Afghan troop boost The new chief of Britain's army says NATO should send more troops to Afghanistan. Gen. David Richards says more soldiers will make it easier to achieve the international community's objectives and...
News Source: Times Online
| 2 months ago
The Royal Navy and the RAF have been ordered to cut right back on all unnecessary spending in order to ensure that defence spending is focused entirely on Afghanistan. A planned visit to the USA by a Royal Navy carrier group led by the Ark Royal and...