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Pakistani Taliban end push, but questions remain
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 7 months ago
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Critics said the advance was evidence Islamabad was wrong in talking with the insurgents. Syed Mohammed Javed, the top government administrator in the region, said a hard-line cleric who helped mediate the peace deal persuaded the Taliban to return to...
Tags: Pakistan-Afghanistan, Pakistani, northwest Pakistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Taliban, Islamabad, Buner, India, U.S, Petraeus
US seeks Turkmen help to stabilize region
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | 10 months ago
Credibility The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has arrived in Turkmenistan to discuss cooperation on increasing security across Central Asia...David Petraeus is on a tour of countries in the region to seek assistance in Afghanistan as the U.S. looks...
Tags: petraeus, U.S, Afghanistan
US Studies Withdrawing More Troops from Iraq
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 months ago
Credibility A top American military commander says there could soon be a further reduction in the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, based on recommendations from commanders in the field...Central Command, General David Petraeus, spoke to reporters in Washington. General...
Tags: petraeus, obama administration, obama, United States, Afghanistan, war, U.S, Iraq, usa, David Petraeus
North-south security divide could sway Afghan vote
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 months ago
Credibility A troubling north-south security divide could affect the outcome of Afghanistan's presidential election this year, a poll official warned on Monday, with voters still to be registered in some of the most dangerous provinces. Afghan forces are struggling...
Tags: security, petraeus, tribal, pakistan, war, obama, Afghanistan, Taliban, al-qaida
It will take humanity as well as guns to beat the Taliban, says General David Petraeus
Basra :: Iraq | 10 months ago
Credibility Sometimes a man’s appearance can be misleading. This one is about 5ft 9in tall, not especially powerful in build; he has ears that stick out and teeth that seem too big for his mouth and he walks with a slightly asymmetric tilt.
Tags: petraeus, foreign policy, war, Pakistan
Petraeus recommends troop surge
Baghdad :: Iraq | 11 months ago
Credibility Gen Petraeus is widely credited for turning around a Sunni insurgency in western Iraq with the 30,000 troop "surge" to secure Baghdad and its environs during his time as commander of the multi-national forces in Iraq. Many hope that Gen Petraeus will...
Tags: iraq, petraeus, Barack Obama, obama, foreign policy, barack, Iraqi Parliament, war, politics, Afghanistan
Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement
Baghdad :: Iraq | 11 months ago
Credibility Only a few weeks ago Prime Minister al-Maliki was praising Obama's sixteen-month timetable...American Embassy officials, according to press accounts, were buttonholing Iraqi parliamentarians in the hallways in the days before the final vote. There are...
Tags: iraq, petraeus, war, Iraqi, David Petraeus
White House scoffs at Petraeus Syria plan
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility David Petraeus is at odds with the Bush administration over his desire to meet with Syrian officials, sources said. ABC News reported Thursday that Petraeus proposed visiting Syria to meet in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Assad shortly after taking...
Tags: petraeus, war, obama, David Petraeus, U.S, Petraeus Syria, Iraq
The simplistic allure of militarism (Jordan Times)
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The global financial crisis has momentarily overshadowed news of the two active wars the United States is leading in Iraq and Afghanistan. The balance of political vs. military actions to stabilise those two countries remains fluid. The change in American...
'Afghanistan in downward spiral'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Corruption and increased militant violence are leading Afghanistan in a downward spiral, a classified US intelligence report says. The report casts doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to counter the rise of the Talibans influence, officials...
Tags: U.S. Afghanistan, downward spiral, National Intelligence Estimate, The New York Times, Petraeus
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