Afghanistan
June 24, 2010Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal was relieved of his post yesterday less than 40 hours after a Rolling Stone profile reported his critical comments about senior Obama administration officials (BBC, Pajhwok, AJE, Guardian, The...
British PM visits Afghanistan, rules out more troops
June 11, 2010British Prime Minister David Cameron, on his first visit to Kabul, has said Afghanistan was his one of its government's "most important" foreign policy priority. But Cameron, speaking at a press conference with President Hamid Karzai, ruled...
Shall the US start fighting terrorism in 'Brainistan'?
June 10, 2010by Tawfik Hamid The war on terror and the US military confrontation with Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is considered to be one of the longest wars in our modern history. It has actually surpassed WWII in duration. The jihadist-related terrorism...
Russia urges global struggle against Afghan heroin
June 10, 2010Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says the international community must accept responsibility for the fight against illicit drugs from Afghanistan. He told an anti-drug conference in Moscow that worldwide Afghan heroine has killed nearly one-million people...
Suicide blast kills 40 at Afghan wedding
June 10, 2010Afghan officials are blaming a suicide bomber for the attack on a wedding party that killed at least 40 people and wounded more than 70. The blast ripped through the celebration in the Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province late Wednesday....
Attackers torch NATO supply convoy in Pakistan
June 09, 2010Gunmen have attacked a truck stop just outside of the Pakistani capital, torching a convoy of tankers and trucks bound for NATO forces in Afghanistan. Pakistani officials said 10 to 15 gunmen began shooting at the depot, just 10 kilometers from Islamabad...
10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
June 08, 2010Ten NATO soldiers, seven of them Americans, were killed in separate attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan Monday, as the alliance continues to battle Taliban militants. NATO said that in the east, five service members - all Americans - died in...
Kremlin 'Unhappy' with antidrug efforts in Afghanistan
June 07, 2010At an Asia security conference in Singapore, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told delegates that narcotics from Afghanistan are a threat to Europe, Asia, and the United States and urged NATO forces in Afghanistan to step up the campaign to...
Five NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
June 07, 2010Military officials say five NATO soldiers died Sunday in separate incidents in Afghanistan. According to a statement, a vehicle accident killed three NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan. NATO said a makeshift bomb killed another service member in southern...
U.S. military halts refueling flights from Kyrgyzstan's manas facility
June 04, 2010The U.S. military has stopped refueling tanker aircraft at Kyrgyzstan's Manas air base as officials from both sides renegotiate a fuel contract, the Pentagon says. The facility is a key transit and refueling base to support U.S. and NATO operations in...
