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2nd Day of UN General Assembly Debate Underway
September 24, 2009A second day of debate is underway at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, where speakers Thursday include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Other speakers Thursday include Japanese Prime...
- Secretary Hilary Clinton remarks: Foreign Policy Address at CFR
July 15, 2009Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess...
- US Launches Massive Offensive in Afghanistan
July 02, 2009About 4,000 U.S. Marines descended on Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan Thursday, launching the first major operation under U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy to stabilize the country. The U.S. troops and about 650 Afghan troops and...
- U.S. Marines, Afghan Forces Launch Major Offensive In Helmand
July 02, 2009By Abubakar Siddique A massive military offensive involving thousands of U.S. Marines has been launched against Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, considered by many to be the country's most insecure region. With thousands...
- Video: Couple executed by Taliban for having affair
April 27, 2009Horrifying footage has emerged of a couple being executed by the Taliban after conducting an alleged affair in a Pakistan village near the Afghan border. Taliban gunmen have been filmed executing a surprised couple whom they repeatedly shot for the alleged...
British, Afghan forces attack Taliban site
December 10, 2007An attack by British and Afghan troops on the Taliban-controlled town of Musa Qala in Afghanistan has led to the capture of two Taliban commanders. A NATO spokesman said Afghan soldiers are ready to occupy the Islamists' stronghold and expect the...
Report: Afghanistan could fall to Taliban
November 22, 2007Afghanistan is in danger of once again falling under the control of the hard-line Taliban, an independent think tank said in a report released Wednesday. The Senlis Council report claimed that 54 percent of the country is under Taliban control. ...
U.S. claims 125 Afghan Taliban killed
September 26, 2007At least 125 militant Taliban members were killed in fighting with coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Wednesday. A statement Wednesday said 65 insurgents were killed in Uruzgan province in a six-hour battle Tuesday night...
