U.S. Military
Taliban fighters seize district in Eastern Afghanistan
May 29, 2010Afghan officials say Taliban militants have overtaken a remote district in eastern Afghanistan after days of heavy fighting with police. Provincial officials say the insurgents took control of Barg-e-Matal district on Saturday after forcing police to...
US preparing for retaliatory strike if terror attack traced to Pakistan
May 29, 2010Police in Pakistan say Taliban attackers carried out Friday's bloody attack on two mosques in Lahore belonging to the Ahmadi religious minority. Police said Saturday that the attackers were Pakistani Taliban fighters who trained in the North Waziristan...
Gates reluctantly accepts early end to US military gay ban
May 26, 2010By Al Pessin U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is reluctantly accepting a move in Congress to immediately repeal the ban on open homosexuals serving in the U.S. military -- a move that could come this week. Secretary Gates has endorsed the idea of...
Russia has allowed just one U.S. military overflight to Afghanistan
January 21, 2010Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told RFE/RL today that Russia has allowed only one flight of lethal U.S. military equipment to transit its airspace en route to Afghanistan, despite a July agreement envisioning as many as 12 flights a day. Speaking...
Top US General Ray Odierno: Withdrawal Complete from Iraqi Cities
June 30, 2009By Meredith Buel The top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Army General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday that American combat forces have completed the planned withdrawal from Baghdad and other urban areas. Speaking via satellite from Baghdad to reporters...