US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns
NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of the biggest American military operation here since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan Pakistan People:Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-07-03
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-07-02
Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
WASHINGTON - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
Nations:Afghanistan North Korea Russia Pakistan People:Kobe Bryant Michael Jackson Dmitry Medvedev Joseph Biden Barack Obama Michael Jordan Activities:Russia-U.S.
2009-07-02
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
NAWA, Afghanistan - Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops poured into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with armor and helicopters Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-07-01
Uranium gives NKorea second way to make bombs
SEOUL, South Korea - After repudiating negotiations on dismantling its plutonium-based nuclear program, North Korea admitted this month to having an even more worrying way to make bombs.
Nations:North Korea South Korea Russia Pakistan People:Kim Jong Il Christopher Hill Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-06-28
Guard kills rival to Pakistan Taliban leader Mehsud
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A gunman working as a guard killed a rival of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday, security officials said, dealing a blow to a government plan to defeat al Qaeda ally Mehsud.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Benazir Bhutto Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(Reuters)
2009-06-23
New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captivity
KABUL - A New York Times reporter known for making investigative trips deep inside dangerous conflict zones escaped from militant captors after more than seven months in captivity in Afghanistan and Pakistan by climbing over a wall, the newspaper said Saturday.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Condoleezza Rice George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-06-20
Pakistani hotel blast's victims
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday for clues after a bold suicide bombing that killed 11 people, including aid workers, in what the U.N. condemned as a "heinous terrorist attack."
Nations:Pakistan Philippines People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-06-10
Five killed in 'arson attack' as Iran unrest mounts
TEHRAN (AFP) - Five people were killed in an arson attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on Monday, the second deadly incident there in the run-up to a presidential election this month.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Iran Election Source:(AFP)
2009-06-01
'Bloody intersection' secured by Pakistani troops
ISLAMABAD - The Taliban left so many mutilated bodies at the crossing -- some hanging from trees with threatening notes -- that Pakistanis in the Swat Valley's main town took to calling it "bloody intersection."
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-05-24
Pakistani troops retake 'bloody intersection'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani troops battling the Taliban have captured several points in the Swat Valley's main town, the army said Sunday, including a spot nicknamed "bloody intersection" because militants routinely dumped the mutilated bodies of their victims there.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-05-24
Official: Gitmo suspect to be sent to NY for trial
WASHINGTON - A top al-Qaida suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday, a major step in President Barack Obama's plan to close the detention center by early next year. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S. and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court.
Nations:Pakistan Tanzania Kenya People:Barack Obama Bill Clinton Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Source:(AP)
2009-05-20
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