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
American soldier feared captured in Afghanistan
KABUL - An American soldier, who disappeared after walking off his base in eastern Afghanistan with three Afghan counterparts, is believed captured, officials said Thursday.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
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
Analysis: Obama scores major, much-needed victory
WASHINGTON - Facing a rare defeat, President Barack Obama put a big dose of political capital on the line and scored a major victory just when he needed one.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Mitch McConnell Barack Obama Al Gore George W. Bush Activities:111th Congress Obama Admin. 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
World Bank sees 3.0% global contraction
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank said Thursday the global economy is set to contract some 3.0 percent this year, sharper than previously estimated, urging more aid for developing countries amid the spreading crisis.
Nations:Italy Afghanistan Mexico People:Robert Zoellick Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(AFP)
2009-06-11
Panel finds lax oversight of wartime contracting
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, says a new report by an independent commission investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Barack Obama Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2009-06-08
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
Analysis: NKorea's bomb test adds to atomic threat
WASHINGTON - North Korea's nuclear test makes it no likelier that the regime will actually launch a nuclear attack, but it adds a scary dimension to another threat: the defiant North as a facilitator of the atomic ambitions of others, potentially even terrorists.
Nations:Japan South Korea China Russia Afghanistan North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Bill Clinton Lee Myung-Bak Barack Obama Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis
2009-05-26
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