Four NATO troops killed in Afghanistan - CNN International
BBC NewsFour NATO troops killed in AfghanistanCNN InternationalKABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Four NATO troops have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan since the weekend, military officials said Tuesday. …FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanis…
Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack - The Associated Press
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Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack
The Associated Press Rocket attacks are extremely rare in Pakistan’s cities, although Taliban militants often target security outposts in the countryside with heavy weapons. … 27 Taliban militants arrested in tribal Pakistan Pakistan troops kill 17 militants after brazen attack Pakistan arrests 29 militants in northwest area |
More US troops for Afghanistan: Are they inevitable? - Christian Science Monitor
News Channel 7More US troops for Afghanistan: Are they inevitable?Christian Science MonitorWashington — The 21000 US troops promised to Afghanistan have still not all arrived, …Emerging GOP Line: Don’t ‘Rumsfeld’ AfghanistanThe Washington…
NZ to deploy SAS to Afghanistan - BBC News
New Zealand HeraldNZ to deploy SAS to AfghanistanBBC NewsNew Zealand is to send a contingent of elite troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key has announced. About 70 members of the Special Air Service (SAS) …New Zealand to send special forces …
US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa - Washington Post
US troops killed in Afghanistan and AfricaWashington PostBy AP AP Anthony M. Lightfoot could always be spotted glued to a television set, playing video games. He beat the Super Mario Bros. game at when he was 4, …US troops killed in Afghanistan and A…
Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials - AFP
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Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials
AFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban stormed the home of a pro-government Pakistani militia leader and killed him Wednesday as clashes between troops and Islamists … INDIA–PAKISTAN: Taliban Face Another Mutiny Pakistan Injects Precision Into Air War on Taliban Pakistani Pledge to Rout Taliban In Tribal Region Is Put on Hold |
No Winners in Somalia
Somalia has become the war that nobody can win, at least not right now.
None of the factions — the moderate Islamist government, the radical Shabab militants, the Sufi clerics who control some parts of central Somalia, the clan militias who control others, the autonomous government of Somaliland in the northwest and the semiautonomous government of Puntland […]
Rumor: Fazlullah May Be Dead
This is highly speculative, but various media are reporting that Swat Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah may have been killed in a gunship attack.
Mystery surrounds the fate of a top-level Taliban occupant of a hilltop bunker in village Datta Khra, between the former Taliban stronghold of Kabal and Shamozai, which was completely destroyed in a gunship helicopter attack last Friday […]
Taking the Eyes Off the Ball
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 16, 2009 at 7:11 am +0000 · 1 Comment
Both Nicholas Schmidle, author of “To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan,” and Andrew Exum (Abu Muqawama, yo) are warning that expanding the Pakistan military operation, currently pushing back the Taliban from the Swat Valley, to Waziristan right now is likely a big mistake.
Schmidle’s concerns are logistical and practical:
… it is unrealistic […]
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