US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel | The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to I... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster) ABC News Iran Israel Photos US Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
Chinese in bold call for official's removal | A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan) Al Jazeera China Communism Photos Politics Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang |
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses | Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after r... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Washington Times Afghanistan Leaders Medical Photos Troops Wikipedia: Posttraumatic stress disorder |
Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014 Berlin, May 16: | Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule ... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) The Siasat Daily Afghanistan Berlin Germany Photos War Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill | JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm ar... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Herald Tribune Afghanistan Defence Photos War Waste Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan A soldier who was shot in the back in a Taliban ambush is hoping to return to the front line in Afghanistan. | L/Cpl Aaron Deans, 21, of Washington, was driving an armour... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) BBC News Afghanistan Ambush Photos Taliban Washington Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered | Sergeant Adam Widner had just finished nine months of personal-security detail in Afghanistan, where he was constantly on alert for those seeking to harm or kill him an... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Huffington Post Afghanistan Defence Photos Security War Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali | Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Al Jazeera Human Rights Mali Military Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état |
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit | Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanis... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera Afghan Nato Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War |
India may move troops to peacetime positions on Pakistan border May 15: | India is likely to thin-out troops from wartime positions on the border with Pakistan, where they were deployed after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, accordi... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily India Pakistan Photos Troops Wikipedia: Troop |
US-Pak have made considerable progress on NATO routes | The US on Monday said it had made "considerable progress" with Pakistan in negotiations on the re-opening of the NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, on the eve of crucia... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) DNA India Afghanistan Crucial Nato Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission | KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Soma... (photo: AP / Stephen Wandera) National Public Radio Military Photos Somalia Uganda United States Wikipedia: 2012 timeline of the War in Somalia |
Time to 'move on' with US ties: Hina Rabbani Khar SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetPakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said her country "has made its point" by blocking NATO's supply line to Afghanistan in protest ove... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid) The Times Of India Afghanistan Aid Nato Photos Wikipedia: Hina Rabbani Khar |
Another search, another fruitless day with villagers | MUCHAI KALAY, Afghanistan | A dozen men gathered around the U.S. troops who had come to their village on a bright morning to inquire about the bloody events of a week e... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Stars and Stripes Afghanistan Defence Photos Troops US Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
As foreign troops leave, Afghan refugees and poverty increase | MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gulam recalls the evening she fled her home in northern Afghanistan on foot, running with her teen daughters under the cloak of ... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Star Afghanistan Photos Poverty Refugees Troops Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
13 militants killed, 4 policemen injured in clashes in NW Pakistan Islamabad, May 14: | Militants targeted a security forces’ checkpoint in Bara area of Khyber Agency on Monday, injuring two soldiers, according to officials. The securi... (photo: AP / Arshad Butt) The Siasat Daily Injured Islamabad Pakistan Photos Security Wikipedia: Pakistan Army |
Taliban can be defeated in Afghanistan if 'reluctant Pakistan does more': U.S. Senator | Washington, May 14 (ANI): A key U.S. senator has said the Taliban can be defeated militarily in Afghanistan but the job is not done, adding that the insurgents are stil... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Newstrack India Afghanistan Pakistan Photos Taliban Troops Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
US making significant Afghan progress: Obama Washington: The US and its allies are making significant progress in Afghanistan and are on track to achieve the 2014 goals of complete transition, President Barack Obama... (photo: AP / Cathleen Allison) Zeenews Afghanistan Obama Photos Washington Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
Another murder in Kabul Another targeted killing in Kabul has exposed the obvious. There are elements at work that do not want to see political stability restored, and moreover, a just order com... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Khaleej Times Afghanistan Killing Murder Photos Troops Wikipedia: Afghanistan |
NATO a step closer to getting out of Afghanistan NATO a step closer to getting out of Afghanistan | Added At: 2012-05-13 11:58 PM | Last Updated At: 2012-05-13 11:58 PM | The Himalaya... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Himalayan Afghanistan Himalayan Nato Photos US Wikipedia: Afghanistan |