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Pentagon concerned over Blackwater’s work in Afghanistan

Washington: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and has promised to review the issue, the Pentagon said Friday. Gates made the pledge to lawmakers after receiving a letter from Carl Levin, the...

March 8th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

Costs of War: Renting Victory

The decision last week by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates to approve $150 million in military aid to Yemen is the latest effort to shore up the government there as a war on terror ally. But if victory could be bought, the war would have been over long ago, Shaun Waterman writes for ISN Security Watch. The...

February 25th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

Afghan campaign will be tough, Says Petraeus

WASHINGTON: With U.S. forces entering the second week of a 12- to 18-month campaign in Afghanistan, the general in charge of U.S. forces in the region acknowledged yesterday that the way ahead will be tough. "I have repeatedly said that these types of efforts are hard, and they're hard all the time,"...

February 24th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

Khartoum, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire accord

DOHA: Sudan and Darfur's main rebel group signed a ceasefire agreement and a framework accord for a final peace deal on Tuesday, which will still need to be backed by other armed factions. Justice and Equality Movement leader Khalil Ibrahim said he and Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir signed the accord,...

February 24th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

UK commander: Afghan offensive could take weeks

MARJAH, Afghanistan: A senior British commander has warned it could take weeks to wrest control of the Afghan town of Marjah because of determined Taliban resistance, as NATO said four more soldiers had been killed in the operation. The commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, Major General...

February 19th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

Factors Contributing to Iraq’s Security After US Forces Withdraw

As it withdraws troops from Iraq, the United States must work not only to maintain security in that nation, but also focus on how the action will impact other regional interests, according to a study issued today by the RAND Corporation. The study presents an analytical framework for policymakers to...

February 9th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

SKorea deploys Firefinder radar after NKorea barrage

Seoul: South Korea said Friday it had deployed advanced weapons-tracking radar systems on islands near its disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea following last week's artillery barrages by the North. Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young told lawmakers the AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder systems had been set up...

February 8th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

US, Pakistani officials believe Mehsud is dead

WASHINGTON: Pakistani and US officials are increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was behind the suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan in December, had died from wounds sustained in a drone strike, The New York Times reported. The newspaper said...

February 1st, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More

Two Koreas trade fire, Pyongyang vows no let up

SEOUL: North and South Korea traded artillery fire near their disputed sea border Wednesday and Pyongyang vowed to press on with live firing exercises, ratcheting up tensions anew between the Cold War foes. "Such firing drill by the units of the KPA will go on in the same waters in the future," the (North)...

January 27th, 2010 | War & Conflicts News | Read More