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Next 18 Months Critical in Afghanistan, McChrystal Says
WASHINGTON: The next 18 months will be crucial in Afghanistan, the new commander of NATO and U.S. forces there said today. “I think that the next 18 months are probably a period in which this effort will be decided,” Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal told Tom Bowman in a National Public Radio interview. “I don’t [...]
McChrystal assumes command in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal assumed command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan today, vowing that the coalition will prevail despite a struggle he conceded will be “long and hard.” “2009 will be a critical year for Afghanistan, and a critical year for our coalition,” McChrystal said at a morning assumption-of-command ceremony [...]
Pakistan army chief takes flight over battle zone
Islamabad: Pakistan’s army chief Monday took a fighter jet trip over the northwest region where troops are battling Taliban militants, and vowed to defend the nation “at all costs”, an official statement said. General Ashfaq Kayani, joined by the air force chief, visited soldiers at an operating base before the trip on an F-16, a [...]
New command to focus on Afghanistan battle tactics
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said a new “intermediate” command set for Afghanistan will allow the commander to concentrate on day-to-day tactical events across the country. Gates spoke to reporters traveling with him aboard an E-4B aircraft taking him to NATO meetings in Brussels after leaving Regional Command South meetings [...]
US Delivers Helicopters to Support Pakistani Military
WASHINGTON: The United States delivered four Mi-17 cargo helicopters to the Pakistani army yesterday to support Pakistan’s counterinsurgency as well as humanitarian efforts, officials at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad announced. The helicopters, delivered at the request of the Pakistani government, will increase capabilities in current operations against militant extremists, officials said. They’ll also support [...]
Petraeus Praises Pakistani Operations Against Insurgents
WASHINGTON: The commander of U.S. Central Command today praised the Pakistani army for operations it is waging against insurgents near the country’s border with Afghanistan. “These have been quite impressive operations and I think Pakistan deserves some significant credit for it,” Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said of operations in Pakistan’s Northwest Province. Petraeus spoke [...]
Suicide bomb rips through Pakistan luxury hotel
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A huge suicide truck bomb ripped through a luxury hotel Tuesday killing 11 people and wounding 52 in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, capital of a northwest province plagued by Taliban violence. Two foreigners were among the dead in the devastating blast at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel, provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told [...]
Pakistan Military: Swat Offensive to Last Months
Pakistani military officials say that while security has improved in the Swat Valley, it will take more time to completely expel the Taliban from the region. The military’s chief spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, said Wednesday that it may take two more months of fighting to secure the area. An army commander Major General Ijaz [...]
Militant stronghold cleared in Swat offensive: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s military said Friday soldiers had cleared another militant stronghold and killed 28 militants over the last 24 hours of its offensive against the Taliban in the northwest district of Swat. “Security forces continued with cordon and search operation and successfully cleared the stronghold of miscreants at Peochar village,” the military said in a [...]
