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Obama in Afghanistan: ‘Time of war’ is ending
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday a “time of war” was ending in a moment of US renewal, after slipping into Afghanistan on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. In a highly political election-year address from outside Kabul, Obama posed as a commander-in-chief who ended two long wars and crushed Al-Qaeda, and tried to [...]
Pakistan fighter jet strike kills 20 Taliban
Pakistani warplanes pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal area before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 20 Taliban insurgents, security officials said. The jets targeted hideouts in the tribal Orakzai district and at least four compounds were hit, they said, in the latest surge of fighting between government security forces and Islamist militants in [...]
Nine Pakistani troops killed in northwest: officials
Militants ambushed Pakistani troops on Monday, killing nine soldiers in gunbattles that lasted several hours on the outskirts of Peshawar in the northwestern tribal badlands, officials said. Peshawar is the main city in northwest Pakistan and a gateway to the semi-autonomous tribal areas on the Afghan border that Washington calls the most dangerous place on [...]
Pakistan military voices concern over US allegations
A top Pakistani general on Sunday expressed concern over US allegations of links to insurgents, stressing that peace in the region would only be possible through mutual trust and cooperation. General Khalid Shameem Wyne, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, conveyed his reaction to General James Mattis, commander of the US Central Command, [...]
In Afghan war, Obama looks for an exit
Since Barack Obama entered the White House, the number of US troops in Afghanistan has nearly tripled. But after nearly 10 years of war, the US president plans to unveil plans on Wednesday for the start of a withdrawal of the nearly 100,000 American forces on the ground. Here is a summary of how the [...]
Army Acquisition evolves during War on Terror
Mixing traditional acquisition practices with rapid and hybrid approaches is the best way the Army’s acquisition community can serve Soldiers at war, said Maj. Gen. Mark Brown. Brown, deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, spoke to an audience of military [...]
Britain to hand over violent Afghan area to US
LONDON: British troops are to withdraw from one of the deadliest areas of southern Afghanistan where its forces have suffered heavy casualties, and hand control to the United States, reports said Wednesday. British servicemen will be pulled out of Sangin district in the north of Helmand province, the Guardian newspaper and the BBC reported. US [...]
More US troops in Afghanistan than Iraq: Pentagon
Washington: For the first time, more US forces are deployed in Afghanistan than Iraq, amid a buildup of American troops in the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Monday. About 94,000 US troops are now in Afghanistan, while 92,000 remain in Iraq, where commanders are gradually scaling back the US contingent, Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Robbins [...]
Pakistani army chief in talks with US defense chiefs
Washington: Pakistani army chief Ashfaq Kayani meets with US defense chiefs on Monday at the start of a week of wide-ranging talks between Washington and Islamabad, officials said. The Obama administration views Kayani as a crucial figure behind Pakistan’s stepped-up offensive against Islamist militants along the border with Afghanistan. Kayani was due to meet Defense [...]
