March 20, 2010
ENQUIRY 03/21/2010 On a fine day in September 2006 I had just shepherded the Kabul Declaration Against Corruption at a conference held at the Serena Hotel, and was about to leave for my UN quarters I heard a familiar voice asking the hotel concierge what rooms were available and how much they cost. The gravelly yet sing-song inflections took me back in time to my Senate and UP days, and I was very sure to whom it belonged.
August 13, 2009
Three British soldiers were killed in a bomb blast this morning in southern Afghanistan, taking the toll of Britain’s military dead in the country to 199. The men were on a foot patrol in Sangin, northern Helmand province, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said
August 13, 2009
The retired brigadier, original mastermind of Britain’s strategy for fighting the Taliban, now believes “we go long, we go deep or we go home” ”Call me Ed – I’m a civvy now,” says the retired brigadier Ed Butler, original mastermind of Britain’s strategy for fighting the Taliban in Helmand.
August 13, 2009
KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he will win next week’s presidential election and will offer government positions to his top two challengers.
August 11, 2009
US Army Stryker Brigade Retools For New Mission In Afghanistan Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo (AP) Photo…
August 11, 2009
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the likely next prime minister, said Tuesday he would seek to boost ties with China and would refrain from visiting a controversial Tokyo war shrine. Hatoyama, who leads the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), said he would look to the future in building diplomatic ties in Asia while acknowledging the past, alluding to Japan's aggression during World War II. “We will have the courage to squarely look at what Japan did in the past and will work by…
August 11, 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary ClintonU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for the release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
August 9, 2009
Military experts yesterday called into question the safety of the latest armoured vehicles to be supplied to British troops in Afghanistan after three soldiers were killed by an explosion while travelling in a Jackal vehicle. Yesterday the Ministry of Defence named the dead soldiers as Corporal Kevin Mulligan, Lance Corporal Dale Hopkins and Private Kyle Adams, who also came under attack from small-arms fire.
August 9, 2009
The man suspected of masterminding the murder of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto may still be alive, despite claims he had been killed in a US…
August 9, 2009
MOSCOW – More than a year ago, the U.N.
August 9, 2009
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean police said on Sunday they were seeking the formal arrest of 44 people over a strike at Ssangyong Motor that ended last week after a marathon and violent standoff. Police last week brought 96 people in for questioning, mostly Ssangyong workers who had occupied their factory for 77 days…
August 9, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistani…
August 8, 2009
WASHINGTON – The lethal drone attack that apparently killed a top Taliban leader in Pakistan is likely to bolster America’s dual effort there: solidifying a sometimes shaky partnership with Islamabad while pursuing insurgents hidden along the country’s border. American officials and analysts said it may be too early to tell if the strike that apparently killed Baitullah Mehsud will prompt Pakistan to sustain its suddenly active campaign against Taliban and other militant leaders in the lawless region bordering Afghanistan. But taking out Pakistan’s most wanted terrorist provides validation for the continued use of the unmanned air assaults that have been hammering insurgents there…
August 8, 2009
LONDON (AFP) – Britain's involvement in Afghanistan could last for up to 40 years, the next head of the British Army said on Saturday.
