News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
ABOUT 500 Scottish-based Marines will spearhead Britain's next deployment to Afghanistan in October, it was announced yesterday.
This Fucking War (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has moved from the Persian Gulf into the Gulf of Oman so its warplanes can fly missions over Afghanistan, where attacks have been rising, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The carrier was ordered to move so it could conduct potential airstrikes over Afghanistan by flying over Pakistani airspace. If it had remained inside the Persian Gulf, that...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Prince Harry has swapped bullet- dodging in Afghanistan to take on the war against Aids in Africa.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
MADRID, July 8 (UPI) — Spain approved a measure Tuesday that would fund an Afghan battalion to fight Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis.
Mattishness (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I'm currently reading Ahmed Rashid's new book Descent into Chaos : The United States and the Failure of Nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 52 minutes ago
Hamza Bin Laden son of the world's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden, is a battle-hardened zealot fully prepared to kill for his cause. Not only ready, but experienced at fighting and killing in Pakistan and Afghanistan Bin Laden's...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
SEVERAL Australian soldiers have been wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan, with reports that one soldier has been killed.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The 30-strong patrol of US marines and Afghan National Police moves slowly through the Musa Qala bazaar, alert to any suspicious movements around them. This town in North Helmand may be held by coalition forces, but it is far from secure.
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Times Online - Guest contributors (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
For almost a year the Bush Administration in Washington and the Karzai Government in Kabul have been putting out feelers to India to give its aid to Afghanistan a military dimension. There are signs that elements within the coalition of Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, may be interested.
Screw Loose Change (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I listened to an Alex Jones rant tonight (he still can't figure out how to pronounce Uzbekistan) where he once again proclaimed the troofers have a majority of Americans on their side. So I was amused to see this post , along with an accompaning picture: The first ever Northwest Truth Convergence took place as planned on July 5th at the Peace Arch Border crossing. Despite some rain and gusting winds,...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Investigators have found evidence that a deadly suicide bombing attack against the Indian Embassy in Kabul this week was planned with the help of a foreign intelligence agency, a spokesman for Afghanistan's president said Tuesday.
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON: The US has expressed concern over the bombings in Islamabad and Afghanistan and said that Pakistan is not involved in Kabul suicide bombing, State Department acting spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters. Gallegos said US will continue to work with the new elected government in Islamabad in fighting the common enemy of terrorism, while letting [...]
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A PERTH-based Australian soldier killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan which wounded two other soldiers has been described as "a bloody good bloke''.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected a call for Australia to pull its troops out of Afghanistan, following the death of the sixth Australian soldier there in recent years.
