• Pakistan Army Actively Aiding Taliban says NATO Report The Taliban, backed by the Pakistani Military Jehad Complex (i.e. Army, the ISI and jehadists), are set to retake control of Afghanistan after Nato-led forces withdraw from the country, according to reports citing a classified assessment by..
• Commander Bastion takes charge of UK's main Helmand base and its airfield Group Captain van den Berg, formerly Commanding Officer of 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, took over the role of Commander Bastion on Wednesday 6 October 2010. With the Garrison Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class 1 Cox, working as his right-..
• Clinton, Gates Support Reconciliation, Negotiation with High-Mid Level Taliban Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today expressed support for the Afghanistan government's efforts to reconcile with high- and mid-level Taliban members and to reintegrate insurgent fighter..
• United States Seeks Bangladesh to Deploy Troops in Afghanistan News agency IANS reports that the United States has requested the Bangladeshi government to deploy troops in Afghanistan to establish security and stability. Bangladesh has deep historic and cultural relations with its western most Subconti..
• Estonia to Send Additional Peacekeeping Forces to Afghanistan Estonian lawmakers have decided to send an additional contingent of peacekeepers to Afghanistan to improve security ahead of the war-torn country's August 20 presidential election, RIA Novosti quoted the parliamentary press service as ..
• U.S. Assault Rifles, Ammunition Falling into Taliban Hands American ammunition and its supplied assault rifles are finding their way into the hands of Taliban, making the militants carry out their battle against the US forces for years, a media report said. A study of ammunition markings of 30 r..
• U.S. Consulting Closely With NATO Allies on Afghan Strategy Review The United States has been in close consultation with NATO allies as it completes an evaluation of the strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said today. After a meeting at the White House with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Ho..
• The AfPak War: Kyrgyztan Parliament Votes to Close U.S. Airbase Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a presidential proposal to close a U.S. airbase used to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan since 2001. The move to close the base was supported by 78 law..
• Afghanistan: United States Acquires Additional Supply Routes from Central Asia The US military has acquired additional supply routes for coalition forces in Afghanistan, the top US general for southwest Asia said Tuesday, following a slew of attacks on supply depots in Pakistan. The United States has reached agreement..
• Military Supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan Suspended, Again Western military supplies to Afghanistan were suspended through Pakistan's Khyber Pass on Monday after militants attacked an army camp, killing a paramilitary soldier and wounding 10, an official said. Pakistani supply routes from ..
• Supply Route to Afghanistan via Russia Almost Open: SACEUR About those supply lines that snake their way through Pakistan carrying beans and bullets to the troops in Afghanistan and have come under some fairly intense insurgent attacks in recent months, the top American commander in Europe, Gen. Ba..
• Taliban Attack NATO Supply Base in Pakistan Taliban militants launched a rocket attack on a NATO supply depot in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, torching one truck and damaging three others, police said. The attack on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar was the first since Pakist..
• Afghanistan, India Send Tough Message to Pakistan on Terrorism India and Afghanistan on Friday jointly sent a tough message to Pakistan saying that no country should allow its territory to be used for terrorism. Pakistan remained at the centre of discussions between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and A..
• Afghanistan, India Discuss Enhancing Indian Role in Afghanistan; Deployment of Indian Army in Afghanistan? Afghanistan wants to join hands with India in the fight against terror. Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday and sources have told television news channels (CNN-IBN) that Karzai's proposal for In..
• United States Continues Air Strikes in Pakistan's North West Frontier At least five people were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border. U.S.-controlled Predator aircraft hav..
• Pakistan to suspend military operations against Taliban The Pakistan government on Saturday announced that it will suspend military operations against the Taliban in the country's north-western tribal areas in view of the holy Islamic month of Ramzan, but warned that any action by the milit..
• President Bush Confronts Pakistan Over ISI's Support of Terrorism An "annoyed" US President George W Bush has confronted Pakistan Prime Minister over the leaking of intelligence, shared by Washington, to militants by the ISI and quizzed him on who was controlling the spy agency. Pakistan, which has rea..
• Barack Obama Blasts Pakistan for Supporting Terrorism in Afghanistan, India In some blunt talking on Pakistan's role in fomenting terrorism in Kashmir, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said the US should confront Islamabad on its funding of "mujahideen" groups in the valley and the terror camps..
• Taliban leaders killed, surrender in Afghanistan A senior Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan surrendered to Authorities and British forces killed another leader, dealing a "shattering blow" to the militant group's leadership, the British army said on Tuesday. Mullah Rahim, ..
• Barack Obama Promises Effective Action Against Pakistan's Continous Support to Taliban, Al Qaeda Lashing out at President George W Bush for his failure to "roll up" the Al Qaeda leadership, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has insisted that his administration will go into Pakistan unilaterally if there was actionable intelli..