How bad can a relationship between two military allies get? If this year’s tally of incidents is anything to go by, Pakistan‘s rage against the American military machine can get a lot worse. First came the affair over Raymond Davis, the CIA agent who shot dead two men who had pulled up in front of [...]
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November 28, 2011
November 26, 2011
Pakistan outrage at ‘Nato attack’
26 November 2011 Last updated at 12:14 GMT Pakistani officials have responded with fury to an apparent attack by Nato helicopters on an Afghan border checkpoint they say killed 26 soldiers. The “unprovoked and indiscriminate” attack took place in Mohmand tribal region, the Pakistani military said. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called it “outrageous” and [...]
November 26, 2011
Nato ‘hits Pakistan checkpoint’
26 November 2011 Last updated at 06:58 GMT Pakistani officials have accused Nato helicopters of firing on a military checkpoint near Pakistan’s Afghan border, killing at least 12 soldiers. The attack is reported to have take place in the Pakistani tribal region of Mohmand after Nato helicopters flew over the border from Afghanistan. Nato said [...]
November 16, 2011
Karzai: no US military pact until night raids cease
Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai told a national gathering of Afghan elders that he will not sign a much-delayed military pact with the US until night raids by foreign forces come to an end. In a fiery speech to an assembly of more than 2,000 delegates Karzai said continued US military and economic help beyond the [...]
November 12, 2011
Suicide attackers storm Afghan governor’s office
November 12, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Suicide attackers storm Afghan governor’s office –A meeting between government and Nato officials was under way at the time of the attack. 10 Nov 2011 Attackers have stormed the offices of a governor in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province, killing at least four Afghan security personnel. Several suicide attackers, armed [...]
November 5, 2011
US removes Afghanistan commander Peter Fuller for criticising Karzai
Major General Peter Fuller, a top US commander in Afghanistan, has been relieved of his duties after criticising the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai. General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), relieved Fuller as deputy commander of the effort to train Afghan security forces after Fuller told Politico that Afghan leaders were [...]
November 5, 2011
US general in Afghanistan fired
5 November 2011 Last updated at 02:20 GMT US troops are helping train Afghan forces ahead of a 2014 troop withdrawal deadline A senior US commander has been dismissed after he made disparaging comments about Afghanistan’s leaders. Maj Gen Peter Fuller, deputy commander of Nato’s Afghan training mission, said in an interview with Politico the [...]
October 23, 2011
Afghan forces will take over in 3 years — US general
October 23, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Afghan forces will take over in 3 years — US general 21 Oct 2011 The Afghan security forces will be prepared to take the leading role in their country’s security when foreign troops withdraw in around three years’ time, a top US military official said yesterday. Lieutenant General William [...]
October 21, 2011
Obama hails death of Muammar Gaddafi as foreign policy success
Link to this video President Barack Obama hailed the lifting of the “dark tyranny” over Libya after the new government confirmed Muammar Gaddafi had been killed, issuing a warning to other dictators in the Middle East – and particularly Syria – that they could be next. Although Obama did not name Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, [...]
October 21, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s violent death leaves Libya at a crossroads | Simon Tisdall
Muammar Gaddafi, who dominated Libya with merciless single-mindedness for 42 years, was a liar, a murderer and a cheat. But in one respect, at least, he stayed true to his word. When the Libyan uprising began in February and led swiftly to Nato’s military intervention, Gaddafi vowed to fight to the death. He would not [...]
October 10, 2011
Afghanistan torture report raises major questions about west’s strategy
The UN report on the widespread use of torture by the Afghan intelligence agency and police force is not just an indictment of Nato-backed security forces. It also represents a giant question mark over the workability of the west’s strategy in Afghanistan. That strategy involves containment of the insurgency until the end of the 2014, [...]
September 28, 2011
Pakistan’s foreign minister defends country’s record on fighting terror
Pakistan‘s foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, has robustly defended Islamabad’s record in fighting terrorism in the wake of US allegations that the Pakistani intelligence service is closely linked to Afghan extremists and has facilitated attacks on American forces. Khar made only passing references to the US in an address to the UN general assembly. But [...]
September 27, 2011
Afghan worker kills US citizen in attack on CIA office
An Afghan employed by the US government killed one American and wounded another in an attack on a CIA office in Kabul, officials said on Monday. The shooting on Sunday evening is the latest in a growing number of attacks by Afghans working with the country’s international allies. Some assailants have turned out to be [...]
July 1, 2011
ERA Could Broaden Gay Marriage
Legal experts say passage of the Equal Rights Amendment could lead to legalized gay marriage throughout the United States, reports DailyCaller.com. The amendment, which was passed by Congress in 1973, was not supported by the required 38 states at the time, but has been reintroduced every year since then. Phyllis Schlafly The legislation recently was [...]