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Two Americans killed in insider attack in Afghanistan
Two American soldiers were killed by a man in an Afghan police uniform on Thursday, the US military said, the latest in a series of insider attacks. “Two US Forces-Afghanistan service members died after an individual wearing an Afghan National Police uniform turned his weapon against them in Khas Uruzgan,…
Dan Rather: Romney campaign ‘gambling’ with policy changes
Veteran newsman Dan Rather said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was “gambling” by shifting his proposed policies to better reflect public opinion. “The Romney camp has obviously made the gamble that, look, we can change where we stand,” he told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. “We can make significant…
UK to double number of drones in Afghanistan
The UK is to double the number of armed RAF “drones” flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan and, for the first time, the aircraft will be controlled from terminals and screens in Britain. In the new squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), five Reaper drones will be sent to…
Canada warns against letting Mali go the way of Afghanistan
PARIS — Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Thursday warned against letting the situation in Mali, sliced in two since a coup and partly controlled by Islamist radicals, go the way of Afghanistan. “Terrorism is the great struggle of our generation,” said Baird after holding talks with French counterpart Laurent…
U.S. court orders Iran and others to pay $6 billion for 9/11 attacks
NEW YORK — A US judge formally ordered Iran, Al-Qaeda and several other defendants Wednesday to pay $6 billion compensation to the victims of September 11, 2001, in a largely symbolic ruling. Although Iran denies any connection to 9/11, it was included in the list of alleged culprits by the…
NATO secretary general: Afghanistan withdrawal could come sooner than expected
Exclusive: Anders Fogh Rasmussen admits ‘green on blue’ attacks have hit morale, and raises prospect of accelerated pullout The retreat of western forces from Afghanistan could come sooner than expected, the head of Nato has said as he conceded that the recent Taliban strategy of “green on blue” killings had been successful in sapping morale.…
Afghanistan war claims 2,000th U.S. servicemember
Afghanistan war claims 2,000th US soldier, but pace slowing A possible insider attack has claimed the life of America’s 2,000th soldier to die in Afghanistan. The shooting reportedly took place Saturday evening in Afghanistan’s volatile Wardak Province at a checkpoint run by the Afghan Army. While initial reports indicated that the…
Afghanistan hails decision to put two U.S. Marines on trial for urinating on dead Taliban fighters
Afghanistan on Tuesday welcomed a Pentagon decision to put two US Marines on trial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for photographs with them. The Pentagon announced that Staff Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola will face court martial, a month after three other Marines…
Two Marines face courts martial over Taliban urination
WASHINGTON — Two US Marines will face trial by courts martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and posing for photographs with them, the Pentagon said on Monday. The charges against Staff Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola come a month after three other Marines…
Last U.S. ‘surge’ troops leave Afghanistan
The last of the 33,000 US soldiers that President Barack Obama sent to Afghanistan nearly three years ago as part of a military surge have left the country, US defense officials said. The withdrawal, which began in July, follows an unprecedented number of NATO soldiers being shot dead by their…
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