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Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit
More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to hammer out a unified exit strategy from Afghanistan after a decade of war. A huge security operation has swung into place in the political backyard of US President Barack…
‘Cheerful and disorganized’ protesters take to Chicago streets
By Mira Oberman (AFP) CHICAGO — Thousands of NATO protesters took to the streets of Chicago Friday chanting “tax the rich!” and calling for an end to costly wars so governments can focus on providing social services. The protesters blocked traffic in the heart of Chicago’s financial district as the…
Romney tells NATO leaders he’d be a better partner
WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney urged NATO leaders gathering in Chicago this weekend to consider him a more reliable partner than President Barack Obama, whose actions “undermine” the alliance. The presumptive Republican nominee accused Obama of diminished international leadership and orchestrating nearly $1 trillion in cuts to the…
Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, kills American soldier
An Afghan soldier opened fire on NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing an American and leaving two others wounded, officials said. The death brings to 20 the number of NATO soldiers killed by Afghan colleagues in at least 15 separate attacks so far this year. The shootings have…
Afghan soldier opens fire on NATO troops, kills U.S. colleague
An Afghan soldier opened fire on NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing an American and leaving two others wounded, officials said. The death brings to 20 the number of NATO soldiers killed by Afghan colleagues in at least 15 separate attacks so far this year. The shootings have…
Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier
KABUL — A soldier with NATO’s US-led coalition in Afghanistan was killed by a man in Afghan army uniform on Sunday, a spokesman for the mission said, in the latest so-called “green-on-blue” attack. The death takes the number of foreign troops killed by Afghans they were working with to at…
Afghan protesters accuse NATO of killing 4 children
Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators on Tuesday accused US-ledNATO troops of killing four children during clashes with insurgentsin a southern Afghan town, officials and witnesses said. The protesters, who were carrying the bodies of four children aged eight to 12, blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway and chanted anti-US slogans, they said. A spokesman for NATO’s International Security…
U.S. seeks to modernize NATO, deepen partnerships
CHICAGO — The United States will push to modernize NATO, deepen alliance partnerships and hammer out details of the Afghanistan withdrawal at an upcoming summit, White House officials said Thursday. “The alliance needs to be more deployable and more adaptable and we’re taking those lessons learned from Afghanistan and integrating…
Peace activists arrested in attempt to break into NATO headquarters
BRUSSELS — Hundreds of peace activists on Sunday tried in vain to break into the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels, with 483 of them arrested by police. The demonstration, organised by the Belgian association Action for Peace two months before a NATO summit in Chicago, was…
NATO must probe, pay for errors in Libya: Amnesty
NATO must investigate the killing of dozens of civilians during its air campaign in Libya last year and provide reparations to the people affected, Amnesty International said on Monday. “Adequate investigations must be carried out and full reparation provided to victims and their families,” said the rights group in a statement released one year after the first…
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