Witnesses testify in Iraq VP death squad trial

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Baghdad (AFP) May 15, 2012 - Victims' families and witnesses on Tuesday accused Iraqi Vice P... more information here

Iraq VP masterminded killings: trial witnesses

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Baghdad (AFP) May 15, 2012 - An Iraqi court heard on Tuesday testimony from witnesses claiming Vi... more information here

Outside View: When brother kills brother

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Herndon, Va. (UPI) May 15, 2012 - It was Feb. 25, 1991. The sun was yet to rise on the second day ... more information here

alarabiya- Seven killed, 12 wounded in suicide attack on Afghan governor

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Seven people were killed and 12 others wounded in a suicide attack on the governor’s compound in A... more information here

LATimes- Ahead of NATO's Chicago summit, members eye the Afghan exits

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Just days before a NATO summit that leaders had hoped would present a carefully scripted display of ... more information here

LATimes- Afghan police units tangled in criminal activity

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

A U.S.-backed program to recruit police has failed to significantly stem the insurgency, with some u... more information here

Tolonews- Insurgent Violence Escalates in South Despite Country-Wide Decrease

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Insurgent activity across Afghanistan has fallen almost 50 percent in a year, but some areas of the ... more information here

Pakistani Taliban release video of Bannu jailbreak

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Hakeemullah Mehsud [right] as he organized the attack on a prison in Bannu. ... more information here

US airstrike kills 2 AQAP operatives in eastern Yemen

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

View Larger Map The US killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in an airstrike ... more information here

US adds Taliban financier, Haqqani Network operative to terror list

Fri, May 18, 2012 1:40 AM

Today the US Treasury Department added a Taliban financier and a Haqqani Network "communications o... more information here

bakhtarnews- Suicide Bomber Killed In Kandahar

Thu, May 17, 2012 1:40 AM

A suicide attacker was killed before arriving to his target by police of Kandahar security directora... more information here

ledger-enquirer- Locally based National Guard unit helps break ground on school in Afghanistan

Thu, May 17, 2012 1:40 AM

Members of the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade recently teamed up with the Afghan National Army t... more information here

McClatchy- Pakistan agrees to reopen supply route to Afghanistan -- for a fee

Thu, May 17, 2012 1:40 AM

The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under a... more information here

AP- Australia pledges $300 million to Afghan forces

Thu, May 17, 2012 1:40 AM

Australia has announced it will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 t... more information here

DoD- Army Casualty Identified

Thu, May 17, 2012 1:40 AM

Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes, 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., died May 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan... more information here

Iraq's fugitive VP has medical checks in Turkey

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Ankara (AFP) May 11, 2012 - Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who faces trial in absen... more information here

Iraq's Kurds fire back in dispute with Iran over Mossad

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Arbil, Iraq (AFP) May 12, 2012 - The government of Iraq's Kurdish region fired back on Satu... more information here

US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Baghdad (AFP) May 13, 2012 - The US embassy in Baghdad insisted on Sunday it had no plans to shut... more information here

Iraq bombings kill seven

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) May 14, 2012 - Seven people were killed in attacks in central and northern ... more information here

politiken- Afghans get Danish area early

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Denmark is to hand over responsibility for security in the area in Helmand that it controls to the A... more information here

CNN- Poisoned water sickens Afghan boys at school

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Nearly 400 boys at a school in Afghanistan's Khost province fell ill after drinking water from ... more information here

VOA- NATO Invites Pakistan to Upcoming Afghan Summit

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

NATO has invited Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the alliance's summit in Chicago, a da... more information here

Tolonews- 3 Taliban Leaders Captured in Afghan Offensive

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Three Taliban leaders were captured in a joint Afghan and Nato troops operation on Tuesday morning, ... more information here

AP- US commander of Afghan war may shift to Europe

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, is likely to leave to become the chie... more information here

DoD- Army Casualty Idenitified (2 of 2)

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III, 22, Rolla, Mo...assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion,... more information here

US drone strikes kill 7 AQAP fighters, 8 civilians in Yemen

Wed, May 16, 2012 1:40 AM

The US launched two drone strikes today in a city in southern Yemen that is currently under the con... more information here

DoD- Navy Casualty Identified

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

Petty Officer Second Class Jorge Luis Velasquez, 35, of Houston, died as a result of a non-combat re... more information here

MoD- Corporal Brent John McCarthy and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies killed in Afghanistan

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Brent John McCarthy, from the Royal Air Force, an... more information here

radioaustralianews- Nine dead in Afghan bicycle blast

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

An explosion in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province has killed nine people, including a prov... more information here

DoD- Army Casualty Idenitified

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

1st Lt. Alejo R. Thompson, 30, of Yuma, Ariz., died May 11 in Bagram, Afghanistan, when enemy forces... more information here

DoD- Marine Casualty Identified

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

Sgt. Wade D. Wilson, 22, of Normangee, Texas, died May 11 while conducting combat operations in Helm... more information here

AFP- Seven killed in Afghan market blast

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

A remote-controlled bomb ripped through a bazaar in northwestern Afghanistan on Monday, killing seve... more information here

AP- Soldier killed in Afghanistan awarded Purple Heart

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

A Fort Carson soldier from Arizona who was killed in Afghanistan has been posthumously awarded a Pur... more information here

wbay- Appleton Soldier's Death in Afghanistan was Suicide

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

The death of an Appleton soldier in Afghanistan has been ruled a suicide, the Post Crescent reports.... more information here

NYTimes- Spy Balloons Become Part of the Afghanistan Landscape, Stirring Unease

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

The traders crouched beneath the walls of an old fort, hunkered down with the sheep and goats as the... more information here

DoD- Army Casualty Idenitified

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

Spc. Alex Hernandez III, 21, of Round Rock, Texas, died May 12, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Hernandez ... more information here

Mullah Dadullah Front claims assassination of Afghan High Peace Council member

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

The Mullah Dadullah Front, a Taliban group closely linked to al Qaeda, claimed credit for yesterday... more information here

Omani jihadist killed in US airstrike in'Khorasan'

Tue, May 15, 2012 1:40 AM

Left and right images: Abu Hamza al Omani. Images from the SITE Intelligence Group.... more information here

NATO- ISAF casualties - IJC Release 2012-05-C-023 (UPDATE)

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 12)— ISAF confirms that two individuals wearing Afghan Police uniforms tur... more information here

NATO- ISAF Casualties

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 13)— Two International Security Assistance Force service members died foll... more information here

AP- Gunman assassinates member of Afghan peace council in Kabul, dealing new blow to talks

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

An assassin armed with a silenced pistol shot dead a top member of the Afghan peace council Sunday a... more information here

AFP- Afghans to take more military control from NATO in new transition

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday announced a new transfer of security control from NATO that ... more information here

CNN- 8 NATO forces killed in 3 days as Afghanistan extends authority

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

Two service members with NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan were kil... more information here

AP- Afghanistan announces security transition

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

The Afghan government says it is taking the lead from the U.S.-led coalition for providing security ... more information here

LATimes- Senior figure in Afghan government peace council assassinated

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

The killing of Arsala Rahmani, coming less than nine months after the assassination of the head of t... more information here

LATimes- A U.S. soldier and the Afghan soldier who killed him

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

The man who turned his gun on Green Beret Andrew Britton-Mihalo of Simi Valley was also part of an e... more information here

WaPo- Gen. John Allen hastily transforming U.S. mission in Afghanistan

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

Standing in a plywood-walled command post before Gen. John R. Allen, the supreme allied commander in... more information here

MoD- Soldier from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and airman from the RAF killed in Afghanistan

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

the Ministry of Defence must announce that two British servicemen, one soldier from 1st Battalion We... more information here

Afghan security forces kill 3 ISAF troops

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

Three Coalition soldiers were killed by members of the Afghan security forces in two separate attac... more information here

Senior Afghan peace council member assassinated in Kabul

Mon, May 14, 2012 1:40 AM

Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council who had served as a deputy educati... more information here