Suicide attackers kill 36 at Pakistan mosque
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Militants stormed a mosque near Pakistan's army headquarters, killing at least 36 worshippers, including six military officers, during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-12-04
US Marines launch large offensive in Afghanistan
KABUL - U.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Vietnam War Source:(AP)
2009-12-04
Congress appears poised to back Obama war plan
WASHINGTON - Despite misgivings, members of Congress seem poised to back President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan after getting assurances the commitment isn't open-ended.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:Mitch McConnell Robert Gates Carl Levin John Murtha Barack Obama Joe Lieberman Activities:111th Congress Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-12-03
Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan U.S. People:Dick Cheney Hamid Karzai Russ Feingold Carl Levin Barack Obama John McCain Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan
WASHINGTON - New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia People:Kevin Rudd Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that aims to lay the ground for an eventual withdrawal.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Joseph Biden Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.
Nations:Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia Afghanistan People:Dick Cheney Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space
NEW YORK - Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
Nations:U.S. Afghanistan People:Jimmy Fallon Katharine McPhee Barack Obama
2009-11-26
Obama expects support for more Afghanistan troops
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama expects Americans to support sending tens of thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, and he is preparing to make his case to the nation next week.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Carl Levin Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-11-25
Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review
WASHINGTON - Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will open an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-11-17
Afghanistan, Iraq among the world's most corrupt
BERLIN - Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that receive billions of dollars a year in international support, are among the world's most corrupt nations, a watchdog group said in a report released Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan Poland Belarus Lithuania Denmark New Zealand People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Second Gulf War Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-11-17
Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals
BEIJING - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.
Nations:China North Korea Pakistan Denmark Afghanistan People:Dalai Lama Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:2009 Obama Asia Visit China-U.S.
2009-11-17
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