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Obama declares beginning of end of Afghan war
Jun 23rd
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Wednesday ordered all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by next summer and declared the beginning of the end of the war, vowing to turn to nation building at home.
In a watershed moment for American fo…
Obama set to unveil Afghan troop cuts
Jun 23rd
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will order his promised US troop drawdown from Afghanistan in a primetime address Wednesday, which one official said would likely see 10,000 soldiers called home this year. Obama will stick with his vow to begin pulli…
Senate confirms Panetta to head Pentagon
Jun 22nd
WASHINGTON: The US Senate unanimously confirmed Leon Panetta”s nomination to be defense secretary on Tuesday, hailing his successes as CIA chief just as major challenges await him in Afghanistan and Libya.
All 100 members of the Senate approved t…
Bombs kill 25 at local Iraqi governor”s house
Jun 21st
BAGHDAD: At least 25 people were killed on Tuesday when bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor”s house in central Iraq, the latest attack targeting a government building, local authorities said.
One suicide bomber blew himself u…
Syria”s Assad blames unrest on saboteurs, pledges reforms
Jun 20th
AMMAN: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday “saboteurs” were behind unrest against his rule and that political accommodation could not be reached with gunmen.
In just his third speech since the demonstrations began four months ago, Assad ap…
Gates confirms US-Taliban talks
Jun 19th
WASHINGTON: It could be months before efforts to broker a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban bear fruit, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview aired on Sunday.
Gates, who steps down at the end of the month, said …
House panel puts bar on US aid to Pakistan
Jun 15th
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers expressed growing scepticism about the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday as a House panel approved $649 billion in defence spending for the 2012 fiscal year, including $118 billion for wars abroad.
The bill imposes limits on Amer…
NATO nearing ”decisive blow” in Afghan war: Gates
Jun 8th
KABUL: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, wrapping up a final visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, said Tuesday that US-led forces are on the verge of securing a “decisive blow” against the Taliban.
“I leave Afghanistan today with the belief that if w…
16 killed in attacks in Baghdad and central Iraq
Jun 6th
TIKRIT: Violence in Baghdad and central Iraq on Monday killed 16 people, including 12 struck by a car bomb driven by a suicide attacker in Saddam Hussein”s home town of Tikrit, officials said.
The unrest came three days after attacks at a Tikrit mosq…
Bombers kill 24 at Iraq mosque, hospital
Jun 5th
TIKRIT: Bombers killed 24 people in attacks on a mosque in central Iraq frequented by provincial officials and later at a hospital where the victims were being treated, officials said on Saturday.
The attacks came a day after a spate of coordinated bo…
