War and Conflict

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Pakistan

AP News 6 hours ago

Pakistani villagers who fled their areas in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban ...

APTOPIX Britain Brown Afghanistan

AP News 6 hours ago

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech to the Royal College of Defence Studies, setting out Britain's position in the on-going war in Afghanistan, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Brown warned Afghanistan's government to take action against corruption, saying he would not ...

Twenty-five troops hurt as Afghan search continues

AFP South Asian Edition 7 hours ago

A search for two US soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan continued after 25 soldiers were wounded in what one Western official said may have been a friendly-fire incident during the hunt. Local police said a party looking for the two missing soldiers ...

25 wounded in search for US troops missing in Afghanistan

AFP South Asian Edition 7 hours ago

A search for two US soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan continued after 25 soldiers were wounded in what one Western official said may have been a friendly-fire incident during the hunt. Local police said a party looking for the two missing soldiers ...

Search continues for missing US troops in Afghanistan

AFP South Asian Edition 10 hours ago

A search operation continued for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest Afghanistan as NATO said 25 soldiers were wounded during the hunt following a clash with militants. Local police said a party looking for the two troops clashed with Taliban and ...

Taliban attack kills three Pak soldiers: officials

AFP South Asian Edition 10 hours ago

Taliban militants killed three Pakistani soldiers in an assault on a check post in the northwest as the military pressed its ground and air offensive, officials said Saturday. The militants launched a rocket and gun attack on a paramilitary post in Torawari ...

Taliban attack kills 3 Pakistani soldiers: officials

AFP Asian Edition 10 hours ago

Taliban militants killed three Pakistani soldiers in an assault on a check post in the northwest as the military pressed its ground and air offensive, according to officials. The militants launched a rocket and gun attack on a paramilitary post in Torawari ...

Afghanistan

AP News 10 hours ago

A huge advertising board for the Afghan army is placed in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The writing says 'Powerful army, powerful country'. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) Copyright 2009 AP News

Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says

Reuters US Online Report Top News 14 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm. The tape, titled "To Our People in Pakistan," was ...

Clashes as NATO seeks soldiers missing in Afghanistan

AFP South Asian Edition 14 hours ago

At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as they hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest Afghanistan, NATO said. Local police said the casualties occurred when a search party clashed with Taliban fighters and alliance aircraft were ...

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