U.S. troops likely for Afghanistan in January
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though probably not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there. The White House emphasized that the president hasn t made a deci...
 3.3K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 75.0 UN evaluates Afghan mission after attack
KABUL (AP) Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home today, one day after Taliban militants stormed a guest house in the capital and killed eight people in a brazen attack that is forcing the world body to re-evaluate its...
1.3K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 303.0 Obama mulls a reduce troop plan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is considering a scaled-down version of the war plan advanced by his top Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. officials say. Such a narrowed military mission would increase American forces to accom...
5.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 119.0 Helicopter crashes kill 14 Americans in Afghanistan
KABUL Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans today in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale confer...
6.3K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 119.0 NATO considers beefing up support
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
4.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 696.0 NATO considers beefing up support
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
4.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 696.0 Blasts at Pakistan air base, wedding bus kill 24
ISLAMABAD (AP) A suicide bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in northwest Pakistan today, while an explosion killed 17 on a bus heading to wedding elsewhere in the region, the latest in a surge of militant attacks this month....
3.8K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 75.0 Kyrgyzstan Cabinet resigns in reform plan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) Kyrgyzstan s Cabinet resigned today as part of a sweeping government reform campaign the president said will save money and make the Central Asian nation s leadership more effective. Opposition leaders in the poor and polit...
2.3K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 303.0 US: Russia not complying with Georgia war truce
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) Russia is not complying with the cease-fire that ended last year s war with Georgia, a U.S. defense official said today, adding that Washington wants international observers in Russian-controlled territories. The statement by ...
1.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 75.0 NATO needs to leave Afghanistan
The request by the United States and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for an additional 40,000 troops sharply highlights NATOs rapidly worsening problems. There is, however, a void at the centre of NATO policy on Afghanistan...
1.0K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 503.0 President won't commit on troops
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will not commit more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until he is convinced that the central government can be a credible and effective U.S. partner, a senior White House aide said Sunday. But it was unclear whether Obam...
4.5K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 151.0 Blast kills four soldiers
KABUL (AP) A roadside bomb killed four American troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel finished most of its investigation into whether the level of fraud in the August presidential election would force a runoff...
4.5K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 75.0 Blast kills four soldiers
KABUL (AP) A roadside bomb killed four American troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel finished most of its investigation into whether the level of fraud in the August presidential election would force a runoff...
4.5K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 75.0 Afghanistan corruption worries McChrystal
WASHINGTON (AP) The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaida, according to U.S. officials br...
4.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 75.0 Russia: New Iran sanctions won't fly
MOSCOW (AP) Russia pushed back today at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration s desire to present a united front with Moscow. After meeting with U....
5.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 75.0 Afghan leader accused of meddling in fraud probe
KABUL (AP) Afghan President Hamid Karzai s top challenger in disputed elections alleged today the embattled head of state engineered the resignation of a chief fraud investigator to cast doubt over a process that may force a runoff vote. Results fr...
4.6K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 75.0 Bloody siege at Pakistan army HQ
Nahal Toosi and Zarar Khan, Associated Press Writers RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's milita...
6.0K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 75.0 US forces leave isolated Afghan base after attack
KABUL (AP) Taliban fighters claimed Friday their flag was flying victoriously over an eastern Afghan village U.S. forces abandoned after suffering casualties in one of the war s deadliest battles for American troops. The withdrawal this week from m...
6.3K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 578.0 Russia: U.S. can't fight Afghan drugs alone
MOSCOW (AP) Russia s counter-narcotics chief today criticized U.S. and NATO anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan as inadequate and called for joint action against the Afghan heroin flooding into the former Soviet Union. In an interview with The Associa...
4.0K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 119.0 Afghanistan is at a dead end
It would be wrong to imagine that peace and good fortune will rain down on Afghanistan the minute the U.S. and NATO withdraw. On the contrary, things will get a lot worse. Withdrawal means we openly hand over Afghanistan to the seemingly endless hell...
0.9K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 119.0 | 
