Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban
KABUL - Pakistan's recent arrests of top Taliban leaders have halted the United Nation's secret talks with the insurgency, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2010-03-19
Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13
SAIDU SHARIF, Pakistan - A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and underscoring the nation's relentless security threat.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2010-03-13
AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
WASHINGTON - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:111th Congress Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-03-10
Al-Qaida calls on US Muslims to attack America
CAIRO - Al-Qaida's American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan U.S. Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2010-03-08
Pakistan: American al-Qaida suspect nabbed
ISLAMABAD - An American member of al-Qaida was picked up in a raid in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, Pakistani officials said Monday, but reversed earlier assertions that the detained man was the terror network's U.S.-born spokesman.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2010-03-08
Mo'Nique, Waltz win supporting-acting Oscars
LOS ANGELES - Villainous roles snatched the supporting-acting prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards: "Precious" co-star Mo'Nique as a contemptible mother and "Inglourious Basterds" co-star Christoph Waltz as a sociable Nazi fiend.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Hattie McDaniel Jeff Bridges Meryl Streep Tyler Perry Woody Harrelson Tim Allen Activities:2010 Oscar Awards
2010-03-07
Turkey pulls envoy after U.S. vote on "genocide" label
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Washington.
Nations:Armenia Afghanistan U.S. Turkey People:Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Ronald Reagan Source:(Reuters)
2010-03-04
Mullen: 'steady progress' in fight for Afghan town
WASHINGTON - The nation's top defense leaders said Monday that U.S.-led forces were making steady progress in their efforts in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan but faced stiffer resistance than expected and the operation would take longer than hoped.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Robert Gates Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-02-22
Outgunned Taliban mounting tough fight in Marjah
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Outnumbered and outgunned, Taliban fighters are mounting a tougher fight than expected in Marjah, Afghan officials said Sunday, as U.S.-led forces converged on a pocket of militants in a western section of the town.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:David Petraeus Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-02-21
Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections
BAGHDAD - Iraq's main Sunni party said Saturday it is dropping out of next month's national elections, seizing on U.S. concerns about Iran's influence in the political process as proof that the vote will not be legitimate.
Nations:Iraq Iran Afghanistan Source:(AP)
2010-02-20
Pakistan will not hand Taliban suspects to US
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will not turn over the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 leader and two other high-value militants captured this month to the United States, but may deport them to Afghanistan, a senior minister said Friday.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-02-19
Pakistan confirms arrest of top Taliban commander
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed the capture of the Taliban's top military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, whose removal could deal a heavy blow to the militia's eight-year war in Afghanistan.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan India People:Hillary Clinton David Petraeus Robert Gates Joseph Biden Barack Obama Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AFP)
2010-02-17
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