Gen. Nadeem Ahmad swirls the helicopter over Pakistan’s ground zero. Below is the Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province
Despair, devastation in war-ravaged Swat Valley
Tag Archives: taliban
Iraq: 5 killed in attack on Iranian pilgrims
At least five Iranian pilgrims were killed and dozens more wounded Wednesday in an attack northeast of Baghdad, security officials said. Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown, who is resigning from the government later this week, said: “We definitely don’t have enough helicopters,” adding that “mobility” was vital for operations in southern Afghanistan, where British troops are battling a resurgent Taliban.
Iranian police scatter anti-government protesters
Security forces dispersed a crowd gathering to protest the country’s regime Tuesday at a square in Iran’s capital. And with good reason.
Taliban’s video of captured soldier an effort to change image?
The United States military has been relatively mum on the recent capture of Army Pfc.
Hometown stays mum about captured U.S. soldier
Blaine County, Idaho, doesn’t care for gossip.
Four U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
Four U.S.
U.S. soldier captured by Taliban: ‘I’m afraid’
A United States soldier captured by the Taliban says in a video posted on the Internet he is "scared I won’t be able to go home." The soldier was identified Sunday by the Pentagon as Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho.
Reporter’s notebook: Afghanis skeptical of U.S. offensive
In the largest U.S.
Brown faces questions over Afghanistan equipment
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended the military mission in Afghanistan amid tough questions Wednesday from the opposition leader. Speaking the day after eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan were laid to rest, Brown also defended the volume of equipment — specifically helicopters — supplied to troops in Afghanistan. Conservative Party leader David Cameron said the number of helicopters in Afghanistan is “simply insufficient” and is “the basic problem” facing British troops there.
Brown defends Afghanistan strategy in face of British losses
Britain’s prime minister on Saturday grieved over the losses of 15 British troops over 10 days in Afghanistan, but underscored that preventing terror from reaching the UK streets was the top goal. “The last 10 days have been extraordinarily difficult