U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. will not make a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, and has urged NATO allies not to rush out either. Gates, who attended his final meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels Thursday, said substantial military progress is being made on the ground. He warned that those gains could […]
NATO Chief Predicts Afghans Will Be In Control by 2014
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistan Forces Accused of Killing Unarmed Man
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of people attended the funeral in Karachi on Thursday of a young man whose killing by Pakistani paramilitary forces was recorded and aired on local television. Sarfaraz Shah was killed Wednesday in a park in the southern Pakistani port city. A video of his death, which was posted on the video website YouTube, shows […]
NATO Chief Predicts Afghans Will Be In Control by 2014
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says operations in Afghanistan remain a “key operational priority” for the alliance and predicted the Afghan government will take full control of security by 2014. He spoke in Brussels at a meeting of NATO defense ministers and those from non-NATO allies in the international security force in Afghanistan. The […]
India’s “Picasso” Dies at 95
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
An artist sometimes called “the Indian Picasso” has died in London at the age of 95. M.F. Husain — whose full name was Maqbool Fida Husain — began his career in India as a Bollywood poster artist and later developed a style combining Indian traditions with a Western-influenced Cubist style. He was also known for […]
Nine Dead in Militant Attack on Afghan Wedding
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say nine people have been killed in eastern Nangarhar province in a militant attack on a gathering for a wedding. Provincial officials said the militants stormed a house Thursday where wedding party members had gathered in Dur Baba district. Reports say the groom, who was one of the victims, was a relative of […]
Eight Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Firefight With Militants
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan security officials say Taliban militants have attacked a security checkpoint in South Waziristan, killing eight soldiers. The officials say Pakistani forces killed at least 10 Taliban fighters in the resulting firefight. Thursday’s early-morning incident in the western tribal region near the Afghan border left at least seven soldiers wounded. On Wednesday, Pakistani officials said […]
CPJ Warns of Religious Threat to Afghan Media
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 9:15 pm (UTC-5)
The Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed concern about a declaration issued by Afghanistan’s Council of Religious Scholars on June 1 criticizing two media outlets for “immorality” and “animosity against Islam.” In a press release Wednesday, the New York-based group said that the council, a powerful force in Afghan politics, singled out the Hasht-e-Subh Daily […]
Obama Expresses ‘Sorrow’ over Recent Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has expressed his “sorrow” to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over civilian deaths that U.S.-led airstrikes recently caused in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Presidents Obama and Karzai spoke for about an hour via videoconference Wednesday to discuss the state of the war in Afghanistan. Carney said […]
Kazakh President Calls for Islamic Food Fund
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has proposed the creation of a food reserve for Muslim countries to improve food security in the Islamic world. President Nazarbayev addressed the World Islamic Economic Forum in the Kazakh capital Astana Wednesday. He said member nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference should establish a regional fund to stave […]
India’s Anti-Corruption Activists Renew Pressure on Government
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Two high-profile anti-corruption activists in India have renewed pressure on the government in New Delhi to deal with graft, widely seen as the country’s most pressing problem. India’s wealthiest yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, who is continuing his anti-corruption hunger strike from his base in northern India, warned of violence as he condemned the government crackdown […]
