The United States is trying to ease tensions over continuing civilian casualties in Afghanistan, even as it prepares to pull some of its troops out of the country. U.S. President Barack Obama “expressed his sorrow” over civilian casualties, most recently in Helmand province. He spoke during a video teleconference Wednesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. […]
Obama Expresses Sorrow Over Afghan Civilian Deaths
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Expresses Sorrow Over Afghan Civilian Deaths
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United States is trying to ease tensions over continuing civilian casualties in Afghanistan, even as it prepares to pull some of its troops out of the country. U.S. President Barack Obama “expressed his sorrow” over civilians casualties, most recently in Helmand province. He spoke during a video teleconference Wednesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. […]
Suspected US Missile Strikes Kill 22 in Pakistan
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say U.S. missiles have struck a militant training facility in a tribal region of North Waziristan, killing at least 22 suspected militants. Intelligence officials say the missiles were fired from unmanned drone aircraft within minutes of each other Wednesday. The first strike targeted a vehicle carrying at least four men. Shortly after, a […]
Activists Fast to Press Indian Government on Corruption
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Indian social activist Anna Hazare has started a day-long fast against corruption and the government’s crackdown on a similar protest led by a popular yoga guru. Anna Hazare started a day-long fast Wednesday at the New Delhi site where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Hazare sat on a stage dressed in his traditional white cotton clothes […]
US Ambassador Nominee: Afghanistan’s Fate Linked to Pakistan
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
The veteran diplomat nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan says the country’s future will depend on what happens in neighboring Pakistan. Ryan Crocker testified Wednesday before lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee. He said the situation in Afghanistan will not improve without “a fair measure of success in Pakistan.” The […]
Bin Laden Eulogy Video Issued by Deputy
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Al-Qaida’s second in command has issued a message eulogizing the terrorist group’s leader, Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan last month. In a 28-minute video posted on militant websites Thursday, Ayman al-Zawahri said bin Laden terrified the United States while alive and would continue to do so in death. […]
Bus Crash Kills 22 in India
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Police in India say 22 people were killed after a speeding bus plunged off a bridge and burst into flames in the country’s south. Officials say the crash occurred Tuesday night in Tamil Nadu state when the driver of the bus swerved to avoid two trucks which had collided with each other. Only two people, […]
Suspected US Missile Strikes Kill 20 in Pakistani Tribal Region
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a pair of U.S. missile strikes has killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan. Intelligence officials say the missiles were fired from drones within minutes of each other Wednesday, with two of them hitting a vehicle and the other two a nearby compound. The strike took […]
Suspected US Missile Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Pakistani Tribal Region
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a pair of U.S. missile strikes has killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan. Intelligence officials said the missiles were fired from drones within minutes of each other Wednesday, with two of them hitting a vehicle and the other two a nearby compound. The strike took […]
Rampaging Elephants Trample Indian Man to Death
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Two wild elephants went on a three-hour rampage in the Indian city of Mysore on Wednesday, trampling one man to death. Authorities said the elephants entered the city from a nearby forest and panicked residents in the southern Indian city. The elephants attacked a cow, roamed onto the campus of a women’s college and romped […]
