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Ahmadinejad's Visit to Afghanistan Stokes Tensions
FOX News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and argue that international forces won't stop terrorism and will only lead to more civilian deaths.Ahmadinejad said the United...
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UK minister urges push for Afghan peace settlement
Reuters
By Adrian CroftLONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan's Neighbors must support such an agreement.Miliband's conciliatory comments, in a speech...
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Intelligence Wins Boost U.S.-Pakistani Relations
NPR
A series of Pakistani army offensives against domestic militants and a string of arrests of senior Afghan Taliban signal a new understanding between Pakistan and the United States. As Pakistan accelerates action against extremists, Washington has reciprocated with...
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Iran Leader: US Playing 'Game' in Afghanistan
ABC News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and argue that international forces won't stop terrorism and will only lead to more civilian deaths. Ahmadinejad said the...
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Six World Vision Aid Workers Killed In Pakistan
NPR
Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said. All the victims of the...
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Six killed in attack on World Vision office in Pakistan
BBC
Militants have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in north-western Pakistan, killing six people, police and the agency have said. The victims, including two women, were all Pakistani nationals working for World Vision in Mansehra district....
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Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
USA Today
Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. Without giving specifics, Gates said,...
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Iran leader: U.S. playing 'double game' in Afghanistan
USA Today
Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported. At a press conference in the Afghan capital, Ahmadinejad...
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6 Killed in Attack on World Vision in Pakistan
FOX News
Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said.All the victims of the assault...
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Iran blocking Web sites in effort to curb anti-government activists
Washington Post
TEHRAN -- The bearded blogger stood before an effigy of an Islamic warrior towering over the letters "WWW." "You are the young officers in this war. The United States and their domestic allies have started this fight and...
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Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban
NPR
Taliban rule was a dark period for women in Afghanistan, and they want to make sure their fears are not forgotten as the new government in Kabul tries to find ways to make peace with the Taliban.Shafiqa Quraishi,...
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