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Afghans were incinerated to make sure that German Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and Foreign Minister Steinmeier's Social Democratic Party did not overly suffer for their support of the war.
Afghans were incinerated to make sure that German Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and Foreign Minister Steinmeier's Social Democratic Party did not overly suffer for their support of the war.
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The top NATO commander confirmed Saturday that civilians were wounded by a devastating airstrike targeting insurgents in n...
ZP Heller | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
Instead of thinking of alternatives to a dangerously flawed military strategy, US commanders are trying to control the narrative about civilian casualties.
New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER | Posted 07.03.2009 | World
A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the airstrikes in western Afghanistan o...
ZP Heller | Posted 06.11.2009 | World
As the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to deteriorate, Congress will decide this week whether to approve $94.2 billion in supplemental wartime spending.
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.
John Prendergast | Posted 05.23.2009 | World
Somalia has become the poster child for transnational threats emanating from Africa.
The Guardian | Posted 03.23.2009 | World
Two Tamil Tiger aircraft launched a surprise bomb raid on the Sri Lankan capital last night, hitting a tax building in Colombo and injuring at least...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.17.2009 | World
Like the economic crisis, I'm sure Obama would rather not be saddled with the wars that continue from the Bush era, but now it's on him.
Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 01.29.2009 | World
Israel, torn in anger and exaggerated feelings of vulnerability, is unlikely to stop bombing until it realizes that is has once again shot itself in the foot.
Freddy Deknatel | Posted 01.27.2009 | World
Israel is trying to decapitate Hamas in Gaza, to use an favorite expression of military spokesmen and a docile American media, and the bodies are piling up. What is the limit?
NY Times | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON -- The White House has backed away from using American commandos for further ground raids into Pakistan after furious complaints from its g...
Washington Post | Candace Rondeaux and Karen DeYoung | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- United Nations officials in Afghanistan said Tuesday that there was "convincing evidence" at least 90 civilians -- two...
AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a doze...
AP | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home
CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida has posted a statement on the Internet saying one of its commanders in Afghanistan has been killed by a U.S. airstrike. ...
The Washington Post | Candace Rondeaux | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
KABUL -- U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan have launched investigations into three separate U.S.-led airstrikes that Afghan officials sa...
Washington Post | Josh White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The U.S. military conducted more than five times as many airstrikes in Iraq last year as it did in 2006, targeting al-Qaeda safe houses, insurgent bom...
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
After six years, the liberation of Afghanistan has become a triumph without victory. The fighting is the greatest it has been since the beginning of t...
Conn Hallinan | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics