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• Gates asks allies to send troops to Afghanistan
OHRID, Macedonia - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday urged Eastern European leaders to shift their military efforts from Iraq to Afghanistan, where their forces are more urgently needed. Speaking at a meeting here of the Southeast European ...
• Afghanistan to NATO: Help us fight drugs
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Afghanistan appealed Thursday for more NATO help to attack heroin dealers whose thriving trade is blamed for bankrolling the widening insurgency against the pro-Western government and international forces. Afghan Defense Minister ...
• Canadians vote but polls suggest little change
Since becoming prime minister in 2006, Harper has extended Canada's military mission in Afghanistan and pulled Canada out of the Kyoto Protocol, which commits industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Harper supported the U.S.-led war ...
• Fla. man arrested in Pakistani border region
These are the questions we are trying to investigate." Militants in the tribal regency are blamed for rising attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistani authorities often claim to kill or arrest foreign extremists, mostly from Afghanistan, the ...
• NATO question: Is it time to talk with Taliban?
LONDON - When NATO defense ministers meet in Budapest on Thursday, they will face a worsening situation in Afghanistan and vexing questions about whether the war can be won. Increasingly, military commanders and political leaders are asking: Is it ...