We think you're near Los Angeles

Currently in Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles Current temperature: 62°F: Current condition: Mostly Cloudy See Extended Forecast

National Afghanistan

NATO 2012 - Military Vets protest, give proverbial black eye to summit leaders

May 23, 2012 - Chicago set the world stage for the 2012 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit this year with the 12 year war in...
Read more

NATO rubber-stamps Afghan exit plan

As NATO leaders prepare to endorse President Barack Obama’s strategy for exiting Afghanistan at the organization's summit in Chicago,...
Read more

Protesting NATO: What purpose?

Thousands of protestors assembled in Chicago to protest NATO and apparently the target is the Afghanistan withdrawal timetable. I admit that I have...
Read more

'Afghan good enough' Obama lowers the bar for victory in Afghanistan

According to the New York Times, president Obama has "significantly lowered" the bar on how success in Afghanistan is defined.In four...
Read more

Rep. Rohrabacher urges Clinton to invite Afghan warlords to NATO Summit

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday to invite members of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance to this...
Read more

AfPak Daily News Roundup: May 15, 2012

Pakistan hints at reopening NATO supply lines. Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar indicated on Monday that it was time to “move on...
Read more

Taliban splinter group claims peace envoy killing

An obscure insurgent faction called the Mullah Dadullah Front claimed responsibility for Sunday’s drive-by assassination of Afghan peace...
Read more

Blast kills 9 Afghan civilians in northern market

Nine civilians were killed on Monday in northwestern Afghanistan when a remotely-detonated bomb planted on a bicycle exploded in a crowded market...
Read more

Afghan peace envoy killed in drive-by shooting

Arsala Rahmani, a key member of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, was shot dead on the streets of Kabul on Sunday by a single bullet from a...
Read more

U.S. envoy to Pakistan resigned for personal reasons, State Dept. says

The U.S. claims that ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter resigned on Monday as the result of a “personal decision”, despite rumors...
Read more

Pages