Talibans victory in Pak, Afghanistan to spell disaster for international security: NATO
January 27th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Brussels, Jan 27 (ANI): NATOs Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer has said that urgent attention is needed to be paid to South Asia as a victory for the Taliban in Pakistan ... Read more...
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Afghan army to grow to 100,000 by 2009 end
January 5th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 5 (DPA) The Afghan national army was to grow to more than 100,000 troops by the end of this year, a spokesman said Monday.The troops are to be trained by ... Read more...
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Baltic countries plan joint infantry force
December 5th, 2008 - 7:16 am ICT by IANS
Vilnius, Dec 5 (DPA) Defence ministers from the three small Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met in Birstonas, Lithuania, Thursday to discuss plans to pool their armed forces and create ... Read more...
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NATO demands better troop performance in Afghanistan
December 4th, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Brussels, Dec.4 (ANI): The challenges in war-torn Afghanistan are great and it is time for the allies involved in the global war against terror) to do better, the North Atlantic Treaty ... Read more...
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‘India not comfortable to work under any other command besides UN’
November 21st, 2008 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) India will be “very uncomfortable” taking part in any anti-piracy operation under any other nation's flag if NATO nations objects to the United Nations taking the lead ... Read more...
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Pakistani army chief to attend NATO meeting
November 18th, 2008 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Nov 18 (IANS) The US drone attacks inside Pakistan territory will top the agenda of the two-day NATO meeting that begins here Wednesday, EuAsiaNews has reported.Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani ... Read more...
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Medvedev says he forgot US election day
November 16th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 16 (DPA) Reacting for the first time to criticism of an anti-US speech on the day Barack Obama was elected president, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he "simply forgot" the ... Read more...
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British officials ‘defeatist’ about Taliban: Robert Gates
October 7th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 7 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has criticised a “defeatist” assessment of the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, but favoured negotiations with moderate elements among the militants. "While ... Read more...
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US entitled to take military action in Pakistans Tribal Areas
October 4th, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): The United States is entitled under international law to take military action in Pakistans Tribal Areas since they no longer lie under the sovereign control of the ... Read more...
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10 killed in US drone missile strike in Miran Shah
September 12th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept.12 (ANI): At least ten people were killed Friday, allegedly by a missile strike from a U.S. pilotless drone inside Pakistan''s lawless northwest border region.
CBS quoted a senior Pakistani intelligence ... Read more...
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NATO diplomats to visit Georgia despite Russian objection
September 12th, 2008 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Riga, Sep 12 (DPA) Diplomats from NATO countries will visit Georgia next week despite Russian objections to the show of support for the country's pro-Western government, the alliance's top official said Friday.The ... Read more...
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US destroyer arrives in Georgian port with aid
August 24th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 24 (DPA) The first US naval vessel carrying relief supplies arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi Sunday, the Russian Interfax news agency reported in Moscow on the ... Read more...
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Russia to freeze cooperation with NATO: Report
August 20th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, Aug 20 (DPA) Russia has decided to freeze and cancel all military cooperation with Norway and other NATO members, the online edition of Oslo daily Aftenposetn reported Wednesday.The newspaper, citing Norwegian ... Read more...
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‘Partners have broken promises for Afghanistan’
July 28th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, July 28 (DPA) NATO's American general John Craddock, during an inspection tour to Afghanistan last week, accused member nations and leaders of breaking promises in the ongoing effort to support ... Read more...
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NATO turns to its smallest newcomer to learn web warfare
May 13th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by admin
By Ben Nimmo
Brussels, May 13 (DPA) Four years ago almost to the day, Estonia became the smallest country to join NATO since 1949, increasing the number of soldiers the alliance commands by ... Read more...
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NATO limits on Afghan operations make militancy possible: General
May 10th, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Mons (Belgium), May 10 (DPA) Limits placed on NATO forces operating in Afghanistan by their national governments have allowed militant forces to keep a foothold in the country, a NATO general has ... Read more...
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Russia wants new international security
April 22nd, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, April 22 (RIA Novosti) Russia Tuesday said it wants new international agreements on security and disarmament to be concluded. "We intend to press for the drafting of new agreements in ... Read more...
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Russia to increase security if Georgia, Ukraine join NATO
April 11th, 2008 - 7:30 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, April 11 (RIA Novosti) Russia will increase its military presence along its borders if Georgia and Ukraine join NATO, the country's top commander said Friday. "Russia will take measures to ... Read more...
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Moscow to prevent Ukraine, Georgia’s NATO admission
April 9th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, April 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia will do everything possible to prevent its neighbours, Ukraine and Georgia, being admitted to NATO, the Russian foreign minister said. "We will do everything possible ... Read more...
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Biggest ever NATO summit ends with birthday flourish
April 5th, 2008 - 12:39 am ICT by admin
(Round Up)
By Nicholas Rigillo
Bucharest, April 4 (DPA) NATO's biggest-ever summit ended on the alliance's 59th birthday Friday in Bucharest with two new members, three disappointed applicants and signs of thawing relations with ... Read more...
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NATO unveils ’strategic vision’ for Afghanistan
April 3rd, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bucharest, April 3 (DPA) NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest Thursday were set to unveil a document outlining their "strategic vision" for Afghanistan. The four-page text was expected to call on the 26 ... Read more...
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Bush wants NATO to enlarge, stay in Afghanistan
April 2nd, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bucharest, April 2 (DPA) US President George W. Bush called on NATO Wednesday to stay in Afghanistan for as long as it takes to defeat the terrorists and pushed for the alliance ... Read more...
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Bush in Ukraine for talks prior to NATO summit
April 1st, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kiev, April 1 (DPA) US President George W. Bush was in Ukraine Tuesday for a short state visit prior to an upcoming NATO summit. Bush met Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and was ... Read more...
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NATO seeks to revamp Afghan mission
April 1st, 2008 - 10:03 am ICT by admin
By Nicholas Rigillo
Brussels, April 1 (DPA) Judging a war used to be so much easier: one side would advance and the other would retreat. Eventually, one of the two would wave a ... Read more...
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NATO calls on Russia to rejoin arms control treaty
March 29th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Brussels, March 29 (DPA) The NATO military alliance called on Russia to rejoin a post-Cold War era treaty that regulates armed forces in Europe, and warned that it would not uphold its ... Read more...
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US vice president makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
March 20th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kabul, March 20 (DPA) US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived Thursday in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit, and held talks with the Afghan president and other cabinet members. Cheney, who is on ... Read more...
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Bush calls for more NATO troops in Afghanistan
March 2nd, 2008 - 8:15 am ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, March 2 (DPA) US President George W. Bush and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen have said that NATO countries should send more troops to Afghanistan. Bush, at his Texas ranch ... Read more...
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Afghanistan on the right track of reconstruction, says Afghan envoy to India
February 26th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi , Feb 26 (ANI): Afghanistan s Ambassador to India , S. Makhdoom Raheen, has said that Afghanistan is on the right track of reconstruction.Welcoming the restoration of the democratic process ... Read more...
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U.S. hard-pressed to convince NATO to enhance troop deployment in Afghanistan
February 8th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb.8 (ANI): The United States is facing resistance from its NATO allies on the need for enhancing foreign troop deployment in Afghanistan to fight Islamic militants in Afghanistan.
According to a Voice ... Read more...
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Taliban controls 54 percent of Afghanistan, says Brussels think tank
November 22nd, 2007 - 12:25 pm ICT by admin
London, Nov.22 (ANI): An international think tank has in a report claimed that a resurgent Taliban is in control of at least half of Afghanistan, and predicted that the landlocked country is ... Read more...
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