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Gates: Troops May Leave Afghanistan Early POLE CHAKI TRAINING BASE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country bef... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) WPXI Afghanistan Defense Photos Troops US |
Taliban's gone, but Afghan town still deserted | (03-10) 04:00 PST Now Zad, Afghanistan -- | This southern Afghan city has been touted as a symbol of the progress U.S. troops have made in recent weeks. But when Defense Secretary Robert Gates swung... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) San Fransisco Chronicle Afghanistan Photos Taliban US |
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David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political drive | Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. | At a lecture in the... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool, Pool) BBC News Afghanistan Military Photos Taliban UK |
Gates Visits Former Taliban Village | NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, b... (photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison) The New York Times Afghanistan Pakistan Photos Terror US |
Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan | AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. | The Dai... (photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO) The Daily Telegraph Australia Afghanistan Australia Defence Photos US |
Marjah, the city that never was | By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) Asia Times Afghanistan Defence NATO Photos US |
Defense Secretary Gates praises troops 3/9/2010 3:56:52 PM By Anne Gearan | Associated Press | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit to... (photo: AP / Jim Watson) Post-Bulletin Afghanistan Photos Politics Troops US |
Afghan war: ‘Decisive phase’ looms in Kandahar Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Afghanistan, Mar 9, (Reuters): | US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be ... (photo: Creative Commons / isafmedia) Deccan Herald Afghan Photos Taliban Troops War |
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead' | US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. |... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) BBC News Afghanistan Defence Photos S Asia US War |
Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin... (photo: US Navy file / Chad J. McNeeley) Star Tribune Afghanistan Defense Gates MIlitary Photos |
Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan SOME VOICES in the US Congress are crying hoarse that the President order the American forces to pull out of Afghanistan within 30 days. if that entails danger to US... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak) Merinews Afghanistan Kucinich Military Photos US |