By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesA suicide bomber blew himself up Friday at a public bathhouse in southern Afghanistan that was filled with men washing themselves before the...
By Nasir Khan and Laura King, Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe brazen assassination Tuesday of a popular and progressive Pakistani governor allied with the nation's president threw an already...
By Zulfiqar Ali and Laura King, Los Angeles TimesA series of missile strikes killed at least 19 suspected insurgents Saturday in Pakistan's tribal borderlands, signaling that the new year...
By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesA U.S. troop buildup in 2010 was meant to blunt the momentum of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Now it is 2011 that has become the...
By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesFighting between NATO forces and insurgents has erupted in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora, best known as the rugged labyrinth where Osama...
By Zulfiqar Ali and Laura KingMissiles presumably fired by U.S. drones on Monday incinerated three trucks thought to be ferrying fighters and weapons from Pakistan's...
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles TimesMuslim cleric Muhammad Salim isn't worried that a court or Pakistan's president might spare a Christian woman from this village who has been...
By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesThe government of President Hamid Karzai on Sunday denounced a NATO-led night raid on a compound in Kabul that killed two men, accusing...
By Zulfiqar Ali and Laura King, Los Angeles TimesA suicide bomber dressed in an all-enveloping burka struck at a crowded food distribution center in Pakistan's volatile tribal region...
By Borzou DaragahiThe captured leader of an outlawed militant group that has waged a years-long campaign of bombings and killings against Iranian...
By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesThe NATO force in Afghanistan denied Tuesday that the American military intends to carry out ground raids inside Pakistan in pursuit of...
By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesA day after 14 Afghan police officers and soldiers were killed in a pair of attacks by insurgents, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said...
By Aimal Yaqoubi and Laura King, Los Angeles TimesInsurgents took aim Sunday at the Afghan security forces, ambushing an army bus in the capital, Kabul, and storming an army recruitment...
Alex RodriguezA breach that sent the CIA's top spy in Pakistan out of the country with his cover blown is likely to cause friction between U.S. and...
By Ken Dilanian and Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles TimesThe CIA station chief in Pakistan has been called home, a U.S. official said, after a lawyer for a local journalist publicly revealed the...
By David S. Cloud and Christi Parsons, Los Angeles TimesA review of President Obama's war strategy cites progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but leaves unanswered questions that have plagued the...
By Borzou Daragahi and Aimal Yaqoubi, Los Angeles TimesA roadside bomb probably set by Taliban insurgents killed at least 14 Afghan civilians aboard a minibus Thursday in the country's relatively...
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles TimesA spreading conflict is causing increased civilian casualties and displacement across Afghanistan, the head of a major humanitarian...
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles TimesAlong rutted streets in newly revitalized neighborhoods hang green, red, yellow and black banners commemorating Imam Hussein, the prophet...
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles TimesRichard C. Holbrooke is being praised in the United States after his death as a giant of diplomacy, but in South Asia, the turbulent...
By Ken Dilanian and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles TimesTwo new assessments by the U.S. intelligence community present a gloomy picture of the Afghanistan war, contradicting a more upbeat view...
By Paul Richter, Los Angeles TimesRichard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's emissary to Afghanistan and Pakistan and one of the most celebrated American diplomats of...
By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles TimesAfter two days in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he was convinced the massive infusion of American troops over the last...
By Laura King, Los Angeles TimesA suicide bomber is loose in the city, and the clock is ticking. But an elite squad of Afghan cops is on the case, working street sources...
By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles TimesSecretary of Defense Robert M. Gates received a sobering update on security in eastern Afghanistan during a visit Tuesday, reflecting the...
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources MinDef Singapore dated Jan 7, 2011
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