Pakistan’s Zardari vows to fight Taliban to the end (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday the Taliban wanted to take over the country and vowed to fight against militancy “to the end.”
Afghan Education Fund Purchases the Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute, Afghanistan’s Largest Vocational School (PRWeb)
The Afghan Education Fund purchases ATVI from Knowlogy International (PRWeb Jun 12, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2526184.htm
Pakistan’s Zardari vows to fight Taliban to the end (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said the nation was battling for its “sovereignty” in a military offensive against a Taliban insurgency, and would fight to the end.
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 631 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Thursday, June 11, 2009, at least 631 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Afghan civilian casualties must be cut: US, NATO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Top US and NATO officials on Friday urged forces in Afghanistan to do their utmost to limit civilian casualties, saying that every killing of an innocent Afghan citizen would undermine their mission.
Gates: Need new ways to cut Afghan casualties (AP via Yahoo! News)
The thousands of new U.S. troops deploying in Afghanistan can lessen the reliance on airstrikes that sometimes kill civilians and undermine support for the fight against the Taliban, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
Defense chief: U.S. must stop civilian deaths in Afghan war (The Champaign News-Gazette)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) The United States and its allies must reduce the number of civilians killed in the hunt for the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. He called the civilian deaths “one of our greatest strategic vulnerabilities.” “Every civilian casualty, however caused, is a defeat for us and a setback for the Afghan government,” Gates told reporters.
Taliban threaten Afghan vote; Sunni lawmakers gunned down in Baghdad (UPI)
By DANIEL GRAEBER UPI Correspondent Taliban threatening Afghan vote; Afghan ballot lottery held; Petraeus doctrine applied to AFPAK; Sunni leader gunned down in Baghdad; U.S. weighs in on Iraqi detainees; More work needed for displaced in Iraq
US general heads to Afghanistan to develop new strategy (The Christian Science Monitor)
With Gen. Stanley McChrystal on his way to Kabul, CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus warned Thursday that the situation in Afghanistan is the worst since 2001.
Funeral for Afghan blast soldier (BBC News)
The funeral of a soldier from Nottinghamshire killed in Afghanistan is due to take place in his home town.
