Washington, 3 feb (EFE).- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, recibirá el 13 y 14 de marzo al primer ministro británico, David Cameron, con quien hablará sobre la situación en Oriente Medio, Afganistán y los preparativos de las cumbres de la OTAN y el Grupo de los Ocho, anunció hoy la Casa Blanca.
British troops will step back from their lead combat role in Afganistan by the end of 2013 under plans drawn up by the Nato-led Isaf international alliance, Downing Street said today.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Less than 25 percent of Afghans say the national police are now strong enough to handle security without international forces' help, but three-quarters believe they will be ready by the 2014 NATO handover, according to a U.N. survey released Tuesday.
Strapped into his bi-ski, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Skalitsky finds himself surrounded by the four trainers assigned to him. Wounded in Afganistan, he is but one of the 21 servicepeople participating in the Wounded Warriors Project held at Wintergreen Resort.
The loss of life in the war on terrorism hits close to home today as we learn about a Cooper High School graduate and marine who died in Afghanistan this week.
KABUL - Varios aludes mataron al menos a 29 personas en el montañoso noreste de Afganistán, dijeron el jueves funcionarios afganos. Los socorristas todavía están luchando por llegar a las áreas más afectadas, las cuales fueron aisladas por las fuertes nevadas que bloquean los caminos.
Australian soldiers battling the Taleban in Afghanistan are the nation's million-dollar diggers.As the bill for the war escalates, each of the 1550 infantry, special forces, engineers and other troops in Uruzgan Province now costs...
KABUL (AP) — El ala política del Talibán está lista para comenzar las negociaciones de paz para poner fin a la guerra en Afganistán, pero los insurgentes seguirán mientras tanto con su lucha armada, d
KABUL - Una explosión sacudió el miércoles la estación de policía de una provincia del sur de Afganistán, informaron funcionarios afganos.
In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai is demanding that the United States hand over control of a prison facility that houses about 3,000 inmates. An Afghan commission has alleged abuse of prisoners there, and says that conditions violate the Afghan constitution. The demands may have more to do with a growing animosity between President Karzai and Washington, however, as NPR's Kabul bureau chief ...