Posts Tagged ‘NATO
Russian NATO warns of ‘full-blown’ war
A Russian-led security organization, seen as a counterforce for NATO, has proposed the boosting of the body’s armed capabilities, voicing concerns about the situation in Afghanistan.
Nikolay Bordyuzha, the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which is composed of Russia and six other ex-Soviet states, said, “We’ve long been talking about the necessity to [...]
Italy to sue The Times over ‘Taliban ties’
Italy has blasted a new report in UK’s daily newspaper The Times in which Italian government has been accused of Taliban links in order to escape attacks.
Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa told reporters on Thursday that his government intends to prosecute “The Times” for the publication of alleged ties between Italian intelligence service and [...]
Francis Boyle – The United States Promotes Israeli Genocide Against the Palestinians
As long ago as October 19, 2000, the then United Nations Human Rights Commission (now Council) condemned Israel for inflicting “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” upon the Palestinian people, most of whom are Muslims.
British soldier killed by enemy gunfire in Afghanistan the fifth to die in three days
A British soldier was killed by enemy gunfire in Afghanistan yesterday – the fifth British serviceman to be killed there in three days.
The soldier from 29 Commando Royal Artillery was at a Forward Operating Base in the Gereshk area of Helmand Province when he was wounded.
Pakistan: Fresh attack on NATO supply route
Source: News Yahoo
Reuters PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Militants attacked a terminal used by vehicles ferrying supplies to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan early Saturday, the latest in a string of strikes on the critical and increasingly perilous supply route that snakes through northwest Pakistan.
Kabul suicide attack on German convoy kills 3
A suicide attack near a German diplomatic convoy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul left three Afghan civilians dead Sunday as 20 other people, most of them insurgents, were reported killed in other unrest. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the suicide bomb, the second in Kabul in three days, but similar attacks have been claimed by Taleban-led extremists waging an insurgency here. A German foreign ministry spokesman in Berlin said a vehicle belonging to its embassy in Kabul had been targeted. “The sole occupant of the vehicle, an Afghan employee of the embassy, was injured,” the spokesman said.