Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 7
Pak Border Post Attack a Big Loss for U.S. War Policy
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. military and the Barack Obama administration have been thrown into confusion by the attack on two Pakistani military posts near the border with Afghanistan Saturday morning, even as the attacks provoked the Pakistani government and military leadership into much stronger opposition to U.S. policy in the region.
Pakistan Calls NATO Raid 'Act of Aggression'
- Inter Press Service
The Pakistani military has called the NATO cross-border air attack on a military checkpoint that killed 24 soldiers a deliberate act of aggression.
AFGHANISTAN: False Intelligence, True Tragedies
- Inter Press Service
A night raid in Hakimabad in the heart of eastern Nangarhar province shows the face of U.S.-led presence in Afghanistan, and what it means to local people.
BALKANS: Fearing the ‘White al-Qaeda’
- Inter Press Service
Mevludin Jasarevic (23) is in police custody in Sarajevo, scarcely revealing how he came to the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina and went on a shooting spree in front of the United States embassy last month.
Washington Frets Over Pakistan Response to Soldiers' Deaths
- Inter Press Service
As the Pentagon scrambled Monday to satisfy Pakistani demands for a full accounting of Saturday's lethal air attack on two border posts, official Washington expressed hope that Islamabad's retaliation will be limited in both time and scope.
PAKISTAN: Anger Soars Over Attack
- Inter Press Service
'Enough is enough. Pakistan should respond aggressively to these unprovoked and unwarranted NATO air strikes,' says local shopkeeper Muhammad Omar. Public anger is boiling over as the Pakistani government takes tough action to cut supplies and other support to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
PAKISTAN: Beating the Taliban on the Playing Fields
- Inter Press Service
An outbreak of sports fever has gripped the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Northern Pakistan, as increasing numbers of civilians and government officials latch on to team sports as their only armour against creeping militancy in the border region.
PAKISTAN: Pilgrims Pray for Deliverance From Taliban
- Inter Press Service
Pakistani pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the current Haj season have one prayer on their lips — to be delivered from the terror that the Taliban have unleashed on their country.
ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) killed well over 1,500 civilians in night raids in less than 10 months in 2010 and early 2011, analysis of official statistics on the raids released by the U.S.-NATO command reveals.
As U.S. Exits Iraq, 'Endgame' in Afghanistan Remains Elusive
- Inter Press Service
Washington's failure to gain Iraqi approval for a significant U.S. military presence in that country beyond December could make it harder for Afghanistan to agree to a similar deployment beyond 2014.
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