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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The top U.S. diplomat and military commander in Afghanistan expressed their full support Tuesday for President Obama's decision to send 30,000 U.S. reinforcements to the country but cautioned that the new war plan faces key risks if the Afghan government underperforms and neighboring Pakistan fai...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senior US diplomat Richard Holbrooke told German newspapers on Wednesday that he would welcome an increased German troop presence in Afghanistan. However, many German politicians are not convinced.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The US deputy Ambassador to Rwanda, Anne Casper, has said that Rwanda will continue to benefit from the United States Government due to the strong relations that exist between the two countries.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
A veteran US diplomat will arrive in North Korea today for the first high level meeting between the two countries since Barack Obama came into office, as Washington sought to bring the reclusive nuclear state back to the negotiating table.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Russian and U.S. diplomats held a second session of a bilateral working group on arms control and international security on Monday to discuss joint efforts in nuclear non-proliferation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.S. diplomat responsible for south Asia landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a U.S. Senate committee urged the United States not to "lose" its relationship with the strategically located island nation.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Russian and U.S. diplomats held a second session of a bilateral working group on arms control and international security on Monday to discuss joint efforts in nuclear non-proliferation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Washington's special representative to North Korea has arrived in the South Korean capital ahead of talks in Pyongyang. The envoy will try to bring the Kim Jong Il government back to six-nation talks on giving up its nuclear weapons, which North Korea abandoned.
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Reuters US Gen Stanley McChrystal backs US surge in Afghanistan BBC News The top US commander in Afghanistan has said there are "no silver bullets" for success there, but the troop surge will help reverse the Taliban's momentum. Testifying to US Congress, Gen Stanley McChrystal said President Barack Obama's deployment of ... US Commander in Afghanistan: Obama's Strategy Achievable Voice...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
From Dawn: PESHAWAR: A senior US diplomat on Friday went a step further than restating Washington’s assertion about the presence of Taliban shura in Quetta and insisted that some Al Qaeda leadership could also be there. ‘Our intelligence shows that some of the Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan,’ Candace Putnam, the US consul-general in Peshawar told a media roundtable here....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The United States strategy for Sudan has three major goals: saving lives and ensuring a durable peace, implementing a long-standing peace agreement, and preventing Sudan from becoming a terrorist safe haven, a senior U.S. diplomat says.
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
While the US has been raising concern about the presence of top Taliban commanders in Pakistan, it has now claimed that some Al-Qaeda leaders are also hiding in Quetta, capital of Balochistan.
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... troops were not willing to do the same. "I was very struck … by the reluctance of U.S. soldiers to get out of their tanks, to take off their helmets and to trying to build up links with local communities," he said. "They looked still much more in fighting mode than in peacekeeping mode." He also said he thought Paul Bremer - the U.S. diplomat charged...
Wired: Danger Room (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
When Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a new term, he made a pledge to crack down on corruption. Promises, promises. Was Karzai telling foreign leaders what they wanted to hear, or is the country doomed to remain at the bottom of the transparency index? According to Amb. Karl Eikenberry, the top U.S. diplomat in [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
A look at the differences expressed by the U.S. top commander and top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan during the Obama administration's three-month review of strategy for the war:
