Apr 20

Russia to send more warplanes to Kyrgyzstan (AFP)

AFP – Moscow will increase the number of warplanes it has stationed in Kyrgyzstan, a Russian general said Monday, following the expulsion of a key US military base from the former Soviet republic. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 20

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 606 (AP)

AP – As of Sunday, April 19, 2009, at least 606 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. Read the rest of this entry »