May 13

Suicide attack at US base, seven Afghans killed 
    (AFP)

AFP – A suicide car bomb exploded outside a US military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven labourers in the second deadly attack in the town of Khost in as many days, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

May 13

Suicide bomb at US base, 7 Afghans dead: military 
    (AFP)

AFP – A suicide car bomb exploded near a US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said. Read the rest of this entry »

May 12

China deploys secure computer operating system 
    (AFP)

AFP – China has installed a secure operating system known as “Kylin” on government and military computers designed to be impenetrable to US military and intelligence agencies, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

May 12

Suicide car bomber kills 8 people in Kirkuk 
    (AP)

AP – A suicide bomber rammed his car into an Iraqi police truck Tuesday, killing five policemen and three civilians in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, said police. Read the rest of this entry »

May 9

Gates cites concern about New York flyover oversight 
    (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern in a letter released Friday about the oversight of a bungled New York flyover by a spare presidential plane. Read the rest of this entry »

May 9

A giant US military base emerges in Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – In the forbidding Afghan desert, US engineers are carving out a sprawling military camp as part of a dramatic American troop build-up designed to confront Taliban insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »

May 8

Gates cites concern about New York flyover oversight 
    (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern in a letter released Friday about the oversight of a bungled New York flyover by a spare presidential plane. Read the rest of this entry »

May 8

Obama budget allocates $130 billion for 2 wars 
    (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama’s proposed defense budget includes $130 billion for the nation’s two wars, a figure that may not be enough. Read the rest of this entry »

May 8

A giant US military base emerges in Afghanistan 
    (AFP)

AFP – In the forbidding Afghan desert, US engineers are carving out a sprawling military camp as part of a dramatic American troop build-up designed to confront Taliban insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »

May 8

Afghan war costs to overtake Iraq in 2010: Pentagon 
    (AFP)

AFP – The cost of fighting the war in Afghanistan will overtake that of the Iraq conflict for the first time in 2010, Pentagon budget documents showed Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

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