May 13

Bomb attack at US base, 7 Afghans dead: military 
    (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 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 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

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 »

Mar 13

Michelle Obama tours, mingles at NC Army base 
    (AP)
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Feb 26

Kyrgyz base closure points to region in crisis 
    (AFP)

AFP – Indifferent to a row over the US airbase in their country, the mass of poor struggling to cope on the fringes of Bishkek reflect the gulf between rulers and ruled in ex-Soviet Central Asia. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 20

Kyrgyz president signs US base closure bill 
    (AP)

AP – Kyrgyzstan’s president has signed a law to close a key U.S. air base used as a staging post for military operations in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 19

US ready to pay more for Kyrgyz base within limits: Gates 
    (AFP)
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Feb 19

Kyrgyz parliament approves US base closure 
    (AP)

AP – Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted Thursday to close a key U.S. air base in the country — a move that could hamper President Barack Obama’s efforts to increase the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »

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