
Reuters - Turkey’s prime minister met the head of the armed forces on Sunday, two days after two retired generals were charged over an alleged coup plot; arrests that risked renewing tension between the government and the military.

Reuters - Turkey’s prime minister met the head of the armed forces on Sunday, two days after two retired generals were charged over an alleged coup plot; arrests that risked renewing tension between the government and the military.

AFP - Five Afghan civilians were shot and wounded by US and Afghan troops outside a military base in a restive area of the war-torn country, NATO said Friday, also reporting the death of an American soldier.

AFP - Five Afghan civilians were shot and wounded by US and Afghan troops outside a military base in a restive area of the war-torn country, NATO said Friday, also reporting the death of an American soldier.

AFP - Five Afghan civilians were shot and wounded by US and Afghan troops outside a military base in a restive area of the country that was the scene of a violent demonstration a day earlier, NATO said Friday.

AP - As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a new blueprint for the war in Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on military matters says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help increase the number of Afghan security forces.

AP - The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in “serious jeopardy” and needs more troops to turn the tide against an increasingly potent Taliban insurgency, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday, putting her at odds with an influential Democratic colleague on military matters

AFP - Iraq’s tight budget and its dependence on the price of oil is a “challenge” when it comes to equipping the country’s fledgling security forces, a senior US military officer said on Wednesday.