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05 3rd, 2009| 
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, in remarks made public Saturday, that it would be politically difficult for the United States to further increase its military presence in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
4
AFP – The imminent deployment of extra US troops to insurgency-torn Afghanistan will likely lead to increased fighting and more civilian casualties, aid agencies warned NATO leaders on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
3
AFP – The imminent deployment of extra US troops to insurgency-torn Afghanistan will likely lead to increased fighting and more civilian casualties, aid agencies warned NATO leaders on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
30
AFP – President Barack Obama said he would not speed up troop withdrawals from Iraq, arguing the country was “moving in the right direction” but still needed US help. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
9
AFP – A senior MP from radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr’s party on Monday called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops, a day after plans for a major drawdown was announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
8
AFP/File – Iraq and the United States announced on Sunday that 12,000 US troops will go home by the end of September, as a suicide bomber killed 28 people outside a Baghdad police academy. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
11
AFP – In the first significant military judgement of his presidency, US President Barack Obama will likely decide in “the next few days” on US troop deployments to Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. Read the rest of this entry »