Taliban attacks in Afghanistan at highest since 2001, says Petraeus
GenevaLunch News General David Petraeus of the US, military regional commander for the area that includes Afghanistan, said 11 June that the level of Taliban attacks is the highest since 2001. The BBC...
View ArticlePakistani army enters third day of S.Waziristan offensive
GenevaLunch News Pakistani army troops are slowly advancing deeper into South Waziristan, in northwest Pakistan from three directions to fight an estimated 10,000 battle-hardened Pakistani Taliban...
View ArticleGeneral Petraeus on Afghanistan, NATO listens
GenevaLunch News The newly appointed commander of the war in Afghanistan, US General David Petraeus, is in Brussels briefing Nato officials on the escalating conflict. His visit comes a day after the...
View ArticleExperts downplay seriousness of Afghan peace talks
GenevaLunch News The high-level peace talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior Taliban leaders are little more than “exchanges of cash and prisoners”, according to the Guardian. It is not...
View ArticleSuicide attack kills 36 Afghan army recruits
GenevaLunch News Blast comes as US president meets with Pentagon over pullout Thirty-six recruits for the army in Afghanistan were killed and 42 injured when a bomb exploded in a suicide attack on an...
View ArticlePetraeus, head of CIA, resigns, citing extramarital affair
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – American General David Petraeus, who led US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, has resigned from his post as head of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), catching...
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