The Pentagon has pulled key protections for its civilian personnel, directing managers to move with “speed and conviction” to fire underperforming workers, according to a memo issued one day ...

More foreign troops are being killed in Afghanistan of late than in Iraq as US and NATO forces ramp up against the resurgent Taliban. Today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates extended his " personal ...

In news from Afghanistan, the New York Times is reporting shootings of Afghan civilians by US and NATO convoys at military checkpoints have spiked sharply. At least twenty-eight Afghans have been ...

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, \"following a request from the Afghan Taliban regime\" and mutual consent, Pakistan and the Taliban have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire, ...