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Pakistani official: 'We are rethinking of our relationship with the U.S.'
By the CNN Wire Staff | Karachi | 23 Dec 2011
The fallout over a Pentagon investigation that found lack of trust between U.S. and Pakistan was a leading factor in a deadly airstrike mounted Friday with a senior Pakistani government official saying his government was rethinking its relationship with Washington.
Tens of Thousands of Pakistanis Rally Against US
Source : AFP | Lahore | 19 Dec 2011
Tens of thousands gathered in one of the biggest-ever protests in the Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday to condemn NATO and United States over the killing of 24 soldiers along the Afghan border.
The protestors, mainly from Islamist groups and political parties, vowed they would march to the capital Islamabad if the government did not cancel agreements between the US designed to fight terrorism.
Uzbekistan Torture Ignored by the West, say Human Rights Group
Source : Reuters | Tashkent / 13 Dec 2011
US and EU accused of turning blind eye to preserve relations with nation that provides key supply link to Afghanistan troops
Western governments have turned a blind eye to criticism of torture and rights abuses in Uzbekistan to preserve relations with the state pivotal to supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan, according to a human rights watchdog.
Huge Numbers of Iraqis Still Adrift Within the Country
by David Enders : McClatchy | Mosul / 11 Dec 2011
Of all the problems that the U.S. troop withdrawal won't affect in Iraq, what to do about the number of internally displaced people looms the largest.
As many as 2 million Iraqis — nearly 10 percent of the country's estimated 23 million population — are thought to have been forced from the cities and towns where they once lived and are housed in circumstances that feel temporary and makeshift.
US Vacates Air Base in Pakistan to Meet Deadline
by Maaz Khan : AFP | Karachi / 11 Dec 2011
The United States on Sunday vacated a Pakistani airbase following a deadline given by Islamabad in the wake of anger over NATO air strikes last month that killed 24 soldiers, officials said.
Pakistan's military said in a statement that the last flight carrying US personnel and equipment had left Shamsi airbase, in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, completing a process that began last week.
'NATO behind spread of radical Islam'
Source : RT | Moscow / 7 Dec 2011
The Arab spring could turn into a fiery Arab summer as a result of NATO actions, the Russian envoy to the alliance says.
“NATO’s political and military interference in the Arab spring may bring about a ‘hot Arab summer’, with a whole range of consequences for neighboring regions,” Dmitry Rogozin told Interfax ahead of Thursday’s Russia-NATO Council ministerial meeting.
He added that as a result of NATO’s interference, “Sharia law is coming to previously relatively secular states”.
Night raids in Afghanistan: False intelligence, true tragedies
by Rebecca Murray : IPS | Jalalabad / 01 Dec 2011
A night raid in Hakimabad in the heart of eastern Nangarhar province shows the face of U.S.-led presence in Afghanistan, and what it means to local people.
Qari Mohammad Bashir heard his niece scream from his backyard a little before midnight on Oct. 27. Bashir, 33, a religious leader and shopkeeper in the remote Khogyani district farming town, grabbed a torch and ran outside.
Pak border post attack a big loss for U.S. war policy
By Gareth Porter : IPS | Washington / 01 Dec 2011
The U.S. military and the Barack Obama administration have been thrown into confusion by the attack on two Pakistani military posts near the border with Afghanistan Saturday morning, even as the attacks provoked the Pakistani government and military leadership into much stronger opposition to U.S. policy in the region.
Six Afghan Children in Kandahar 'Killed by NATO'
Source : AFP | Zhari / Afghanistan / 24 Nov 2011
Officials including Afghan President Hamid Karzai have accused NATO-led international forces of killing up to seven civilians, six of them children, in an air strike in the south.
The incident happened late on Wednesday in Zhari district of Kandahar province, a traditional Taliban stronghold where NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops claim significant progress in recent months.
Nato success against Taliban in Afghanistan 'May Be Exaggerated'
by Julian Borger : The Guardian/UK / 12 Oct 2011
The success of one of Nato's principal tactics against the Taliban – targeted night raids aimed at killing or capturing leaders of the insurgency – may have been exaggerated to make the military campaign in Afghanistan look more effective, according to a new report published on Wednesday.
