DTN News - PAKISTAN TALIBAN NEWS: Taliban Attack Police Housing Compound In Lahore

DTN News - PAKISTAN TALIBAN NEWS: Taliban Attack Police Housing Compound In Lahore

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 14, 2012: Pakistan's police commandos stand outside a house attacked by gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, July 12, 2012. At least half a dozen Taliban gunmen opened fire on a compound housing policemen in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, killing several of them, officials said. (Photo - AP)

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: ISAF Condemns 'Despicable' Suicide-Bomber Attack

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 14, 2012: The International Security Assistance Force condemned today's "senseless and cowardly" suicide-bomber attack at a wedding in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province that killed at least 19 people, including a member of the country's parliament, and wounded more than 43 others, military officials reported.

A suicide attacker blew himself up at the entrance to a wedding hall in Aybak, the province's capital, officials said, noting the blast killed at least 19 people and wounded more than 43 others.

Ahmad Khan Samangani, a member of the Afghan parliament; Mohammad Khan, the provincial director of the National Directorate of Security; and Lt. Gen. Said Ahmad Samse were among those killed in the attack, officials said.

Regional Command-North is providing medical and surgical assistance to the injured, according to a RC-North news release issued today.

The International Security Assistance Force stated in a release issued today that it "strongly condemns this senseless and cowardly act of insurgent terror that resulted in the murder of innocent civilians. These despicable acts continue to disrupt peace and demonstrate an utter lack of respect for Afghan lives."

"Once again the Taliban have murdered Afghans in cold blood with complete disregard for innocent life or to the sanctity of a wedding," ISAF commander Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen stated in the release. "Their depravity clearly knows no bounds. The disgust of the Afghan people for these criminals only continues to grow.

"ISAF continues to stand with the noble people of Afghanistan and we offer our assistance in solving this crime," Allen continued. "I offer my sincerest condolences and prayers to the family and friends who are suffering from the loss of their loved ones."

ISAF "remains committed to stopping acts of terror together with Afghan National Security Forces in order to build a secure environment that promotes lasting peace and a secure way of life for the Afghan people," the command's release said.

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DTN News - HILLARY CLINTON IN KABUL: Clinton Greets Troops Before Departing Kabul

DTN News - HILLARY CLINTON IN KABUL: Clinton Greets Troops Before Departing Kabul

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 10, 2012: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, greets troops before departing Kabul International Airport Saturday July 7, 2012. The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally," an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014 and as a political statement of support for Afghanistan's long-term stability.

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DTN News - HILLARY CLINTON IN KABUL: US Declared Afghanistan "Major Non-NATO Ally"

DTN News - HILLARY CLINTON IN KABUL: US Declared Afghanistan "Major Non-NATO Ally"

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 10, 2012: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks during a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Saturday July 7, 2012. 

The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally," an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014 and as a political statement of support for Afghanistan's long-term stability.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Pakistan Opens NATO Supply Line As Clinton Says 'Sorry'

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Pakistan Opens NATO Supply Line As Clinton Says 'Sorry'

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 3, 2012: A Pakistani man prays between oil tankers, which were used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, and parked in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. The Obama administration said Tuesday that Pakistan was reopening its supply lines into Afghanistan, after the U.S. belatedly issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike. (Photo - AP)

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Pakistan Opens NATO Supply Line As Clinton Says 'Sorry'

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Pakistan Opens NATO Supply Line As Clinton Says 'Sorry'


(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 3, 2012: Drivers of oil tankers, which were used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, dance celebrating the news that Pakistan will reopen NATO supply routes, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. The Obama administration said Tuesday that Pakistan was reopening its supply lines into Afghanistan, after the U.S. belatedly issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike. (Photo - AP)


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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Pakistan Opens NATO Supply Line As Clinton Says 'Sorry'

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Pakistan Opens NATO Supply Line As Clinton Says 'Sorry'

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 3, 2012: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration says Pakistan is reopening supply lines into Afghanistan after the U.S. issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Strategic Airlift Crews Fight An Exhausting War In Anonymity

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Strategic Airlift Crews Fight An Exhausting War In Anonymity

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 22, 2012:  A C-17 lifted out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, one afternoon last month packed with crates of servicemembers’ household goods up front and explosive munitions stacked on the cargo ramp in back. From there they could be jettisoned in a hurry if a fire broke out.

Minutes after takeoff, the plane’s commander, Lt. Col. John Wiltse, called out “copilot’s aircraft” and turned over the controls. The young officer to his right, Capt. Rick Loesch, acknowledged the command crisply, like Wiltse requires.

Slumping forward until his forehead rested against the instrument panel, Wiltse let out a sigh that deepened into a yawn. He took a long pull from a Monster energy drink, the first of several heavy caffeine doses he would consume during the nine-hour flight to Dover Air Force Base, Del.

For the previous five days, the crew had hopscotched around the Middle East and Europe, carrying food, ammunition, fuel and troops — the materiel and human components of the war in Afghanistan, which has depended on airlift likely more than any other major conflict. Now, after crossing more time zones than they could count and subsisting on precious little sleep, they were in the final stretch of the mission, and would reach home at Joint Base Lewis-McChord., Wash., the next day.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Marjana Simonovska Member Of Scorpions Special Unit In Macedonia's army Part Of NATO Mission Serving In Afghanistan

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Marjana Simonovska Member Of Scorpions Special Unit In Macedonia's army Part Of NATO Mission Serving In Afghanistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 30, 2012: Marjana Simonovska stands at a NATO base in Kabul January 19, 2012. Simonovska is a senior sergeant in Macedonia's army and a member of the Scorpions special unit, who spent six months this year serving in Afghanistan as part of the NATO mission. Married with two children, she was part of an operation to secure the alliance's main headquarters in Kabul together with the other 177 Macedonian soldiers serving under NATO. 

Macedonia, a landlocked country with population of 2 million, is a NATO candidate country, but has failed to join the alliance due to Greek objections over the country's name. Burdened by ethnic tensions, frustrations in the small Balkan country are rising over widespread poverty and the slow pace of integration in the European Union and NATO. Greek objections derailed the former Yugoslav republic's bid to join NATO in 2008, and no progress was made during a summit of the Western alliance in Chicago early this week. Picture taken January 19, 2012.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: NATO Strike Kills al-Qaeda No. 2 In Afghanistan Near Pakistan Border

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: NATO Strike Kills al-Qaeda No. 2 In Afghanistan Near Pakistan Border

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 30, 2012: Soldier Marjana Simonovska (2nd L) walks with members of her team during an army combat training at an area simulating an Afghan village with the Scorpions special unit in Stip,120 km (75 miles) east from capital Skopje May 27, 2011. Simonovska is a senior sergeant in Macedonia's army and a member of the Scorpions special unit, who spent six months this year serving in Afghanistan as part of the NATO mission. Married with two children, she was part of an operation to secure the alliance's main headquarters in Kabul together with the other 177 Macedonian soldiers serving under NATO.

 Macedonia, a landlocked country with population of 2 million, is a NATO candidate country, but has failed to join the alliance due to Greek objections over the country's name. Burdened by ethnic tensions, frustrations in the small Balkan country are rising over widespread poverty and the slow pace of integration in the European Union and NATO. Greek objections derailed the former Yugoslav republic's bid to join NATO in 2008, and no progress was made during a summit of the Western alliance in Chicago early this week. Picture taken May 27, 2011.

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DTN News - NATO NEWS: NATO Invites Pakistan To Chicago Summit

DTN News - NATO NEWS: NATO Invites Pakistan To Chicago Summit


(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 16, 2012: NATO said on Tuesday it had invited Pakistan to a summit in Chicago next week, lifting a veiled threat that it might exclude the country from the talks on the future of Afghanistan.


"Allies decided to invite President (Asif Ali) Zardari of Pakistan to Chicago to the meeting on Afghanistan," NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said in a statement.


"This meeting will underline the strong commitment of the international community to the people of Afghanistan and to its future. Pakistan has an important role to play in that future."


NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen suggested on Friday that Pakistan could be excluded from the May 20-21 summit if it failed to reopen the supply routes to Afghanistan that it closed after 24 of its soldiers were killed by a NATO cross-border air attack last November.


Rasmussen noted that other countries providing supply routes to NATO had been invited to the summit, which will map out a future for Afghanistan after most foreign combat troops are withdrawn at the end of 2014.


President Zardari's spokesman said he was considering whether to attend the Chicago summit and that the invitation was "unconditional and not linked to the opening of ground lines of communication for NATO or to any other issue."


Pakistan has demanded a formal apology from the United States for the attack before it reopens the supply routes, and has also called for an end to U.S. drone strikes on its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.


Pakistan boycotted an international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn in December in protest against the NATO air strikes.


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DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Nato Aircraft Making Pakistani Airspace unsafe

DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Nato Aircraft Making Pakistani Airspace unsafe

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 22, 2012: The Nato aircraft changing their flying levels without taking orders from the traffic control department during the monsoon season, is creating issues for the other traffic flying on different levels and thus making the airspace near Afghan border area more vulnerable to any collision.

The Green 325 area in Balochistan has no radar coverage for 100 miles despite high air traffic frequency, while no data is available of flights taking off from Afghanistan due to telex problems between the aviation authorities of both the countries, sources said.

“Changing the flying levels by the Nato planes on their own in the monsoon season is the biggest issue CAA is facing currently, because this makes the country’s airspace vulnerable to any disaster in this highly sensitive zone of Pak-Afghan border areas,” sources said.

Sources in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) informed that currently they were facing serious issues in Balochistan and near Afghanistan border areas where the frequency of air traffic was quite high.

“Due to the absence of radar coverage, we are not in a position to monitor the flying activities there and this is a very big security lapse,” sources said, adding that flights taking off from Afghanistan contacted the traffic control system of Pakistan CAA at the eleventh hour, which created complexities of routing the whole traffic and this could result in any untoward situation.

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DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Afghan Police On Red Alert And Guard Against Insurgents Attack

DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Afghan Police On Red Alert And Guard Against Insurgents Attack

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 16, 2012: Afghan police officers past a building which was used by militants in a gun battle, near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 16, 2012. 

A brazen, 18-hour Taliban attack on the Afghan capital ended early Monday when insurgents who had holed up overnight in two buildings were overcome by heavy gunfire from Afghan-led forces and pre-dawn air assaults from U.S.-led coalition helicopters.(Photo - AP)

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DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Afghan Commandos On Red Alert, Ready To Confront Taliban Militants

DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Afghan Commandos On Red Alert, Ready To Confront Taliban Militants


(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 16, 2012: Afghan commandos stand guard near the building where Taliban fighters launched an attack in Kabul on April 16, 2012. 


A total of 36 Taliban militants were killed as they mounted a wave of attacks across Afghanistan, Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi said on April 16.
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DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Afghan Special Forces Battle Ready To Confront Taliban Militants

DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Afghan Special Forces Battle Ready To Confront Taliban Militants

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 16, 2012: Afghan special forces hold their guns after a gun battle near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 16, 2012. 

A brazen, 18-hour Taliban attack on the Afghan capital ended early Monday when insurgents who had holed up overnight in two buildings were overcome by heavy gunfire from Afghan-led forces and pre-dawn air assaults from U.S.-led coalition helicopters.  (Photo - AP)

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DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Taliban Assault On Kabul Ends With Explosions And Heavy Gunfire

DTN News - TALIBAN ATTACKS KABUL: Taliban Assault On Kabul Ends With Explosions And Heavy Gunfire

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 16, 2012: Afghan soldiers stormed a tower block which the militants had seized as a base to launch rocket and machine gun attacks into nearby diplomatic missions including the British embassy. A Taliban assault on the Afghanistan capital Kabul ends after 18 hours of heavy fighting across the city.

Six Taliban insurgents in the building were killed during the operation which was part of a coordinated offensive in seven sites across Kabul and in three other cities in eastern Afghanistan.

The ministry of interior reported that Afghan forces had killed 36 Taliban fighters and arrested one across the country.

Eight members of the Afghan security forces and three civilians also died, with around 40 members of the security forces and 25 civilians injured.

The Taliban assault also targetted foreign embassy buildings and the country's parliament.

Shukria Bariklzai, a member of parliament said she was proud of the way the security forces responded to the attack and described the terrifying situation that a fellow MP found himself in.

"The member of parliament was really in a bad situation in the parliament house, in the parliament building, in our places."

"But I am proud about my great brothers and their response to the enemy of the country," she added.

Explosions and gunfire echoed across the city for hours as the Afghan forces tried to dislodge their opponents who are thought to be from the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network.

Nato helicopters are also reported to have fired on buildings at the edge of the Wazir Akbar Khan diplomatic enclave.

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