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NATO: Member nations should share military systems
NATO: Member nations should share military systems
President Obama has requested post-2014 funding for the Afghan National Security Forces. The request seems premature.
Security changes for US troops in Afghanistan
Taliban trying to mount pressure on US: Afghan MPs
NATO Troops On Alert For Attacks By Afghan Counterparts
Pakistan parliament debate on US sputters to halt
German Think-Tank Says It’s Forced Out of UAE
Islamic Lending Grows as Western Banks Take Breather
US to give $100 million to boost Tunisia finances: Clinton
Special Report: Gaddafi’s secret missionaries
US drone strikes on Yemen escalate
Afghanistan ‘Sandhurst in the sand’ academy announced by Philip Hammond
Two people were killed during after Shabaab attacked a police station north of Mogadishu. Shabaab denied that deputy leader Sheikh Robow granted an interview with a Somali news outlet.
Boko Haram fighters gunned down a police inspector as he was shopping at a market in Maiduguri. Boko Haram fighters overran a police station in Damagun in Yobe state.
Police found an abandoned car belonging to a neighbor of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah who may be a third accomplice in the killing spree. Algerian authorities cited security reasons for denying the request of Merah’s family to have him buried in Algeria. Merah’s father is suing French police over his son’s death.
More than a dozen Taliban fighters and three Afghan security personnel were killed during clashes throughout Afghanistan. Twelve Taliban fighters in Herat and 10 more in Faryab reconciled with the government. US forces have assigned soldiers to watch over their Afghan counterparts.
Arab Revolts Risk Fuelling Sectarian Tensions
Pakistan – Supreme Court directs NAB to hold fair probe into NATO containers scandal
China says has improved nuclear security
“Gunmen” kidnapped a Saudi diplomat in the southern city of Aden. The government urged Pakistan to free Amal al Sadeh, one of Osama bin Laden’s wives, and her four children.
Pakistan – Lal Masjid cleric wants enforcement of Shariah
Shabaab said that a purported interview with Sheikh Abu Mansur Robow that was published two days ago by Somalia Report is “entirely fictitious.”
Violence in Syria continued in spite of President Assad’s acceptance of a peace plan on Monday. The UN secretary general and Arab foreign ministers urged President Assad to implement the plan.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan arrived in Tehran for talks over Syria and Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s foreign minister announced a date, April 13, for renewed nuclear talks with the group of the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany.
Tiny Qatar played outsized role as Arab League president. Will it last?
Sudan and South Sudan clashed in a series of battles along their border. Each accused the other of striking first. Sudan’s president canceled a summit in which two landmark agreements with South Sudan were to be signed.
A tribe in southern Libya threatened to form a separate state after bloody clashes with a rival tribe. Earlier this month a tribe in eastern Libya also threatened to form a separate state.
US Looks To Extend Use Of Kyrgyz Base
Official Rejects Iran’s ‘Interference’ In Afghan Affairs
Peek at rules of engagement in cyber battle