Al-Qaeda is seeking increasingly to join the fight against Nato troops in Afghanistan while younger, more ruthless leaders are rising within the ranks of the Taleban, the commanding general of the alliance has claimed.
Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, the commander in charge of U.S. military forces in the eastern region of Afghanistan, told reporters this morning that "there has not been any militarily significant aid" coming into the country from Iran. A year ago,
A British paratrooper who lost his leg to a landmine in Afghanistan has become the first amputee to return to military service in the same warzone where he was disabled.
But the Taleban have dismissed the report, saying they have no commander with that name. It is in the south where the Taleban have been fighting some of their fiercest battles against international and Afghan forces. "We don't have anyone
The US military said several insurgents were killed but that it had no reports of civilian deaths. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly urged the US and Nato to take care to avoid civilian casualties.
Some Lowcountry families will be seeing their loved ones in the 218th Brigade Combat Team return from Afghanistan this week. Others will have a wait up to a month or more. The first of 1,600 S.C. National Guard troops serving
Banking on Heaven is what many religious followers do, if not all to the same extent. However, those sects which make 'salvation', 'nirvana' and 'liberation from rebirth' the key motivation for their followers, are liable to be able to indoctrinate
Today early in the morning 18 air balloons went up from the Republic Square. Hence, the opening of the Yerevan colorful sky 2008 aerostatics first international festival was made by the media representatives ...
On April 9 RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with the special envoy of the OSCE CiO Heikki Talvitie, who has arrived in Armenia to to participate in the inauguration ceremony of RA President-Elect S...
Today, by the solemn ceremony of the inauguration of the third President of Armenia, the country is gaining a serious opportunity of overcoming the serious political confrontations of the recent months ...
Under RA Constitution, Armenia's President-Elect Serzh Sarkissian will assume office on April 9 by swearing in during a special sitting of the National Assembly to be convened at the National Academic T...
The government of Armenia is inaugurating a new president on Wednesday, April 9, at 2 in the afternoon. Large crowds are expected in the downtown area in connection with the official events, which will i...
Over 5000 Armenians of Little Armenia district, Hollywood, held a protest at 6:00 pm, 8 April. They remonstrated against Serzh Sarkissian's inauguration due today at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre i...
In yesterday's sitting of the RPA Council, President-elect and incumbent Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan proposed T. Sargsyan, Head of the Central Bank, as his candidate for the Head of Government. Out o...
more images The police began executing orders and keeping public order in Yerevan streets since 10:00 am. It was reported a few days ago that the flow of traffic near the Opera House will be tied u...
The Supreme Patriarch of all Armenians Garegin II greeted the guests at the oath giving ceremony of the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. After blessing the guests, the patriarch said: Today our peoepl ...
Distinguished President Kocharyan, Your Holiness, Fellow Citizens of the Republic of Armenia, Dear Friends, Today is an extremely responsible day for me. A few minutes ago, I swore an oath to our peopl...
Serzh Sargsayn is invited to come to the tribune to give an oath, announced the chairman of the NA Tigran Torosyan. The new president of the RA Serzh Sargsyan came to the tribune and out his right hand ...
