Kyrgyzstan withdraws foreign troops demand

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 20:23

Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday withdrew a demand for foreign peacekeepers to calm deadly ethnic unrest in its south that created tens of thousands of refugees and fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Yemen clerics urge jihad if foreign troops join Qaeda chase

Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 21:17

Yemen`s council of clerics called on Thursday for jihad if foreign troops join the war on Al-Qaeda in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country, as the government vowed to eradicate the extremists.

Civilians killed by foreign troops: Afghan investigators

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 14:22

The head of a presidential delegation investigating the deaths of 10 people in a village in eastern Afghanistan said on Wednesday the team has concluded that civilians were killed in an attack by foreign troops last weekend.

Suicide bomber attacks military convoy near Kabul

Last Updated: Friday, November 13, 2009, 20:14

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Friday that wounded six people near the Afghan capital, while Britain`s prime minister suggested 5,000 more NATO troops could be deployed to the troubled country.