PARIS/MOSCOW, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia and European powers took a step back from confrontation over Georgia on Friday, with Moscow urging the EU not to rush into punitive action and France saying now was not the time for sanctions. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials met this week on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss the presence of militant safe havens in Pakistan and their role in Afghan violence, officials said on Thursday. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the U.S. military said on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Government forces killed at least 44 militants in clashes in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, and the stock exchange took drastic action to stop steady losses stemming from increased violence and political uncertainty. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. military planners have begun pondering the thorny question of how Georgia's shattered armed forces might be rebuilt without provoking a Russian backlash that could risk direct confrontation with Moscow. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — The Pentagon said on Monday that Russia has not met its obligations to withdraw troops from Georgia under a French-brokered ceasefire agreement. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Pentagon chief Robert Gates dismissed as "empty rhetoric" on Sunday Russian warnings that Moscow would target Poland for a possible military strike because Warsaw agreed to host part of a U.S. missile shield. ... > full story
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Russian military base in South Ossetia soon Aug. 29, 2008 (RTTNews) — Capitalizing on the Georgian breakaway regions' dependence on Russia after it successfully intervened to liberate them from Georgian advances ...
Russians Withdraw From Gori Aug. 25, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) — Russian troops have withdrawn from the key Georgian city of Gori, as confusion reigns about Moscow's insistence that it plans to keep hundreds of ...
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