New York Times:
If NATO close air support is responsible for the casualties, it would be one of the worst cases of friendly fire in the course of the eight-year war.
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New York Times:
The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before.
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New York Times:
The president has apparently rejected the most extreme choices being discussed on troop levels in the eight-year-old war.
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New York Times:
A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck the town of Adazai Sunday, killing the mayor and at least eight others, police said.
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India Times:
Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) allowed eight aged Indian fishermen to return home after they were arrested for straying into neighbouring country's waters while fishing Thursday, officials said. (Read More)
Pakistan-World-The Times of India:
Two teachers and a student were injured Saturday when suspected militants hurled a hand grenade at a girls' school in insurgency-hit southwestern Pakistan, police said. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
President Obama donned his commander-in-chief's hat for this morning's weekly address, somberly discussing Thursday's tragedy at Fort Hood and tying it into next week's observance of Veterans Day. Promising that the FBI is looking into the motivation behind the rampage, the president reiterated that flags will be lowered t (Read More)
USA-World-The Times of India:
US President Barack Obama is to delay his visit to Japan by one day next week so that he can attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of a shooting at a military base in Texas, news reports said on Saturday. (Read More)
Pakistan-World-The Times of India:
To overwhelm the Taliban, Islamabad needs to learn from the mistakes the British, Soviets and Americans made in Waziristan. For an unstable Pakistan, it’s now or never. (Read More)
India Times:
India has been kept informed about the case of two Pakistan-born Chicago men charged with planning a terrorist attack in India with the help LeT, according to a US official. (Read More)
New York Times:
“The Messenger” portrays conflict on the home front: the struggles of those who tell the next of kin their loved ones are dead.
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New York Times:
Wars are not over when the shooting stops. They live on in the lives of those who fight them, and those veterans need our help.
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