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• Junior diplomats from Pakistan and Bangladesh visit NATO

  Vander Ghinst of the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division also underlined that “partnerships are a central feature of NATO’s work.” The group had an opportunity to discuss NATO’s past and current operations with Erik Sandahl of the Operations Division. 2 m ago from NATO Read more »

• Sharp rise in number of Afghan women put in prison for "moral crimes"

  the Taliban were toppled by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in late 2001, but there are fears these freedoms could be curtailed after most NATO-led forces leave by the end of next year.Rights workers and some Afghan female lawmakers accuse President Hamid Karzai's 5/20/13 from Irish Independent Read more »

• Opinion formers from Montenegro visit NATO

  Foreign Ministers invited Montenegro to join the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December 2009, in response to the government’s Euro-Atlantic integration aspirations. The country is currently participating in the fourth annual national programme under the 5/20/13 from NATO Read more »

• Kyrgyz To Cancel Manas Transit Center Deal With U.S.

  Kyrgyz government has decided to cancel the U.S.-Kyrgyz agreement on NATO's use of a transit center at Manas International Airport near Bishkek as of July 2014. This site has no copyright on the published material. All content belongs to the original publisher. 5/20/13 from Humanitarian News Read more »

• New Opportunities For India-US Collaboration In Afghanistan – Analysis

  are to attend four-week ‘Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare Schools’. These efforts, bolstering those of post-2014 residual NATO forces, must be broadened. Moreover, we should pressure other nations to fulfill funding commitments made at international conferences. 12:07 AM from Eurasia Review Read more »

• Afghan peace lost in transition worries

  measures fell apart. Those discussions have not resumed, according to Obama administration officials. The common denominator that played a part in undoing both initiatives, observers said, was the deep hostility and mistrust between Taliban leaders and Karzai. 5/20/13 from The Washington Post Read more »

• Hagel, French Defense Minister Discuss Continued Cooperation

  French White Paper on Defense and National Security, according to the summary. The paper affirmed France's commitment to a strong NATO and increased European security cooperation, according to the summary, and the Department of Defense looks forward to continue 5/20/13 from AllAfrica.com Read more »

• NATO commanders denounced in Spain

  outraged at the seemingly endless number of the deadly assaults. MAM/SS A human rights association in Spain has denounced five NATO commanders of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for committing war crimes in the war-torn 5/20/13 from Press TV Read more »

• Can’t Get Out Soon Enough? Another Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan

  bombing took place against a NATO convoy in the capital city of Kabul. Six civilians were killed, reports Reuters, and no NATO casualties were reported. The Hezb-e-Islami terrorist group, which is allied with the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the suicide 5/20/13 from Accuracy in Media Read more »

• For Europe in Afghanistan, Long-term Commitment Despite Lack of Interests

  a surprise move in mid-April, Germany announced it is ready to provide between 600 and 800 troops to the as yet undefined NATO training contingent that will replace the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan after it comes to   from World Politics Review Read more »

• Three Reasons Not to Leave Afghanistan (That Liberals Will Love)

  but for entirely different reasons. The following are three truly liberal issues that Afghanistan is soon to face as the U.S. and NATO pack up their tanks and planes and head home. 1. History is against us Liberals, and many conservatives, are wary that Afghanistan   from The Huffington Post Read more »

• EU invites NATO to boost cyber alliance

  European Union’s top justice official invited NATO on May 18 to work more closely with the EU to combat cyber-crime and create a safe Internet environment where citizens’ rights and personal data are protected. Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding told members   from Hurriet Daily News Read more »

• Did 9/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan?

  focused on the war in Afghanistan in the wake of the Rolling Stone story about General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, which led to his resignation – provides the best opportunity for some time to raise fundamental questions   from Global Research Read more »

• NATO MPs to visit Israel to examine weapons R&D

  Atid) and MK Yoni Chetboun (Bayit Yehudi) took part in the fourth-ever joint conference of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and NATO’s key decision-making body, the North Atlantic Assembly, which began Friday. Israel is a regional partner and Mediterranean   from Jerusalem Post Read more »

• Africa and U.S. Imperialism: Post-Colonial Crises and the Imperatives of the African Revolution

  decades since the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) while the Pentagon and NATO escalates its war drive on the continent The following lecture was delivered at the Africa & U.S. Imperialism Conference held in Detroit on May 18, 2013. The   from Global Research Read more »

• ISAF plane makes hard landing in Afghanistan

  May 19 (IANS) A C-130 plane with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made a hard landing Sunday in Afghanistan, but there were no casualties, a statement said. The plane landed in Logar province, 60 km south of Kabul, Xinhua cited the   from HillPost.in Read more »

• Attacks kill 10 police in Afghanistan

  Afghan police today, officials said, in the latest violence against the force which is due to take more security responsibility from NATO troops before their withdrawal next year. In one of the incidents, Taliban fighters attacked a security check post in   from Deccan Herald Read more »

• Despite Horrific Repression, The US Should Stay Out Of Syria – OpEd

  would feel no need to negotiate or compromise. Foreign intervention tends to exacerbate nationalist resistance. The 1999 NATO intervention in Yugoslavia, rather than force Milosevic from power, initially strengthened the regime as people rallied around the   from Eurasia Review Read more »

• Rabbi Guido Sarducci's 5-Minute 'West Bank' University

  is Israel. So, it's either NATO enables Israel to keep the 'West Bank' so Israel is able to fight the Muslims in Israel, or NATO will be fighting Muslims in Greece and defending Greece. Second, no Israeli 'settlements' mean no Tel Aviv water. About 900 million   from Arutz Sheva Read more »

• The UN, Integrated Systems And American Intransigence To Accountability – OpEd

  to operate far beyond its borders without limit, meaning it must become a worldwide US military intervention force. So that’s NATO, no longer there to defend ourselves from the Russians, but their real purpose is to control the whole world.” America’s self   from Eurasia Review Read more »

• WestMinister’s Take On Future Of Afghanistan – Analysis

  comes from the fate that befell the withdrawing Russian troops in 1988-89 and the lack ability of the ANSF to support the NATO/ISAF drawdown. Another ‘history-related’ concern of the committee was the manner in which the withdrawal is viewed both at home and   from Eurasia Review Read more »

• Europe’s “Little Guantanamo”: Why The U.S. Wants Serbia To Give Up Kosovo

  to signal and meant in fact to be the first activation of AFRICOM as a war-fighting force on the African continent, and also NATO’s first open military incursion into Africa and certainly not the last. This was meant to be an opening salvo and not an isolated   from Global Research Read more »

• A COUNTRY ACCURSED BY GOD… USA INVADED BY NATO AND OTHERS,

  “Child, let there be no mistake about why this is happening to your country. You have brought this upon yourselves through your own rebellion against Me. You have turned aside from Me to chase your idols of gold and silver; you have turned to pornography,   from Wordpress.com: United Nation Read more »

• The tale of Gaddafi son's rescue

  compound, a marauding rebel mob fires bullets at steel gates and lobs bottles over the once-gleaming white walls. Overhead, NATO planes roar intermittently across the sky on the hunt for Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, his family and their supporters.   from Herald Sun Read more »

• Cold War: The 1983 War Scare - Read the Documents

  and 1,500 tons of cargo from the United States to Europe to simulate a conventional war. Able Archer 83, sponsored by the NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR) and conducted from 7 to 11 November 1983, simulated the transition from conventional   from Mike Hitchen Online Read more »