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NATO Afghan reinforcements top 37,000 (2nd Roundup)

Dec 4, 2009, 16:28 GMT

Brussels - NATO and its allies have pledged to send at least 37,000 extra combat troops to Afghanistan next year, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after talks in Brussels on Friday. ... more

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NATO Afghan reinforcements top 37,000 (2nd Roundup)

Dec 4, 2009, 16:28 GMT

General, dozens others, dead in attack on Pakistan mosque (Roundup)

Dec 4, 2009, 14:40 GMT

Islamabad - At least 40 people, including a two-star army general, were killed Friday when assailants armed with hand grenades, firearms and suicide vests attacked a mosque frequented by military personnel in Pakistan's garrison town of Rawalpindi, security officials reported. ... more

Former premier Zia re-elected chief of Bangladesh opposition party

Dec 4, 2009, 13:36 GMT

Dhaka - Former Premier Khaleda Zia was re-elected chairperson of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a party spokesman said Friday. ... more

BACKGROUND: NATO's Afghan reinforcements

Dec 4, 2009, 13:22 GMT

Brussels - NATO members and allies pledged this week to send the following reinforcements to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, according to alliance sources. ... more

Two army generals killed in Pakistan mosque attack (Extra)

Dec 4, 2009, 11:52 GMT

Islamabad - Two Pakistani two-star generals were among the at least 40 people killed in a militant assault on a mosque in the country's garrison town of Rawalpindi on Friday, media reports said. ... more