AFGHANISTAN

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While the humanitarian tragedy arising from the quake will not occupy the hearts, minds and bodies of the local population – the longer-term struggle between Kurds and Turks will likely not abate.

President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops (by the end of 2011), in the briefing room of the White House, on Oct. 21. He further said that the United States would fulfill its promise of pulling troops out of Iraq.

When Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced Moammar Gadhafi's death Thursday, he began with the words: We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. That must have made many in Libya and in the U.S. feel very good: it never hurts to be reminded that justice exists.

The Kalash community -- primarily residing in the Bumboret Kalash valley of northwestern Pakistan and said to be descendants of Alexander the Great's army -- says it is under increasing pressure to convert to Islam.

In a blunt message to Pakistan, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Friday, demanded greater cooperation to help squeeze the Haqqani network responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep snakes in its backyard to strike its neighbours.

President Barack Obama said Friday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year.

Clinton nonetheless assured Islamabad of the U.S.’ long-term support.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top U.S. military and intelligence leaders delivered a tough warning to Pakistan on Thursday to cut suspected ties with militant groups which have upset relations between the uneasy allies.

While 2011 marks the death of two notorious terrorists, Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi, it is still unclear how President Obama's involvement in these events will affect his re-election in 2012.

The United States, in perhaps its strongest language since the war on terrorism started 10 years ago, warned Pakistan that it would face serious consequences if it continued to tolerate safe havens for extremist organizations that kill Americans.

The president of the U.S., Barack Obama, delivered the following speech on the death of Moammar Gaddafi this afternoon from the White House.

A provision in the president's jobs bill would provide tax incentives for businesses that hire veterans and would establish a program to train veterans in the skills they need to re-integrate into a civilian workforce.

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Kayani told a parliamentary defense committee that the withdrawal of U.S. troops would not necessarily hurt Pakistan’s military strength.

Officials in Washington have been pressuring Islamabad to upgrade their crackdown on Haqqani militants.

Since the Taliban is technically at war with the Pakistan state, it is doubtful they would agree to relinquish their arms.

Conservative agitator Pat Buchanan’s new book says America might not survive until 2025; it’s called “The Suicide of a Superpower.” Even less alarmist observers are suddenly sounding a lot like Buchanan, as economists now predict that China may surpass the United States as the world’s largest economy a lot sooner than we thought, and important conferences are convened to deal with what Fareed Zakaria memorably dubbed “the post-American world.”

President Barack Obama said on Friday he was sending about 100 U.S. military advisers to Uganda to support central African allies pursuing Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and other rebel commanders.