* Construction firms back out after several Indian engineers killed NEW DELHI: Security fears have stopped even a single company from bidding to build a new parliament for Afghanistan after the Indian government floated tenders, an official said
The family of a Calgary soldier killed in Afghanistan gathered at an armed forces base in Ontario Friday for a repatriation ceremony. 36-year-old Corporal Michael Starker died Tuesday in southern Afghanistan.
* Gates says he will be 'loath to' extend Marines in Afghanistan beyond NovemberDaily Times Monitor LAHORE: The United States Marine Corps may begin shifting its major combat forces out of Iraq to focus on Afghanistan in 2009 if greater security in
* Security experts concerned by Pak govt-Taliban peace pact KHOST: The commander of United States forces in southeast Afghanistan on Friday dismissed suggestions of any renewed Taliban offensive, saying fighting might pick up in some areas but a
They also met Afghan President Hamid Karzai during their visit, which ends Friday. Slovakia has decided to send a new 35-member patrolling unit totake charge of the Tarin Kut base under Dutch command this September.
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