Normalverkehr

Ten French NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan during a battle with the Taliban near Kabul.
Presidential sources in Paris revealed that the troops had been involved in a fierce fire fight in the Sorubi district, some 30 miles east of the Afghan capital.
Around 13 Taliban fighters are also thought to have died, with fighting […]

A bomb struck NATO soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday, with initial reports saying an interpreter was killed and troops had suffered casualties, an Afghan official and the force said. The Taliban movement said its men had carried out the bombing which was caused by a roadside land mine. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force confirmed the […]

Militants wearing suicide vests tried to storm Camp Salerno in Khost city, a main U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, late on Monday evening, Arsallah Jamal, the governor of Khost province, said Tuesday. They were pushed away, and coalition troops were using airstrikes to attack the assailants. He said Afghan troops are reporting militants blowing themselves […]

Russland hat nach Angaben seines NATO-Botschafters Dmitri Rogosin bereits mit dem Rückzug seiner Truppen aus Georgien begonnen. Laut georgischem Innenministerium ist hingegen nichts von einem Truppenabzug zu bemerken.
Nach Angaben eines Reporters der Nachrichtenagentur AFP verließen am Dienstag früh zwei russische Militärkonvois mit jeweils sechs Fahrzeugen die besetzte westgeorgische Militärbasis Teklati in Richtung der abtrünnigen Republik […]

Iran successfully test-launched a rocket capable of carrying a satellite to outer space, White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday night.
Israeli security officials were quoted by Israel Radio as saying that even though a successful test-launch was no cause for panic in Israel, it did mean that Iran was making strides in […]

Suicide bomber kills 15 in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (AFP) A suicide bomber blew himself up near a mosque in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30, security officials told AFP.
The bomber detonated his explosives vest at a checkpoint near the Abu Hanifa mosque, the officials said. A security […]

KABUL, Aug 18 (AFP) NATO-led soldiers operating in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province “accidentally” killed four civilians and wounded three others in a rocket attack intended for insurgents, the alliance force said Sunday.
The Ministry of Defence in London later said British NATO troops were involved in the deaths, adding, “a full investigation will be carried out.” […]

Die von Georgien abtrünnige Region Südossetien will Russland um ständige Militärpräsenz bitten. Der südossetische Präsident Kokoity begründete seine Ankündigung in einem Reuters-Interview damit, dass russische Staatsbürger in dem Gebiet lebten.  
Die russische Armee kontrollierte am Montagmorgen noch immer die Hauptzufahrt zur georgischen Stadt Gori. Nach Angaben von AFP-Reportern gab es zunächst keine Anzeichen für einen massiven […]

KABUL, Aug 17 (AFP): A NATO-led soldier was killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, the alliance’s International Security Assistance Force said. “An ISAF soldier died August 16 after an IED (improvised explosive device) strike in eastern Afghanistan,” it said in a statement that gave no other details. Most of the international soldiers […]

Der russische Präsident Dimitri Medwedew hat heute den Vertrag über einen Waffenstillstand im Kaukasus unterzeichnet. Das berichteten russische Nachrichtenagenturen. Der georgische Staatschef Michail Saakaschwili hatte den sechs Punkte umfassenden Plan bereits gestern unterschrieben.