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Afghan army reaches target strengthKabul (AFP) Aug 11, 2010 Afghan army recruitment has met a target of 134,000 troops two months ahead of schedule, officials said Wednesday, despite a worsening Taliban-led insurgency around the country. The army, backed by billions of dollars from the United States, is aiming to number 171,000 troops by late next year, but an October deadline for 134,000 has already been met, said defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi. "We are two months ahead of schedule," Azimi told AFP. Afghanistan, with the help of its ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 11, 2010Russia announced Wednesday it had deployed a missile battery in Georgia's pro-Moscow rebel region of Abkhazia, infuriating its arch foes in Tbilisi some two years after they fought a brief war. "We have deployed the S-300 system on the territory of Abkhazia," air force commander-in-chief General Alexander Zelin said in a statement. "Its role will be anti-aircraft defence of the territory ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) Aug 11, 2010Iraq's top army officer warned on Wednesday that a pullout of all US troops by the end of 2011 was premature as the White House insisted it was on track to end combat operations this month as planned. Lieutenant General Babaker Zerbari said American forces may be needed in the conflict-wracked nation for a further decade, in comments that called into question Washington's policy of a phased ... more  
Monrovia CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2010AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) announced that a full size wing developed as part of the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed a series of Wing Load Tests (WLT) in support of the Global Observer flight test program. The joint Department of Defense, NASA and AV team successfully performed the tests at the Flight Loads Laboratory located ... more |
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FARC arms in the balance after patch-upSanta Marta, Colombia (UPI) Aug 11, 2010 The future of illegal arms flows to anti-Colombian FARC rebels is in the balance after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and newly elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met to patch up their differences. "The rapprochement certainly removes some major reasons for recent arms buying by both sides," Mark Bromley, analyst with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute told United Press International in an interview. Last year and earlier this year, both Colombia and Venez ... read more |
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