03 Dec, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News
The Frontier Corps, a 60,000-strong group of paramilitary fighters, are an integral part of Pakistan’s war against militants in the troubled frontier and tribal areas along the Afghanistan border.
NBC News’ Amna Nawaz reports from the remote mountaintop post of one unit known as the Khyber Rifles which are charged with securing their namesake – [...]
By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Correspondent
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – On the heels of President Barack Obama’s announcement that 30,000 more U.S. troops will be heading to Afghanistan, it’s important to remember one thing that makes the fight there so difficult and unique: Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
However, one [...]
New Analysis Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent
KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite the fact that President Barack Obama’s speech on Afghanistan was broadcast in the middle of the night for troops watching from the war zone, there was a sense of excitement among U.S. troops watching the announcement at Camp Eggers, a NATO training base [...]
