Pitched fighting in Pakistan, 400,000 refugees, birth of the Taliban

The situation has only worsened in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan’s military continues to be engaged in a furious conflict with insurgents on part of its border with Afghanistan, mainly in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The military claims that they’ve killed more than 1,500 rebels since August in just one region of the FATA. [...]

News in Brief: 12 January 2009

A brief list of news clippings for the day:
Israeli Troops Push Into Gaza City. On the 17th day of the war against Hamas, Israel said its ground forces called in a series of air strikes after troops pushed into a heavily populated area of Gaza City from the south on Sunday in fierce fighting that [...]