http://www.mail.com/in-en/organizations/7768-north-atlantic-treaty-organization.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/organizations/7768-north-atlantic-treaty-organization.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089310-afghanistan-bomb-kills-15-including-6-americans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor. A Muslim militant group claimed responsibility... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089310-afghanistan-bomb-kills-15-including-6-americans.html 2013-05-16T20:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. The explosions struck in the early morning in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The first bomb wounded a policeman, and the second was remotely detonat... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html 2013-05-15T20:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village market killed at least three Afghan civilians, officials said. NATO spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said the blast hit the American convoy in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, t... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-14T16:00:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083528-bomber-targets-us-special-forces-afghanistan.html KABUL (AP) — NATO says a suicide bomber has targeted U.S. special forces north of the Afghan capital but there were no casualties among the troops. Maj. Bryan Woods, a spokesman for the international alliance, says the bomber and insurgents armed with small caliber weapons attacked a Special Operation Forces convoy as it was returning to base in the north... Tue, 14 May 2013 05:36:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083528-bomber-targets-us-special-forces-afghanistan.html 2013-05-14T05:36:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081070-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, said the truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Georgian ou... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081070-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html 2013-05-13T19:07:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081728-car-bombs-lead-to-question-turkeys-security.html REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Anti-government protests flared for a third day on Monday in Turkish town devastated by two powerful car bombs near the Syrian border, and some Turks accused their leader of putting the nation's security at risk by backing the rebels fighting Syria's government. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will "not refrain" fro... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:27:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081728-car-bombs-lead-to-question-turkeys-security.html 2013-05-13T18:27:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2079898-turkey-wont-drawn-syria-conflict.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria. The bombings left 46 people dead and marked the biggest incident of violence across the border since the star... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2079898-turkey-wont-drawn-syria-conflict.html 2013-05-12T16:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that has so far committed troops to Afghanistan after the coalitio... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:07:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html 2013-05-10T11:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2073482-karzai-us-9-afghan-bases-2014.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have nine bases across Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014. A border spat with Pakistan and a desire to test public o... Thu, 09 May 2013 20:16:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2073482-karzai-us-9-afghan-bases-2014.html 2013-05-09T20:16:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071008-afghan-police-kill-8-protest.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police were accused of killing eight protesters at a demonstration on Wednesday as the U.S.-led coalition said it had opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct by NATO troops during an encounter with insurgents. Both incidents occurred in southern Afghanistan where violence has escalated in recent weeks follow... Wed, 08 May 2013 14:27:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071008-afghan-police-kill-8-protest.html 2013-05-08T14:27:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive. The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged at a ne... Sat, 04 May 2013 21:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-04T21:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2058078-afghan-policeman-killed-pakistan-border-clash.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan border policeman was killed in an exchange of fire with Pakistani troops along the country's contested eastern border, an Afghan security official said Thursday, in an incident that threatens to further inflame tensions between the neighboring countries. Pakistani forces fired artillery rounds late Wednesday at Afghan b... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:49:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2058078-afghan-policeman-killed-pakistan-border-clash.html 2013-05-02T13:49:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2053402-bombs-kill-3-nato-troops-9-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the insurgents' annual spring offensive is underway. The service members died in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said in a brief statement that provided no other infor... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2053402-bombs-kill-3-nato-troops-9-afghans.html 2013-04-30T18:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049394-taliban-start-spring-afghan-offensive-with-bombing.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that killed three police officers. In past years, spring has marked a significant upsurge in fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces along with their local allies. This fighting seaso... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:11:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049394-taliban-start-spring-afghan-offensive-with-bombing.html 2013-04-28T17:11:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2048338-nato-crash-kills-4-taliban-spring-offensive.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and said it will target military and diplomatic sites with suicide bombers and infiltrate enemy forces to conduct deadly insider attacks. April already has been the deadliest month so fa... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:21:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2048338-nato-crash-kills-4-taliban-spring-offensive.html 2013-04-27T19:21:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2041228-kerry-seeks-to-boost-afghan-pakistan-ties.html BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brought senior Afghan and Pakistani officials together Wednesday for security talks aimed at improving relations between the two nations ahead of next year's withdrawal of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan. Kerry met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani military chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2041228-kerry-seeks-to-boost-afghan-pakistan-ties.html 2013-04-24T15:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2041084-un-warns-troubling-rise-afghan-violence.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan said civilian casualties rose nearly 30 percent in the first three months of the year, calling it a "troubling rise" in violence. The U.S.-led NATO force said Wednesday that Afghan and coalition forces killed 13 insurgents in joint operations that began a day earlier in eastern Kapisa and Nangarhar p... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:42:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2041084-un-warns-troubling-rise-afghan-violence.html 2013-04-24T13:42:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038508-kerry-nato-plan-syrian-chemical-weapons.html BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence official said Syrian President Bashar Assad had used such weapons last month in his battle against insurgents. It was the first time Israel had accused the embattl... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:10:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038508-kerry-nato-plan-syrian-chemical-weapons.html 2013-04-23T20:10:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038610-syrian-war-increasingly-drawing-lebanon.html BEIRUT (AP) — As fighting rages just across the border, Lebanese are giving signs of joining the battle on rival sides of Syria's civil war — Sunnis on the side of the rebels, Shiites on the side of the regime — raising fears that Lebanon with its volatile sectarian divisions will be dragged into the conflict. Two influential Lebanese Sunni clerics this w... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:37:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038610-syrian-war-increasingly-drawing-lebanon.html 2013-04-23T19:37:10Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038618-dutch-diplomat-sentenced-to-12-years-spying.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison Tuesday for delivering confidential NATO and European Union documents to Russian agents. The case, one of the worst spying affairs in the Netherlands in memory, is linked to that of a couple on trial in Germany on similar charges. In Tuesday's ruling, a three-judge panel at The Hagu... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:29:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2038618-dutch-diplomat-sentenced-to-12-years-spying.html 2013-04-23T11:29:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2035814-taliban-capture-11-foreigners-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban took 11 civilians prisoner, including eight Turks and a Russian, after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, in the first large scale capture of foreigners there in nearly six years. Security forces dispatched to the remote area retreated after engaging in fire... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:15:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2035814-taliban-capture-11-foreigners-afghanistan.html 2013-04-22T19:15:20Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2031246-serbia-kosovo-reach-tentative-deal-relations.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Serbia and Kosovo reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between the Balkan neighbors, end years of acrimony and put them both on a solid path to European Union membership. The tentative deal culminated months of tense negotiations and showed determination of both Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosov... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:44:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2031246-serbia-kosovo-reach-tentative-deal-relations.html 2013-04-19T18:44:48Z