http://www.mail.com/people/1694254-thomas-de-maiziere.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/people/1694254-thomas-de-maiziere.html http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html 2013-05-10T11:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html BERLIN (AP) — Insurgents in northern Afghanistan have killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, the German defense minister said Sunday. The fatality marks the first death in combat of a member of Germany's special forces in Afghanistan. The soldiers were accompanying an Afghan-led military operation on Saturday when insurgents opened f... Sun, 05 May 2013 11:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html 2013-05-05T11:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1908632-up-to-12000-us-allied-troops-afghanistan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely American forces tasked with hunting down remnants of al-Qaida and helping Afghan forces with their own security. Patience with the 11-year-old war has grown thin in the U.S. and Europe, yet ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:26:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1908632-up-to-12000-us-allied-troops-afghanistan.html 2013-02-22T21:26:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1908046-panetta-nato-partner-differ-troop-numbers.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear how much of that force would be American, U.S. officials said Friday. A dispute flared, but was quickly dissipated at the NATO defense ministers gathering here to discuss the endgame of the 1... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:59:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1908046-panetta-nato-partner-differ-troop-numbers.html 2013-02-22T15:59:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907956-german-us-to-leave-8000-12000-troops-afghan.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when combat ends. German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters Friday that Panetta informed him of the numbers. U.S. officials have yet to say publi... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:39:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907956-german-us-to-leave-8000-12000-troops-afghan.html 2013-02-22T13:39:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861124-syrian-opposition-willing-to-meet-with-regime.html MUNICH (AP) — Syria's top opposition leader said Friday that he was willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government to "ease the pain of the Syrian people," but emphasized that his goal is to "overthrow the regime by peaceful means." Addressing a gathering of the world's top diplomats and defense officials at the Munich Security Con... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861124-syrian-opposition-willing-to-meet-with-regime.html 2013-02-01T22:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861366-germany-aims-to-acquire-armed-drones.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to join the ranks of countries that deploy armed drones on the battlefield — a move critics say would lower the threshold for foreign military interventions. Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Friday that Germany would work with France to develop a new generation of unmanned aerial vehicles. "We have a gap in our capabili... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861366-germany-aims-to-acquire-armed-drones.html 2013-02-01T14:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1776458-german-defense-minister-struck-dies-69.html BERLIN (AP) — Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck, a vehement opponent of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, died Wednesday following a heart attack. He was 69. His family said Struck, a plain-spoken politician who was a leading lawmaker for Germany's center-left Social Democrats for almost three decades, died in a Berlin hospital. Struck served ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1776458-german-defense-minister-struck-dies-69.html 2012-12-19T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747478-nato-moves-toward-deployment-syria-border.html BEIRUT (AP) — As fears grow in the West that Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons as an act of desperation, NATO moved forward Thursday with its plan to place Patriot missiles and troops along Syria's border with Turkey to protect against potential attacks. Assad's regime blasted the move as "psychological warfare," saying the new d... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747478-nato-moves-toward-deployment-syria-border.html 2012-12-06T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747462-germans-patriot-missiles-to-defend-turkey.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Cabinet on Thursday approved sending German Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey to protect the NATO member against possible attacks from Syria, in a major step toward a possible Western military role in the Syrian conflict. Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters that two batteries with a total of 400 soldiers would b... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747462-germans-patriot-missiles-to-defend-turkey.html 2012-12-06T08:26:00Z