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The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he needs more troops and other aid "as quickly as possible" in a counterinsurgency battle that could get worse before it gets better.

Defending Osama and attacking the war on terror. Now THAT'S being a maverick.

The poll of almost 24,000 citizens found people in 22 out of 23 countries surveyed thought attempts to counter al Qaeda since its September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States had not weakened it.

The suicide bombing yesterday of Islamabad's Marriott hotel, the city's most prominent American business, may increase tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan over how aggressively to combat terrorism.

A car bomb detonated Saturday night in the heart of Islamabad, killing at least 20 people, according to police, and shattering windows more than 2 miles away.

Yuval Ginbar is a scholar and human rights activist, and has recently written a book for us called Why Not Torture Terrorists?: Moral, Practical and Legal Aspects of the “Ticking Bomb” Justification for Torture. In the post below he gives his opinions

Pakistani troops fire shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say.

This week, 28 million copies of a right-wing, terror propaganda DVD are being mailed and bundled in newspaper deliveries to voters in swing states, titled "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West".

More than 50 per cent of people reject the official belief that the attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, were carried out by al-Qaeda, a new survey has revealed.

An informative opinion post on a Pakistani news website.