CHAGMALAI  - At a Pakistan Army base high in the mountains on the Afghan frontier, a general explains a strategy for fighting the Taliban he calls simply ‘WHAM’.The name has a distinctly bellicose ring. But the soldiers are learning to fight a new kind of war in a region US ...

American troops going home from Iraq after seven painful years are leaving behind a legacy that is literally toxic. An investigation by The Times in five Iraqi provinces has found that hazardous material from US bases is being dumped locally rather than sent back to America, in clear breach of ...

President George W. Bush will leave a "strong and positive legacy" in Asian security and his successor will maintain American engagement in the region, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday."Actually I think this will be an area where there will be a strong and positive ...