July, 2008

• 22 July

  Afghan commander says kidnapped two French nationals

  KABUL (Reuters) – Two French aid workers kidnapped in central Afghanistan last week are being held by a commander of a former armed faction, a Western radio broadcaster said on Tuesday.

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• 20 July

  NATO says accidentally kills 4 Afghan civilians

  KABUL (Reuters) – NATO-led forces accidentally killed four Afghan civilians in a mortar attack overnight, the alliance said on Sunday, the latest of a string of mistakes that have hurt public support for the presence of foreign troops.

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• 20 July

  Pakistan army fights militants in northwest hills

  KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships have killed 15 Taliban militants and captured 60 in an operation that began mid-week in a troubled northwestern town, the military said on Sunday.

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• 20 July

  Pakistan will not admit foreign troops: PM

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan is committed to supporting the U.S.-led global coalition fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban but will not allow allied foreign forces to operate on its territory, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said.

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• 20 July

  UK’s Brown in Israel, will pledge Palestinian aid

  BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel (Reuters) – Britain’s Gordon Brown will discuss a way ahead in Middle East peace moves and announce new aid for the Palestinians during his first visit as prime minister to Israel and the Palestinian territories, which began late on Saturday, British officials said.

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• 20 July

  UK’s Brown says wants to cut troops in Iraq

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew into Baghdad on Saturday and said he wanted to reduce British troop levels in Iraq, although he refused to set a timetable for their departure.

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• 20 July

  Gunbattle at Palestinian camp in Lebanon kills two

  EIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Saturday in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction and Sunni Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, camp officials said.

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• 20 July

  Iraq’s Sunni Arab bloc rejoins government

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s main Sunni Arab bloc rejoined the Shi’ite-led government on Saturday in a breakthrough for national reconciliation after parliament approved its candidates for several vacant ministerial posts.

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• 20 July

  Iraq says new hotel to be investment milestone

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A U.S.-based investment group laid the foundation stone for a $100 million luxury hotel in Baghdad on Saturday, a move Iraqi officials said showed the country was open for business with violence at a four-year low.

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• 20 July

  Ten Kurdish rebels killed in clashes in SE Turkey

  DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with Turkish military forces in southeastern Turkey late on Friday, security sources said on Saturday.

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