Taliban captures Turks, Afghan and Russians from NATO helicopter
Taliban insurgents seized an Afghan pilot and nine foreign nationals from a transport helicopter after it was forced to make an emergency landing late Sunday night in eastern Afghanistan, authorities said Tuesday. Taliban More...
Scientists: GPEI strategy for polio eradication possible by 2018
Polio eradication by 2018? According to a team of more than 400 international scientists, that’s the goal of a new strategy by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) released April 11. The Eradication More...
Taliban attack in Afghanistan leaves 13 Afghan soldiers dead, seizing ammunition and weapons
Taliban militants attacked an army outpost near the eastern border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, the Defense Ministry said. Image/CIA Violence is increasing as the weather conditions have improved, More...
Nato airstrike kills 6 militants, but also claims the lives of 11 children and 1 woman
A Nato air strike has killed 11 children and a woman in eastern Afghanistan, according to local officials. The strike targeted militants in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province, which is on the border More...
Car bomb attacks in Afghanistan kill 6 Americans, 1 Afghan doctor and injured 10 others
Six Americans were killed Saturday in Afghanistan in two separate incidents. Five of them, including two civilians, were killed when their State Department convoy was struck by a car bomb as it headed to a local More...
Neoconservative Clifford May says Afghanistan attacked Russia in interview
In an interview with The Bottom Line host, Jan Helfeld, prominent neoconservative and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford May demonstrated how shallow and superficial the neocon philosophy More...
Vast majority of Americans are against drone strikes in the U.S. against Americans living here who are suspected terrorists: Gallup Poll
Just weeks after the 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, in which he asks the Obama administration, “Does the President have the power to authorize lethal force, such as a More...
Sens. Paul, Merkley and Brown send letter to President Obama: ‘It is time to bring our troops home’ from Afghanistan
“Mr. President, our valiant men and women have fought bravely in Afghanistan for over a decade. But after twelve years of conflict, it is time to bring our troops home.” Rand Paul at CPAC 2013Image/Video More...
Missing Soviet soldier identified as man alive and well in Afghanistan
A former Soviet Army soldier who went missing in action in 1980 during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has been found alive almost 33 years after he was rescued by Afghan tribesmen. Now living under the name More...
FBI stop Matt Llaneza in Oakland bomb plot, wanted to frame Tea Party or right wing group
A 28-year-old man was arrested Friday in Oakland after he allegedly tried to detonate a vehicle-borne explosive device at a bank, authorities said. Matthew Aaron Llaneza, a resident of San Jose, allegedly selected More...
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