US battles Afghan, Karzai over peace ‘talks’ with Taliban
Secretary of State John Kerry assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the government of Qatar took down a sign board under the name of “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” adding that the United States is More...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says US and ‘war on terror’ made Islamic radicalism worse, ‘explain’ to Muslims
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is asking whether an increase in radicalism across an Islamic world “in turmoil” is the result of the U.S.-led campaign against terror. In a speech on Sunday, he said the U.S. “needs More...
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...
Raees Alam Qazi and brother Sheheryar Alam Qazi, arrested in Christmas terrorist plot to avenge drone attacks
A Pakistani-born man wanted to avenge the deaths of U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan by blowing up a New York City landmark but lacked the money and materials to carry out the plan, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Raees More...
Final ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ trailer highlights Jessica Chastain’s performance
Director Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” is the buzz, earning some early award nominations and praise for star Jessica Chastain’s performance. Written by Mark Boal, the film stars Kyle More...
Najia Sidiqi, Head of Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan, murdered alongside of police chief
The official in charge of women’s affairs in Afghanistan was killed alongside of a province’s police chief on Monday. Afghan officials are confirming that Najia Sidiqi was shot on her way to work and More...
Pakistan family murdered in their sleep as husband violated Islamic law with second wife
Unidentified assailants gunned down five people of a family in Pakistan’s Bakka Khel area of Frontier Region Bannu on Saturday morning, reports the Pakistan Tribune. photo Applysense A Bakka Khel police official More...
Petraeus, Jill Kelley scandal now tied to General John Allen, US Commander in Afghanistan
An FBI investigation that led to the resignation of Gen David Petraeus also turned up evidence that Gen John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was exchanging potentially inappropriate emails with a Florida More...
Afghanistan: Large increases in measles prompt nationwide measles vaccination campaign
A reduction in immunization coverage in recent years in Afghanistan has resulted in sharp increases in the vaccine preventable disease, measles in the strife-torn country, according to an Integrated Regional Information More...
President Obama and Romney spar in the final debate, leaving voters confused over their differences
In a debate that struggled to state on topic, President Obama and Mitt Romney made their final appeals to the American people during the third and final debate Monday night. donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress.com The More...
Mah Gul, Afghan woman, beheaded by family after refusing to become a prostitute
Four have been arrested after a young woman was beheaded after she refused to be forced into prostitution. Jihad flag photo/António Martins uploaded by Peter593022 via wikimedia commons Mah Gul, age 20, was beheaded More...
