WASHINGTON — The United States announced on Thursday that it is suspending security assistance to Pakistan for failing to take "decisive action" against Taliban militants targeting American personnel in neighboring Afghanistan. The post US suspends ... [Read entire story]
TTP militants wound at least 12 people in Pakistan’s Balochistan
AT LEAST 12 people, including five security forces personnel, were wounded by two Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants who opened fire at a security checkpoint in the Baleli area of Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province on 2 January, ... [Read entire story]
Pakistan, Afghanistan appeal to Taliban to join peace talks
Pakistan, Afghanistan appeal to Taliban to join peace talks ABC NewsChina Steps Up to Broker Peace in Afghan-Pakistan Conflict Bloomberg'China, Pakistan, Afghanistan resolve to fight terrorism' Economic TimesMike Pence News and Updates on the Vice ... [Read entire story]
A Freed Hostage Audits the Murky Business of Captive Negotiations
In “The Trade,” the American journalist Jere Van Dyk relives the injustices he suffered both during and following his captivity at the hands of the Taliban. Read entire story. Source: Terrorism ... [Read entire story]
Deadly Taliban Attacks on NATO Convoy and Police in Afghanistan
Militants killed at least 11 officers at Afghan checkpoints in Helmand Province, and a suicide bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Kandahar. Read entire story. Source: Terrorism ... [Read entire story]
Taliban militants kill 14 soldiers in Afghanistan’s Helmand
AT LEAST 14 soldiers were killed and an unspecified number of others were wounded by Taliban militants in an attack targeting police outposts in the city of Lashkargah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on 17 December, VOA News reported. Reports added ... [Read entire story]
Security forces reportedly kill Taliban Red Unit commander in Afghanistan’s Farah
IN A STATEMENT issued on 14 December, a Ministry of Defence spokesperson General Dawlat Waziri announced that an alleged Taliban commander of the Red Unit, who was also a military commission chief - identified as Daud Muzamil - had succumbed to ... [Read entire story]
RCIED attack kills one man in Pakistan’s Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa
ONE man was killed and another two were wounded when a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (RCIED) was detonated targeting the vehicle of Ahmed Zeb - a local anti-Taliban leader - near the town of Malam Jabba in the Swat Valley in ... [Read entire story]
IED attack kills five people in Pakistan’s Bajaur
FOUR security forces personnel and a local administrative official were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting their vehicle in the Mamund area of Bajaur agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 17 ... [Read entire story]
SVBIED attack kills Romanian soldier in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
A ROMANIAN soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack targeting their convoy in an unspecified location in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on 15 September, Reuters reported. ... [Read entire story]
IED attack kills two Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Heart
ACCORDING to media reports on 28 August, two Taliban militants were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on Shindand district in Afghanistan's Heart province on an earlier unspecified date, Afghan Islamic Press reported. The Taliban ... [Read entire story]
Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
After 16 years of writing about it, I thought I knew a lot about the war in Afghanistan, but Scott Horton’s new book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, showed me how much I didn’t know – and that’s quite a bit. Did you know that the ... [Read entire story]
U.S. Gives Military Assistance to Pakistan, With Strings Attached
The $255 million in military aid will be put into escrow. Unlocking the funds will require Islamabad to stop supporting the Taliban. Read entire story. Source: Terrorism ... [Read entire story]
Airstrikes kill 13 civilians and 16 Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Herat
AT LEAST 13 civilians, including women and children, and 16 Taliban militants were killed and seven others were wounded during military airstrikes targeting a Taliban base and prison in Shindand district in Afghanistan's Herat province on 29 August, ... [Read entire story]
Suicide attack kills five people in Afghanistan’s Kabul
AT LEAST five people were killed and nine others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to a Kabul Bank branch, close to the United States Embassy, in the diplomatic quarter in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on 29 ... [Read entire story]
Afghan Taliban Kill Pregnant Woman, Girl Who Refused Marriage – Breitbart News
Breitbart NewsAfghan Taliban Kill Pregnant Woman, Girl Who Refused MarriageBreitbart NewsTaliban jihadists, notorious for their sexism and misogyny, have reportedly killed at least two women in northeastern Afghanistan.Afghan forces and Taliban ... [Read entire story]
Report: Afghan Taliban Kill Pregnant Woman, Girl Who Refused Marriage – Breitbart News
Breitbart NewsReport: Afghan Taliban Kill Pregnant Woman, Girl Who Refused MarriageBreitbart NewsOn Tuesday, the Taliban shot and killed the pregnant woman, identified as Amir Begum, in front of her family for allegedly having an affair, reports the ... [Read entire story]
The Taliban factor | Opinion | thenews.com.pk – The News International
The Express TribuneThe Taliban factor | Opinion | thenews.com.pkThe News InternationalPart - IV The recent deadly assaults in Kabul and Kandahar show that the Afghan Taliban have managed to sustain the power to attack and create fear at will.Taliban ... [Read entire story]
The Taliban factor – The News International
The Express TribuneThe Taliban factorThe News InternationalThe recent deadly assaults in Kabul and Kandahar show that the Afghan Taliban have managed to sustain the power to attack and create fear at will. Despite the 15-year war, the Afghan Taliban ... [Read entire story]
Afghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack in Helmand Province – VOA News – Voice of America
New York TimesAfghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack in Helmand Province - VOA NewsVoice of AmericaFILE - Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the way to the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2015. ... [Read entire story]
Afghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack in Helmand Province – Voice of America
New York TimesAfghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack in Helmand ProvinceVoice of AmericaFighting continued in Sangin district, which had been under a coordinated Taliban offensive since Monday. The Taliban detonated explosives in a tunnel near a military ... [Read entire story]
Whoopi Goldberg’s latest liberal rant compares Trump with Taliban – Lifesite
LifesiteWhoopi Goldberg's latest liberal rant compares Trump with TalibanLifesiteFebruary 3, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Whoopi Goldberg doesn't see the difference between President Trump and a terror group such as the Taliban. "We have had a ... [Read entire story]
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