The Obama administration announced Saturday that four Afghan detainees had been transferred from the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to their home country. U.S. officials have characterized the move as a sign of good will between Kabul, the Afghan capital, and
The Pakistani Army claims they killed at least 77 Taliban members, just days after the terrorist group murdered over 130 children at a military school in Peshawar. These attacks occurred late Thursday night into Friday. The army killed 32 jihadists in
The nation of Pakistan was so shocked by the murders of 140 children and teachers at a school in the nation’s Peshawar District by Taliban extremists that a prohibition against the death penalty has been waived for the attack. On December
The Taliban slaughtered at least 140 people, mostly children aged 6 to 18, at a military school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Those who survived provided horrific details about the three-hour attack. Salman, 16, was in the auditorium when four gunmen burst
A mosque near to NATO’s Brunssum command complex in The Netherlands has raised concerns with military top brass, De Telegraaf reports. The centre, which is where the Allied Joint Forces Command Headquarters is based, also serves as the NATO higher
At least 137 have been killed, most of them schoolchildren, in a Taliban-conducted attack Tuesday upon a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. The six jihadists dressed in official security uniforms broke into the Army Public School and Degree College, a school
At least 126 people, including 84 children have been killed in a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan and around 122 injured, according to reports. Officials say at least six armed men stormed the military run school in the
Speaking to the members of the military this afternoon, President Obama thanked them for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as their work to fight Islamic State terrorists and Ebola in Africa. Obama signaled widespread success in his air
SYDNEY (AP) — Amid a barrage of gunfire, police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney early Tuesday to end a 16-hour hostage siege by an Iranian-born gunman. Police said three people were killed — the gunman and two
From National Interest: The attack began with a barrage from 1,600 guns and rocket launchers that pounded trenches and command posts. Then came waves of tanks and infantry that surged out of the winter mist and slammed into the stunned
In his weekly address this week, President Barack Obama dedicated the time slot to the troops and announced a tip to Fort Dix, NJ next week. Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody. It’s the holidays—a season to give thanks for our
The U.S. military no longer has custody of any detainees in Afghanistan and has shut down operations at the Bagram prison, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed. Earlier this week, U.S. officials quietly transferred the custody of the last three prisoners to
(Reuters) – Afghanistan does not have enough money to pay salaries this month and has asked aid donors for a bailout before the end of the year, the treasury chief told Reuters on Thursday. “Salaries are our priority,” Alhaj Mohammad Aqa said,
(Reuters) – One of the two psychologists who devised the CIA’s harsh Bush-era interrogation methods said on Wednesday that a scathing U.S. Senate report on the torture of foreign terrorism suspects “took things out of context” and made false accusations.
The UN voiced “serious concern” about the Taliban’s persistent threat after the group killed seven people in two suicide attacks in Kabul Thursday, including one targeting a play at a French-financed high school. The warning comes with the Afghan capital
John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), has released a report this week warning of the threat of widespread corruption in the aftermath of the end of combat operations by US forces in the nation. With corruption comes
More than 5,000 people died worldwide last month as a result of jihadi violence, a BBC report claims. The four worst countries were Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Syria, which account of 80 percent of all deaths in November. The investigation,
The United States officially ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, a country that a U.S. watchdog says has a fiscally unsustainable force with questionable capabilities to fight terrorist groups and a growing opium economy perpetuated by widespread corruption. U.S. and
Retired ABC News journalist Ann Compton told C-SPAN that Barack Obama has privately blasted journalists with obscenities when speaking off-the-record. Compton also called Obama out for leading “the most opaque” administration of “any I have covered.” Compton told C-SPAN’s Brian
There will be up to 1,000 more U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan after the end of this year, potentially raising the total to 10,800 instead of the 9,800 that President Obama said would be there by the beginning of 2015, outgoing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. and NATO closed their combat command in Afghanistan on Monday, more than 13 years after invading the country in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks to target al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.
Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon interviewed author and journalist Toby Harnden to discuss his latest best seller, Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards in Afghanistan, on Breitbart News Sunday, Sirius XM radio channel 125. The prestigious Orwell Prize for Books
(Reuters) – A quiet student at Kabul University, 25-year-old Abdul Rahim has a dream: to join Islamic State in Syria and fight for the establishment of a global caliphate – a new, alarming form of radicalism in war-weary Afghanistan. “When hundreds of foreigners,
Britain’s active army will be reduced to just a few hundred soldiers on duty over December, as military bosses have sent the vast majority of the 80,000 strong force home to save on heating bills. More than 100 barracks will
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Britain will open a new military base in Bahrain Obama orders 1000 more troops for Afghanistan Britain will open a new military base in Bahrain The base will be an expansion of Bahrain’s Mina
