Tag: Afghanistan

The near-unprecedented assassination of a United States Major General in Afghanistan yesterday has returned media attention to a war President Obama long deemed over. While Democrats greeted the so-called end of the Afghan War as a welcome change, sources within

On August 5, U.S. Army Major General Harold Greene was assassinated at Marshal Fahim National Defense University, Afghanistan. His assassination marks the first targeted killing of an American general since U.S. Major General Edward Canby was assassinated in 1873. Greene’s

The U.S. General killed in the August 5 green-on-blue attack at Camp Qargha, Afghanistan, has been identified as Major General Harold Greene. Breitbart News reported that the attack took place around noon with, at that time, approximately 15 wounded and

On August 5, a U.S. Two-Star Major General was shot and killed in an attack at Camp Qargha, in Afghanistan. Afghan military officers were being trained when “a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon against Americans,” killing

An attacker wearing what Afghan officials deemed an “Afghan National Army uniform” shot dead a United States Army major general in a training camp in the capital, Kabul. The American-led military coalition there has said that multiple others have also

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, killing at least one U.S. soldier and wounding 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and “about

A new poll released by the Associated Press and GfK Public Affairs finds that 55% of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama has handled foreign affairs, with only 37% approving of his handling of the conflict between Israel and

Are you the leader of an international terrorist organization looking to establish a new caliphate? Or perhaps you are a modern-day despot looking to return your once proud empire to former glory? Maybe you just want to take that long

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Gaza war becomes existential for both sides Russia replaces America’s influence in Central Asia The Gaza war becomes existential for both sides Israel received almost worldwide condemnation on Wednesday for airstrikes on a

(Reuters) – Freed U.S. prisoner-of-war Bowe Bergdahl is expected to submit to questioning next week by the U.S. Army general probing the circumstances that led to the his 2009 capture by the Taliban, Bergdahl’s attorney said on Tuesday. Bergdahl, an

At a time when the United States and coalition forces are wrapping up their thirteen-year military campaign in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are seizing the opportunity to expand their influence and grab territory comparable to levels unseen since before 9/11, when

Sobering new details have emerged about a recent Taliban assault on a sensitive US facility at the Kabul air base. Fighting erupted in the pre-dawn hours of July 17th, after heavily armed insurgents penetrated the airfield’s outer defenses to strike

On July 24, two gunmen killed two female Christian aid workers in Herat, Afghanistan. The Tribune Express reported that the governor of Herat province, Sayed Fazullah Wahidy, told AFP: “At around 11:30 a.m. gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at

On July 21, Army Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts received the Medal of Honor and said he did not want the nation to remember his name, “but those of the nine men who were killed in one of the fiercest

Israel is the United Nations’ greatest bugbear. We know it from following websites such as UNWatch for many years, and it was most pertinently highlighted by the UN translator who said the organisation’s focus on Israel was a “bit much,