KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen carried out a pre-dawn rocket attack on Kabul International Airport on Thursday, temporarily shutting down the facility and setting off a gunbattle with security forces in which four attackers were killed, officials said. The militants
A five-year-old child in the Afghan city of Herat died this week after being the victim of a gang rape, from which he sustained fatal injuries. The incident has triggered another wave of outrage in the nation, which has struggled
Philip Hammond, named Britain’s new foreign secretary on Tuesday, is an arch-eurosceptic who wants to leave the European Union unless London retakes significant powers from Brussels. The former defence secretary, who replaces William Hague, is an unshowy performer dubbed the
(AFP) An American soldier who was held captive by Afghan insurgents for nearly five years returned to regular military duty Monday and will be taking a “desk job,” the Pentagon said. Following his release on May 31 in a swap
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near a busy market and a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 89 people and wounding more than 40 in one of the deadliest attacks
(AFP) Afghanistan’s feuding presidential rivals agreed Saturday to a full audit of every single vote cast in the disputed runoff election, US Secretary of State John Kerry said after two days of frantic negotiations.
Secretary of State John Kerry is in Kabul, Afghanistan, speaking with presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, asking that neither of them claim victory until the U.N. reviews the election. At this point Ahmadzai has 56.4 percent of
A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 civilians and two Afghan policemen, officials said Tuesday, as well as four NATO soldiers.
Tokyo, July 08 (QNA) – Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday that any attempt to seize power illegally in Afghanistan would lead to the cessation of US financial and security support. During his stopover in Tokyo en route to
Posted with permission of John E. Michel, Brig. Gen., USAF – Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing “Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” Albert Einstein It has been called the
Here in Boone, NC, the most perfect and beautiful spot in all of America (and therefore the universe), the sky is blue and the air is cool and dry. For that reason, a movie festival is probably not on my
A U.S. Army Captain who served in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan was fired after being told he was simply being relocated–and after he and his pregnant wife had put money down on a home at the new location. The Captain
(Reuters) – Afghan forces battled the Taliban in southern Helmand province on Monday for a second week, officials and residents said on Monday, seeking to reassert control over a strategic district just weeks after the departure of U.S. troops. The
On her Monday “The Kelly File” show, Megyn Kelly aired her interview she conducted with former Weather Underground ringleader Bill Ayers. Kelly challenged Ayers on the acts of violence committed by the Weather Underground throughout their history, all of which
Heckling a Live Performance: Shia LaBeouf Is No Robert Downey Jr. Obviously 28-year-old millionaire movie star Shia LeBeouf has some kind of psychological and/or dependency problem. He needs help and is, in his own obnoxious way, crying out for it.
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah led several thousand demonstrators through Kabul on Friday, upping the stakes in his protest against alleged election fraud that has triggered a political crisis. Abdullah has vowed to reject the election result, saying he was
WASHINGTON (AP) — When John Maguire was a CIA officer in Beirut in the late 1980s during that country’s bloody civil war, he spent weeks living in safe houses far from the U.S. Embassy, dodging militants who wanted to kidnap
Opium poppy cultivation worldwide has reached its highest level in 16 years with number-one producer Afghanistan growing record amounts despite year-long Western efforts to eradicate the crop, the UN said Thursday. The area used by farmers in war-torn Afghanistan to
Mohammad Gulab has been marked for death by the Taliban and is being actively “hunted” by fighters in the group. His crime is the aid he gave to “Lone Survivor” U.S. Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell. According to Vocativ, it was
The cause of a U.S. Navy sailor’s death during a routine parachute training jump remains unknown, reports CNN. The accident occurred in the desert near the southern California city of El Centro on Monday. The sailor has been identified as 31-year-old
On Wednesday, June 25, an extraordinary event of caring and courage will take place to honor America’s bravest… our military. The seventh annual Troopathon will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from 1pm to 8pm Pacific time and
On June 19, USMC Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter received the Medal of Honor for the bravery he displayed in using his body to shield a fellow Marine from a grenade blast while on guard duty in November 2010. According to
Tuesday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz slammed feckless Secretary of State John Kerry. “When Secretary Kerry goes over there and lectures them about what to do with their government, an awful lot of people
Anti-war protesters are planning to ruin Britain’s 2014 National Armed Forces Day event. The event at Stirling Castle is the national celebration of the contribution the armed forces make to British life. The sixth annual event will take place on
(Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released last month, has been discharged from a military hospital in Texas and will continue treatment as an outpatient, the Army
