(AP) Kerry, Karzai extend talks over Afghan securityBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterKABUL, AfghanistanU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry extended talks Saturday with President Hamid Karzai on a bilateral security agreement with the United States, and while work remains to be
(AP) Kerry in Afghanistan for urgent security talksBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterKABUL, AfghanistanU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Afghanistan Friday for urgent talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai as an end of October deadline looms for completing a
(AP) Senior Pakistan Taliban captured in AfghanistanBy PATRICK QUINNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanU.S. troops are holding a senior Pakistani Taliban commander they captured in Afghanistan a week ago, an Afghan provincial official said Friday. The capture could be a significant blow to
(AP) Azerbaijan announces election winner _ before voteBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWSomething funny happened the day before Azerbaijan’s presidential election: The election commission announced the winner.On Tuesday, the smartphone app of the Central Election Commission released the results of Wednesday’s vote,
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange Thursday renewed his attack on a film about the whistleblowing website, calling it a “geriatric snoozefest” as he released a letter written to its star Benedict Cumberbatch. The Australian hacker, who has been holed up at
Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in October 2012 on her way to school because of her writings and defying the Taliban’s views on educating women. The Taliban believe women should not receive an education and should live
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghan president Karzai slams Nato for fighting the Taliban U.S. to cut off military aid to Egypt in wake of coup North Korea puts its military on high alert Afghan president Karzai slams Nato
The Telegraph: Hamid Karzai has lashed at Britain and the US for causing “a lot of loss of life” without bringing security in a sign of the deteriorating relationship between the Afghan president and the West. Six months before he
Kabul (AFGHANISTAN) (AFP) – Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a former Islamist warlord who trained the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, enters Afghanistan’s presidential election race, triggering alarm among Western diplomats.
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, one of Afghanistan’s most notorious Islamist warlords, announced today his candidacy for the presidency of Afghanistan. Elections are scheduled for April 2014. As reported in London’s Daily Telegraph, Sayyaf declared he is running “to preserve the nation.” Sayyaf
As news broke that Habitat for Humanity was building a home for Army Sgt. and double Bronze Star recipient Brian Wood, some homeowners in the designated neighborhood–Morton in Greater Peoria, IL–balked and said the house “wouldn’t fit in with their
On September 30, Marine Corps Commandant General James F. Amos fired Maj. General Charles M. Gurganus and Maj. General Gregg A. Sturdevant for inadequately protecting Camp Bastion, “a giant base in southern Afghanistan that Taliban fighters stormed last year.” According
In a special video message (below) to members of the military, President Obama turned political when communicating to American troops who’s to blame for the impasse over Obamacare and the funding of the federal government. The president told our troops
(AP) Global study: World not ready for aging populationBy KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated PressThe world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study going out Tuesday by
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Leaders of Greece’s Golden Dawn ‘criminal organization’ arrested Number of violent incidents in Afghanistan surge in September Leaders of Greece’s Golden Dawn ‘criminal organization’ arrested Pavlos Fyssas, or Killah P, rapped against racism (BBC)
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed their mutual pledge Friday to deepen the relationship between the U.S. and India, declaring a shared interest in reducing tensions in South Asia as the U.S. lightens
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) supported the tactics that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is using to attempt to defund Obamacare before he was against them, Breitbart News has learned. In 2009, when Senate Republicans were fighting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Venezuela’s economy approaches full-scale hyperinflation Russia-spawned Al-Muhajireen terrorists fight Russia’s allies in Syria Ex-Guantanamo prisoner dies fighting Assad in Syria Venezuela’s economy approaches full-scale hyperinflation Venezuela’s Amuay Refinery explosion, August 25, 2012 According to
Remember this, from Obama’s first inaugural? To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you
Posted with permission from Brigadier General John E. Michel, USAF – Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; Commander, 438 Air Expeditionary Wing. “Change before you have to.” Jack Welch Long before Dorothy and Toto ever showed up on the scene
(AP) Pakistan releases top Afghan Taliban prisonerBy KATHY GANNON and SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistan freed the Afghan Taliban’s former deputy leader on Saturday after years of detention in a move that many officials in Islamabad and Kabul hope will aid Afghanistan’s
Pakistan will release on Saturday its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar, a one-time military chief often described as the insurgents’ former second-in-command. The Afghan government has long demanded that Islamabad free Baradar, whose arrest in January 2010
SAR-E POL, Afghanistan, Sept. 19 (UPI) — The Taliban welcomed a move by a former provincial governor in Afghanistan to switch sides though a district leader downplayed the defection’s significance. Former Sar-e Pol provincial Sen. Qazi Abdul Hai served four
By NAHAL TOOSIAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAfghanistan’s presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the final phases of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops amid
By MIRWAIS KHANAssociated PressKANDAHAR, AfghanistanA top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain. Her death, one of the latest in a string of attacks on prominent Afghan
