(AP) Afghan Taliban attack US Consulate, kill 2 AfghansBy AMIR SHAH and NAHAL TOOSIAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanTaliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, triggering a firefight with security forces in an attack that
Written by and posted with permission from Brigadier General John E. Michel, USAF – Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; Commander, 438 Air Expeditionary Wing “September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in
As President Obama makes the case for supporting the al Qaeda backed rebels in Syria, maintains quasi-support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, pushes Israel to release more Palestinian terrorists, and negotiates with the Taliban in Afghanistan, a new poll
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan’s attempts at peace with Taliban seem doomed to failure Bird flu and MERS virus show new potential for spreading Pakistan’s attempts at peace with Taliban seem doomed to failure Nawaz Sharif, the new
President Obama: “In that time, America’s worked with allies to provide humanitarian support, to help the moderate opposition, and to shape a political settlement, but I have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else’s civil war
(AP) Pakistan militants prepare for war in AfghanistanBy KATHY GANNONAssociated PressISLAMABADMilitants in Pakistan’s most populous province are said to be training for what they expect will be an ethnic-based civil war in neighboring Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw in 16
In an effort to relieve tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both countries recently released captured Taliban soldiers. However, Pakistan did not release their prisoners directly to Afghan officials, which could cause more problems. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and the United
(AP) Pakistan militants prepare for war in AfghanistanBy KATHY GANNONAssociated PressISLAMABADMilitants in Pakistan’s most populous province are said to be training for what they expect will be an ethnic-based civil war in neighboring Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw in 16
Hafez, the 11-year old son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, reportedly posted a blistering taunt of President Obama on Facebook. Despite being deliberately antagonistic, his strategic analysis of the situation is remarkably cogent and pointed (suggesting an 11-year old might
Kirsten Powers of The Daily Beast responding to Bill O’Reilly’s question asking if President Obama should give back his Nobel Peace Prize: “He should’ve given it back a long time ago, actually. But, you know, for the drone war, for
(AP) Egypt’s Sinai emerges as new theater for jihadBy MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROAn Egyptian doctor once close to Osama bin Laden is bringing together multiple al-Qaida-inspired militant groups in Egypt’s Sinai to fight the country’s military, as the lawless peninsula emerges
On Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, compared Syria to Afghanistan, hours after President Barack Obama said Syria was not like Iraq or Afghanistan. Rubio argued that what happens in Syria is in
In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war. To say otherwise was apostasy. In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famously quoted on
Steven Salaita is an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech. Last week he wrote a piece for Salon in which he argued that “support the troops” was merely shorthand for support-the-plutocrats, and for that reason, it should be resisted.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) explains why he is pessimistic about the prospect of regime change in Syria through U.S. military intervention at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Florida. Video by Breitbart’s Warner Todd Huston.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Finally, as we honor Ty’s courage on the battlefield, I want to recognize his courage in the other battle he has fought. Ty has spoken openly — with honesty and extraordinary eloquence — about his struggle with Post-Traumatic
Washington Post: Army Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter, the latest recipient of the nation’s highest military honor, hopes to use the award to help others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, which has afflicted him since a 2009 battle in eastern
On August 26, Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter became the 5th living Medal of Honor (MOH) recipient from the War in Afghanistan. Carter earned the MOH for his actions on October 3, 2009 as he ran under heavy enemy fire to
On August 26, President Obama will present Ty Carter with the Medal of Honor. Carter initially joined the Marines in 1998; he joined the Army a decade later in 2008 after being honorably discharged in 2003 and has attained the rank of
The U.S.-Mexico border has once againproved to be unsecured in many regions, wide open for illegal immigration andcartel activities such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, and humansmuggling from a wide array of nations–from Mexico to the Horn of Africa. Exclusive
The Fort Hood case is now in the jury’s hands. Maj. Nidal Hasan is on trial for 13 murders at the military base on November 5, 2009. Hasan, representing himself, did not present a defense after the prosecution rested on
A Pakistani madrassa slapped with US sanctions as an alleged terror training centre has denied the charges, insisting it teaches only religion and Arabic grammar to around 150 boys. The US Treasury said the Ganj seminary in the northwestern city
(AFP) – Action-starved football fans are looking forward to the first match between Afghanistan and Pakistan in 36 years on Tuesday in Kabul. They are joined in their enthusiasm by players and coaches of both sides.
Boy, do they hate America. I’m on a flight in Tanzania, having left Rwanda, when I meet a very fine Pakistani family going on safari. We exchange pleasantries. They have children studying in the UK, as do many upper-class Pakistani
The Taliban in Afghanistan is calling for the Egyptian military to end its “inhuman and unethical action” against those who are protesting Egypt’s new government. They are specifically calling on Egyptian General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi to “stop spilling the blood of
