LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — The crash that killed journalist Michael Hastings was ruled an accident by police, but conspiracy theories continued to circulate on Friday. Hastings, 33, was killed in a fiery solo-vehicle crash in Hancock Park early Tuesday morning.
(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a spat over the Taliban office in Qatar is the “very first test” of the Islamic militant movement’s commitment to peace talks. The opening of the Taliban office was heralded as
Former domestic terrorist and liberal educator Bill Ayers may think Obama is a charming and likable but still wants him tried for war crimes. Ayers cited the president’s drone program and military campaigns in Afghanistan and other places. In a
(AP) Kerry trip starts with tough Syrian, Afghan issuesBy DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressWASHINGTONSecretary of State John Kerry begins an overseas trip plunging into two thorny foreign policy problems facing the Obama administration: unrelenting bloodshed in Syria and efforts to talk to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghanistan ‘peace process’ continues in limbo Russia and China angered by U.S. State Dept. child trafficking report Stock share prices fall sharply in global rout Bonds and gold hammered along with stocks Afghanistan ‘peace
The decision by the Taliban to hoist their own “Islamic Emirate” flag above what was supposed to be just a “political office” in Doha, Qatar is more than just an embarrassment for President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and more than
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel had previously answered a question on Afghanistan and negotiating with the Taliban when he jokingly asked an Indian college professor questioner at the University of Nebraska Wednesday whether he was a member of the terrorist
Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) is not known for mincing his words, especially when it comes to criticism of the Obama Administration. This morning while guest-hosting with my on “Mornings on the Mall” on WMAL in Washington, Gohmert voiced strong opposition to the
Michael Hastings, the 33-year-old journalist who died in a one-person car accident in Los Angeles this week, was probably most famous for his 2010 Rolling Stone feature The Runaway General which resulted in Afghanistan commanding general Stanley McChrystal being fired. According
(AP) AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldierBy KATHY GANNONAssociated PressISLAMABAD, PakistanThe Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. army soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Afghan peace talks collapse day after they’re announced Prisoner exchange driving the Afghan ‘peace talks’ IKEA tests a new refugee shelter to replace the tent Afghan peace talks collapse day after they’re announced Hamid
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that talks between the United States and the Taliban for a “political solution” to the security of Afghanistan will result in concessions from both sides. Within hours of that statement, the
(AP) Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban moveBy DAVID RISING and AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said she was “not sure” whether the Taliban is designated as a terrorist organization when a reporter pressed her on negotiations between the United States and the Islamist group during Tuesday’s press briefing. These talks
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. announces direct talks with Afghan Taliban to end war Taliban prepares for return of ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ U.S. dropped some pre-conditions for talks with Taliban Afghan insurgents kill U.S. soldiers at Bagram
Four American troops were killed Tuesday in an insurgent attack on Afghanistan’s Bagram air base, a US defense official said, as Washington announced plans to hold talks with the Taliban. The deaths were caused by insurgent “indirect fire,” either mortars
The United States and the Taliban announced on Tuesday that formal talks will begin on coming to an agreement to rule Afghanistan. Tuesday also marked the formal transition to Afghan leadership in terms of military force from the NATO coalition.
A prominent Afghan lawmaker escaped a suicide attack on Tuesday, aides said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be announced. An AFP photographer reported there were casualties at the scene. The
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening crisis in Syria, Pakistani officials said on Tuesday. The Pakistani foreign ministry said last week that Kerry would arrive in the
(AFP) – A Taliban suicide car bomber on Tuesday targeted staff at Afghanistan’s top court, killing 15 civilians and wounding 40 others in the second attack in two days in the heavily fortified capital, police said.
Accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan is expected to tell a military judge on Tuesday how he plans to argue he was protecting the Taliban when he opened fire on dozens of people at the facility in 2009. The
The Taliban beheaded two boys, one 10-year-old and one 16-year-old, after the Taliban charged them with spying. The boys were rummaging among rubbish bins near police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, a vital base for Western forces. Grabbed by
Militants attacked NATO supply trucks in northwest Pakistan with guns and mortars, killing at least three drivers and wounding six others, officials said. The attack took place in the Shagai area, 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Landi Kotal, the
Although Afghan President Hamid Karzi supported a new body of laws which banned violence against women, the Afghan legislature has rejected the laws on the grounds that parts of them “violate Islamic principles.” The laws would have specifically banned child
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that all detainees being held by British forces in the restive south be handed over within two weeks, saying that holding prisoners any longer would be a violation of sovereignty. The British government came
