(AP) – Senior American and Afghan officials held talks Saturday to try to iron out the details of a key pact signed a year ago that defines the future of the United States’ commitment to Afghanistan. The Strategic Partnership Agreement
***UPDATED*** Family members of Navy SEALs who died on duty in Afghanistan claim that an Islamic cleric “damned” the servicemen’s bodies at their memorial ceremony. Three families of Navy SEAL Team VI special forces servicemen, along with one family of
Just received in my inbox – a shocking press release about an upcoming press conference being held by several families who are claiming that the US government under Obama is as much to blame as the Taliban for the deaths
Hundreds of thousands of hardline Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law on Sunday blocked highways and fought running battles with police, leaving four people dead and hundreds injured in the Bangladeshi capital. Chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is greatest!”) and “One
My old friend Ed Morrissey of Hot Air liked “Iron Man 3” much better than I did. To recap, I enjoyed the film as popcorn entertainment but found it the weakest of the four films to feature Iron Man thus
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 4 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the CIA promised him Saturday he would continue to receive cash for what amounts to a presidential slush fund. Karzai said he got the pledge at a meeting with
(AP) Bodies of 2 US crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash siteBy LEILA SARALAYEVAAssociated PressBISHKEK, KyrgyzstanSearch teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while
CNN’s Erin Burnett interviewed MIT Aviation Expert John Hansman about the tragic 747 crash in Bagram, Afghanistan. As she shows video of the jumbo jet ascending from the runway, stalling and then beginning its fatal plunge to the earth she
The Center for Investigative Reporting’s (CIR) review of internal Veterans Affairs documents reveals that the number of veterans waiting for disability compensation has increased 2000% under President Barack Obama. “The ranks of veterans waiting more than a year for their
Former CIA director David Petraeus, who quit his position last year after revelations about an extra-marital affair, will teach at a California college this year, it was confirmed Thursday. Petraeus, who has already agreed a teaching job in New York
Multiple reporters pressed State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell on Tuesday about reports of the CIA giving Afghan President Karzai bags of cash for “various purposes” in addition to other U.S. aid. “Doesn’t this fuel corruption?” one reporter asked. Ventrell
State Department reporters asked acting Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell to confirm a New York Times article that states President Karzai receives monthly payments, in cash, from the U.S. government. According to the Time, Karzai said, “Yes, the office of national
(AP) Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10By RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, Pakistan A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official involved in peace negotiations
(AP) – The Taliban on Saturday announced the start of their spring offensive, signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier. The statement comes toward the end of a month
Like a fading singer leaning on moldy hits in concert, Natalie Maines is still bashing President George W. Bush in the press. The former Dixie Chicks singer, who drew headlines while critiquing Bush during an overseas concert appearance back in
(AFP) Three British Muslims including a convert to Islam were jailed on Thursday for planning acts of terror. White Muslim convert Richard Dart, 30, a former security guard for the BBC, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment at England’s Old
In Wednesday’s USA Today, Oren Dorell offers a substantive piece of reporting on the Boston mosque attended by the Tsarnaev brothers, the suspects in last Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. In this dangerous age of political correctness, Dorell’s reporting is surprisingly
By EMILIO MORENATTIAssociated PressBARCELONA, SpainIn the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the maimed victims. They are at once conscious and unconscious. They
(AP) Kerry attends first NATO foreign ministers meetingBRUSSELSForeign ministers from the 28 NATO countries are meeting in Brussels to discuss the wars in Syria and Afghanistan, and to learn the views of a new member of their club _ U.S.
News that the suspected Boston Marathon bombers were of Chechen heritage came as no surprise to those who have studied the ties between the Russian Caucasus and Islamism. In fact, “congressional researchers and foreign policy analysts have long tracked a
I find it very disconcerting that thirty-six hours (as of this writing) after the Boston terrorist bombing, law enforcement and counterterrorism officials are running hotlines and calls for “anyone seen with an unusually heavy, dark bag” in the Boston area.
We are finally getting small but solid pieces of information related to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing. This means we have moved ever so slightly from speculation to clues. As of now, though, nothing is definitive. The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake
The leader of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he was happy about the Boston bombings, saying, “Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there.” The cleric, Mohammad al-Chalabi,
Early reports indicate the bombs that exploded in Boston Monday afternoon may have been packed with ball bearings which blew through the air like hundreds, if not thousands, of bullets being fired from as many guns. These types of bombs
By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month. Kerry made the detour on
