The family of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, have visited her in hospital after arriving in Britain, a spokeswoman said Friday. The 15-year-old’s mother, father and two brothers arrived in the city
Britain will double the number of remote-controlled RAF drones in operation over Afghanistan to 10, a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said Monday. The five new Reaper drones, to be controlled by pilots based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, are expected
Hundreds of jihadist fighters poured into Mali over the weekend to support the Islamists who have controlled the north for seven months, ahead of a threatened regional intervention to seize back power. Residents of the cities of Timbuktu and Gao,
A female solider is taking the name “Keith” as she begins the hormone treatment necessary to complete her sex change. The soldier, who says she’s been married to another woman for two years, is currently deployed to Afghanistan. This shines
During the last two weeks, the Taliban beheaded a 20-year-old woman for refusing to become a prostitute and shot a 14-year-old girl in Pakistan for attending school and encouraging other females to do the same. Welcome to the Obama Doctrine.
By ROBERT BURNS and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan’s mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind down their combat mission
When President Barack Obama addressed the nation at West Point in December of 2009, he announced he would be sending 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a surge in order to “reverse the Taliban’s momentum and deny it the ability
In the previous presidential debates that have touched on foreign policy, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have touted their administration’s approach to the war in Afghanistan as a success, with little protest from Republican challengers Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
For as long as Pakistan has existed, film lovers flocked to the Nishat cinema, sinking into seats in its plush auditorium to watch Hollywood imports, Bollywood hits and homegrown productions. All that came to an end last month when an
With the focus on the horrible job of “moderating” perpetrated by CNN’s Candy Crowley at the latest 2012 presidential debate, it is instructive to take a look back at some of her past work. For instance, in a 2010 interview
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News Cellphone video recorded in Afghanistan by a whistle blower shows US Defense Contractor’s key personnel drunk and high.
Stories continue to roll in of soldiers who are losing their lives by fighting a type of warfare we tried in Vietnam to no avail. The story of Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Sitton is one such example. He was KIA
(AP) US official: CIA operative killed in AfghanistanBy PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressWASHINGTONA senior U.S. defense official says an agent for the Central Intelligence Agency was among those killed in a suicide bombing at an Afghan intelligence office _ the latest so-called
By RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGTAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, wounding 10 Afghan soldiers, officials said. The blast in Paktiya province’s
During last week’s VP Debate, Joe Biden said, “We are leaving [Afghanistan] in 2014, period.” As he was saying that, Afghan and U.S. negotiators were meeting in Kabul to set up discussions for extending the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan beyond
Just three months after the raid by Navy SEAL Team VI that killed Osama bin Laden, those same SEALs were in the news yet again–but for an entirely different reason. On August 6, 2011, while on their way to assist
When Joe Biden attempted to justify ending the Afghanistan surge early because it allows Afghan forces to handle things themselves, he overlooked (or failed to realize) a couple of crucial points. Republican VP Candidate Paul Ryan explained the first of
There is a reason why the America has historically not negotiated with terrorists, Malala’s story is why. On Tuesday a team of Taliban fighters boarded a school bus in the Swat valley of northern Pakistan. Their target was 14-year old
Eleven years after 9/11, with no war in Iraq and operations in Afghanistan winding down, Obama has seen fit to extend it once again. “The declaration, which has to be reissued each year, invokes several war-time powers that give the
CBS’ Lara Logan says the Obama Administration is not telling the truth about the strength of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Ms. Logan was just recently in Afghanistan for an extensive report on the situation on the ground, eleven years
Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of media, government, and corporate personnel, Lara Logan said the Taliban remains a threat and that administration claims to the contrary are “nonsensical.” Logan has covered wars in the Middle East for years for
About 200 Occupy Oakland activists held a march which turned into a roving vandalism spree through downtown. Billed as a protest against the war in Afghanistan, protesters smashed the windows of banks, businesses and BMW’s along their route. Marchers also
(AP) Pakistan blocks anti-US protest in tribal regionBy ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated PressTANK, PakistanThe Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless tribal region along the border with Afghanistan
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated PressNEW YORKAn ailing extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects arrived in the United States from England early Saturday under tight security to face trial, and two appeared within hours in a Connecticut
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterKABUL, AfghanistanThe Haqqani insurgent network, based in Pakistan and with ties to al-Qaida, is suspected of being a driving force behind a significant number of the “insider” attacks by Afghan forces that have killed or
