Worried about whether Islamic verses on Facebook are allowed? Or that suicide bombers kill innocent civilians? Afghanistan’s Taliban have set up a new question-and-answer section on their website to address such issues. The facility on Voice of Jihad, the official
(AP) General is reviewing command of Bales unitLOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONGen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said Monday that he is looking at possible contributing factors within the military unit’s command structure that could have permitted a
Over the course of the past three years, President Obama has done his steady best to appease the Taliban into submission. A small synopsis of what he’s done includes the meekness he projected via his U.S. apology tour to the
CBS’ Charlie Rose interviewed U.S. Air Force General John Allen, who appeared optimistic about the Afghanistan situation and confidence in President Hamid Karzai, projecting a transition to Afghan autonomy by 2014. “When I look into the eyes of our troops,
(AP) Afghans: US paid $50K per shooting spree deathBy MIRWAIS KHAN and HEIDI VOGTAssociated PressKANDAHAR, Afghanistan The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by
(AP) Aide says Cheney had heart transplantBy KASIE HUNTAssociated PressWASHINGTONFormer Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital, his office said. An aide to Cheney disclosed that the 71-year-old, who has had
(AP) Army sergeant charged in Afghan massacreBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressWASHINGTONCharges filed Friday against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reflect the horror of the crime: 17 counts of premeditated murder, more than half of them children, during
Police stormed a house and killed a gunman whose murders of Jewish schoolchildren and soldiers traumatised France and briefly halted the presidential election campaign. Officers from an elite unit moved in after a 32-hour siege, killing the self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda militant
(AP) Bales to be charged with murder in Afghan killingsBy PAULINE JELINEK and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONArmy Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder, assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of
(AP) Afghan commander prefers robust US force in 2013By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe top commander in Afghanistan said Thursday he prefers a significant American force of 68,000 to combat insurgents in 2013, signaling a potential halt in the drawdown and complicating
A senior U.S. military official told CNN contributor Fran Townsend that the French shooting suspect was stopped by Afghan forces who tried to turn him over to the U.S. military. The U.S. directed them to hand Merah to French forces
Cully Stimson, a former JAG officer explains how the military’s case against Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will proceed and how any claim of post traumatic stress disorder could work into his defense.
(AP) Soldier accused in Afghan killings was family manBy ADAM GELLER and RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated PressLAKE TAPPS, Wash.On a winding road of wood-frame homes tucked amid towering trees, Robert Bales was the father who joined his two young children for
Protesters take to the streets in Afghanistan calling for the trial of the army sergeant accused of gunning down 16 villagers to be held in their country under Islamic law.
Media outlets have reported that military leaders ordered troops in Afghanistan to disarm prior to attending a speech by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Some have analyzed this as meaning that the Department of Defense doesn’t trust its own troops.
From the Washington Post: Before his death, Osama bin Laden boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Obama and Gen. David H. Petraeus. “The reason for concentrating on them,”
The New York Times has explained its double standard for running paid advertisements attacking different religions with concern for the safety of America’s soldiers. After running the atheist organization Freedom From Religion’s ad telling readers “It’s time to consider quitting
(AP) Karzai tells NATO pull back, Taliban-US talks offBy AMIR SHAH and SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thursday: President Hamid Karzai demanded NATO troops immediately pull out of rural areas in the wake
We all know network nightly newscasts are bad, but just how bad are they? The Congressional Budget Office released new cost estimates for Obamacare and, surprise, surprise, they’re about double what they said they would be when Democrats arm-twisted, bribed and lied
The Telegraph reports today that US soldiers attending an event with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta were prohibited from carrying weapons. They were instead asked to turn in their rifles and pistols. “Somebody got itchy, that’s all I’ve got to
(AP) Obama: US, UK committed to Afghan missionBy DESMOND BUTLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONLeaders of the United States and Britain outlined plans Wednesday to shift the NATO war effort in Afghanistan toward a back-seat advisory role while Afghan forces increasingly take the lead,
(AP) Vehicle explodes on Afghan runway; Panetta safeWASHINGTONThe Pentagon says an Afghan drove an apparently stolen vehicle onto the ramp area of a British airfield in southern Afghanistan and into a ditch, where it exploded in flames, about the same
On March 13, there was a quiet announcement on the findings of a joint NATO-Afghan investigation into the Bagram Air Field incident, wherein religious materials that “contained extremist messages or inscriptions” had been seized from detainees and burned. According to
