
Two Guantánamo detainees from Yemen have been transferred from the detention center and relocated to Ghana, marking the beginning of an expected 17 imminent departures from the naval base. Now, just 105 detainees remain at Guantánamo Bay.
by Jordan Schachtel7 Jan 2016, 11:31 AM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter “is confident” that President Obama’s Afghanistan plan “is on the right course,” Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook recently told reporters.
by Edwin Mora7 Jan 2016, 8:44 AM PST0

An American Service member was killed and two others wounded Tuesday in southern Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province, where an American medevac helicopter reportedly went down, according to the U.S. and NATO forces.
by Edwin Mora5 Jan 2016, 3:40 PM PST0

The remains of U.S. Air Force staff sergeant, who was among the six fallen heroes killed by a Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle, was returned to Northampton County’s Palmer Township Monday located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, home of his wife’s family.
by Edwin Mora4 Jan 2016, 8:28 PM PST0

Friends and family grieved for a New York Air National Guardsman killed in southern Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province last Monday after a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) into his patrol near Bagram Air Base, the largest U.S. military facility in the war-torn nation.
by Edwin Mora1 Jan 2016, 6:24 PM PST0

“Oh, Daddy, Daddy!” repeatedly lamented a 4-year-old boy as he cried at the wake of his father — an NYPD detective and Air National Guardsman who was among six U.S. military heroes recently killed in an Afghanistan suicide bombing claimed by a resurgent Taliban.
by Edwin Mora30 Dec 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

A senior Russian diplomat reportedly said Moscow is ready “to show flexibility” on possibly easing United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed on Afghanistan’s Taliban, which has intensified attacks against U.S. service members and American-trained Afghan security forces.
by Edwin Mora29 Dec 2015, 9:41 PM PST0

Afghanistan has once again become a breeding ground for al Qaeda (AQ) training camps, as the Obama administration focuses on combating the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and a resurgent Taliban in the country, reports the New York Times (NYT).
by Edwin Mora29 Dec 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

Contents: Merry Christmas, happy Kwanza, belated happy Hanukkah, Ramadan, Winter Solstice!; Hezbollah promises revenge for deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria; Israel and Hezbollah may be close to war again; Russia is sharing information with the Taliban in Afghanistan to fight ISIS
by John J. Xenakis25 Dec 2015, 1:08 PM PST0

The Taliban member who rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol near Bagram Air Base in southern Afghanistan Monday, killing six U.S. troops, passed through Afghan security before carrying out the suicide bomb attack, CNN reports.
by Edwin Mora24 Dec 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

Russia is cooperating with the Taliban to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan, Interfax news agency reports, citing a senior Russian diplomat.
by Edwin Mora24 Dec 2015, 11:37 AM PST0

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, faced a military judge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Tuesday for the first time since the U.S. Army decided to proceed with a court-martial last week.
by Edwin Mora23 Dec 2015, 2:45 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon has identified the six U.S. airmen who were killed Monday when their patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Air Base in southern Afghanistan.
by Edwin Mora23 Dec 2015, 2:00 PM PST0

The loss of six American airmen, including four federal agents, in Afghanistan provides proof that combat is not over as far as the Taliban are concerned.
by Sylvia Longmire23 Dec 2015, 10:08 AM PST0

Contents: UK bitterly sends troops back Afghanistan’s Helmand province; Number of migrants entering Europe this year passes the one million mark
by John J. Xenakis23 Dec 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

A Mullah allegedly shot dead a young Afghan-American woman in Kabul who used to work for the U.S. military, according to various news outlets.
by Edwin Mora22 Dec 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

A New York City police detective was among the six U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomb attack near Bagram air base in southern Afghanistan Monday.
by Edwin Mora22 Dec 2015, 11:49 AM PST0

While Obama was on the course, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest released a statement in response to the attacks. “We express our deepest condolences to the families of the six U.S. service members killed and to all of those injured in today’s Taliban attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and their loved ones,” the statement read, adding that the United States condemned the “cowardly attack.”
by Charlie Spiering22 Dec 2015, 5:46 AM PST0

A resurgent Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack near Bagram air base that killed six U.S. troops, bringing the total number of American fatalities in the 14-year-old Afghanistan war to at least 2,235.
by Edwin Mora21 Dec 2015, 3:21 PM PST0

Contents: Defense Sec’y Carter visits Afghanistan, warns of ISIS and resurgent Taliban; Taliban victories in Helmand put Obama’s Afghan withdrawal policy in doubt; Obama’s 30,000 troop Afghan ‘surge’ strategy now in seventh year
by John J. Xenakis21 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

While Hillary Clinton claimed that ISIS is using Donald Trump to recruit members, reality shows that worldwide terrorism skyrocketed due to the policies of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her boss, President Barack Obama.
by Lee Stranahan20 Dec 2015, 6:47 PM PST0

The growing Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan has launched Voice of the Caliphate, a radio station aimed at recruiting militants and airing anti-government Islamic rulings, in the eastern province of Nangarhar.
by Edwin Mora19 Dec 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

The number of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) supporters in Afghanistan who have expressed a desire to attack the United States is growing, warned Gen. John Campbell, the top commander of American and NATO forces in the country.
by Edwin Mora16 Dec 2015, 8:59 PM PST0

The Afghanistan-Pakistan region is considered to be the last frontier for efforts to eradicate naturally-occurring polio cases, and the Taliban, a terrorist group that operates in both countries, has joined the final fight against the crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease.
by Edwin Mora16 Dec 2015, 8:28 PM PST0

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who deserted his post in Afghanistan, has been referred for a trial by general court-martial, the Army announced Monday.
by Jordan Schachtel14 Dec 2015, 11:57 AM PST0