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NYPD Allege New Year’s Eve Machete Attack Suspect Wanted to Join Taliban

New York police officials said on Monday that 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted assault for allegedly attacking police with a machete on New Year’s Eve, kept a diary in which he expressed a desire to join the Taliban and die as a “martyr” in the cause of Islamic extremism.

New York police officials said on Monday that 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, charged with tw

Taliban Supreme Leader Says Foreign Affairs Will Follow Islamic Law

Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada held a meeting of some 3,000 tribal and regional officials in Kandahar on Thursday, during which he said foreign affairs would be conducted in accordance with the Taliban’s notion of Islamic sharia law. In other words, he was pledging to ignore international human rights concerns, including objections to the Taliban’s barbaric treatment of women.

Afghan burqa-clad women carry flags as they walk along a street to celebrate the Taliban's