The Taliban senses an opening as it pushes for diplomatic recognition in talks with Trump administration
In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the ...
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan
Monday marks the deadline for Afghans sheltering in Pakistan to leave the country, with the prospect of a dangerous future in ...
The New York Times4d
‘They Will Label Us as Spies’: The Afghan Students Abandoned by America
a strategy she picked up in a seminar on mental health at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. She makes a mental note to deal with the issues at a scheduled time and then gets back to ...
A double-amputee Army interpreter was murdered in his office. Then the killer confessed to his wife and young child, cops say
A double-amputee Army interpreter was murdered in his office. Then the killer confessed to his wife and young child, cops say ...
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The internal challenge to Afghanistan’s ban on girls’ secondary education
Women — already banned from speaking in public — were now prohibited from praying aloud or reciting the Koran, even in the presence of other women. For a while, dissent within the Taliban remained ...
The Diplomat6d
The Limits of Trump’s Deal-making in Afghanistan
In return for the release of an American, the U.S. dropped bounties on three top-level Taliban officials, including ...
‘I killed Kovco’: Shock new claims about death of first Australian casualty in Iraq
A former Australian soldier allegedly claimed that he killed his own comrade while on tour – but authorities have refused to ...
Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military
A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump's order banning transgender people from ...
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‘In Which Case Did People Die?!!’ CNN Explodes as Scott Jennings and NYT Reporter Go to War Over SignalGate
In a Democratic administration, the Secretary of Defense oversaw a disastrous military operation in which 13 servicemen died in Afghanistan. Then to try to make up for it, they vaporized like ...
Vance's 'America First' approach goes global, takes hardline message to Greenland
Vance, who served for four years in the Marine Corps and completed a deployment to Iraq, and Waltz, a former Army Green Beret ...
She was expelled from the United States, but still thought America would help. She was wrong
She asked to be identified only as “Ambo,” out of fear of being recognized back in her home country. “Life is very difficult for me,” she told CNN from a school-turned-shelter on a humidly hot day in ...