Tag Archives: AFGANISTAN
Pakistani Taliban faction welcomes new al-Qaeda branch
A new breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday welcomed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s announcement of the launch of a South Asian branch of the terror network. Zawahiri announced the new “al-Qaeda in the subcontinent” operation in a video
Flight plan dispute puts jet with 110 Americans on ground in Iran
DUBAI: Iran ordered a commercial aircraft chartered by the US-led military coalition in Afghanistan to land in the Islamic Republic so it could pay expenses and complete paperwork, an official there said Saturday. The comments by Mansour Haghighatpour, a member
Miscommunication blamed for deadly US military mistake
WASHINGTON : Avoidable miscommunication between US air and ground forces led to a “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan that killed five US soldiers and one Afghan in June, according to a military investigation report. The incident was one of the
At least 12 killed after Taliban hit Afghan government HQ in east
The Taliban struck a government compound in eastern Afghanistan early on Thursday in an attack that included two suicide truck bombings and left at least 12 people dead, including eight off duty policemen asleep in their quarters nearby, officials said.
U.S. moves prisoners from Afghan prison to Pakistan, Yemen
The United States has moved additional prisoners out of a small military prison in Afghanistan, bringing the number of people remaining at the U.S. detention center near the Afghan capital to under 30, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Nine prisoners
Abdullah threatens Afghan vote audit boycott
KABUL: One of the two men vying to become Afghanistan’s next president is threatening to boycott a ballot audit from the country’s disputed presidential runoff, his adviser said Tuesday, a development that could further disrupt the already troubled process. The
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