Taliban deputy says there’s no excuse for education ban on Afghan women and girls
Sher Abbas Stanikzai urged the group’s leaders ‘to open the doors of education … we are committing an injustice’.
Trump Takes Credit for Defeating ISIS; Now He Must Fight Its Comeback
"The terrorists get a vote, and they're voting to keep fighting," former Trump counterterrorism envoy Nathan Sales told ...
House Foreign Affairs Committee looks to cut ‘radical’ spending in State Department
Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) is leading a thorough examination of State Department financial allocations and grants under the ...
Senior Taliban official calls for end of ban on education for women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...
Assassination of an escort leads to miniskirt ban in world’s least popular parliament
Detectives immediately knew they were dealing with a professional hit. The criminals had riddled the taxi with some 40 ...
Scores of Afghans have left for the US after their visas were processed in the Philippines
The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines says that nearly 200 Afghan nationals have been flown on to the United States after ...
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For Trump’s national security adviser, Afghanistan still looms large
Michael Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, during a deployment as a Green Beret to ...
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CNN Reaches Undisclosed Defamation Settlement for Punitive Damages with Navy Veteran After Jury Awarded Him Additional $5 Million
The rare defamation trial involving a major media company could serve as a deterrent to other outlets.
Trump should reject UK’s dangerous Diego Garcia deal
Donald Trump should reject the United Kingdom's bad deal to transfer its sovereignty over Diego Garcia island to Mauritius.
Wrestling notebook: After fleeing Afghanistan at age 13, Chelmsford senior Masih Sadat has found a home on the mat
Sadat was found alone near the Kabul Airport by the US Army. After finding his way to Chelmsford, he overcame a language ...
Jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans
(AP) - After a Florida jury found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran who helped rescue endangered Afghans, the network reached a settlement on Friday to avoid a punishing order that it pay punitive ...