Poll Finds Americans Split on Success of Afghanistan War
Nearly half of Americans think the country has “mostly failed” in its mission in Afghanistan, the Pew Research Center reported Friday.
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Taliban Overrun Afghan Army Base, Kill 17 Troops
The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers while Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday, trying to flush them out of the city’s outskirts, officials said.
Read more120 Afghan Forces, Civilians Killed in Battle With Taliban
Four days of ferocious fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over a key provincial capital has claimed the lives of about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers and at least 20 civilians, the defense minister said Monday.
Read moreOfficials: Taliban Try to Take Afghan City, Kill at Least 14
The Taliban tried to overrun a provincial capital in Afghanistan early on Friday, hiding inside homes before slipping into city streets in the night to attack security forces and killing at least 14 policemen before being pushed back, officials said.
Read moreAfghan Official: US Drone Kills Pakistan Taliban Chief
A U.S. drone strike in northeastern Kunar province killed Pakistan Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah, the insurgent leader who ordered the assassination of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday.
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Afghan Probe by International Court Could Entangle CIA
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court announced plans to investigate crimes against humanity in Afghanistan on Friday, a year after compiling possible war crimes by U.S. forces and the Taliban.
Read moreBergdahl Sentencing Delayed as Judge Weighs Trump Effect
The long-anticipated sentencing of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on desertion and misbehavior charges has been delayed until Wednesday after defense attorneys argued that President Donald Trump’s negative view of their client prevents him from receiving a fair sentence.
Read moreBergdahl Again Asks to Toss Case Over Trump Comments
Attorneys for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl made a last-minute attempt Tuesday to have the desertion case against him thrown out despite the soldier’s guilty plea the day before, claiming President Donald Trump’s negative view of Bergdahl casts a shadow over his sentencing.
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Family Held Captive by Taliban-Linked Group Released
An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years of being held captive by a network with ties to the Taliban, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Thursday.
Read moreBergdahl Expected to Dodge Desertion Trial With Guilty Plea
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the Army soldier freed in a prisoner exchange after being held captive by the Taliban for five years, is expected to plead guilty on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
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Nobel Winner Shot for Education Advocacy to Study at Oxford
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman at age 15 for speaking out for the right to an education, has been accepted to the University of Oxford.
Read moreUS Policy in Afghanistan ‘a Mess,’ House Committee Hears
More than 15 years after U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaida, experts told members of a House committee Thursday that jihadist groups have proliferated while the Taliban is stronger than at any time since 9/11.
Read moreTaliban Release Video Showing American, Australian Captives
The Taliban have released a video showing an American and an Australian who were kidnapped in August, the first time they’ve been seen since their abduction.
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