Afghanistan
Taliban attack Bagram, skateboarders
Insurgents attacked Bagram Air Base outside Kabul—and a skateboarding program run by a nonprofit for Kabul youth, killing four kids.
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Afghanistan
US to maintain control of foreign, new detainees at Bagram Air Base
Government officials from both the US and Afghanistan have said that the US military will maintain control over foreign detainees at Bagram Air Base for the indefinite future, and will also continue holding and screening newly captured Afghans. According to the… Read moreUS to maintain control of foreign, new detainees at Bagram Air Base
Afghanistan
US drone strike kills Haqqani network commander?
The Haqqani network and allied Taliban denied reports that top commander Badruddin Haqqani was killed in a US drone strike, saying a 13-year-old relative was the victim.
Afghanistan
Next: nuclear Taliban?
A jihadist attack on Pakistan’s Minhas Air Force Base coincides with a US Congressional report on threats to the “security” of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal.
Afghanistan
China launches bid to undermine trans-Afghan pipeline project
Regional security has been seen as the biggest challenge for the planned trans-Afghan gas pipeline—officially the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project, which would pass the war-torn Afghan provinces of Herat and Kandahar as well as Pakistan‘s restive Baluchistan province. But recent reports… Read moreChina launches bid to undermine trans-Afghan pipeline project
Afghanistan
Putin: victory to NATO in Afghanistan!
Vladimir Putin called upon NATO to stay in Afghanistan until it has prevailed over the insurgency. He spoke at the inauguration of a new NATO transit hub at Ulyanovsk.
Afghanistan
The true tragedy of Alex Cockburn’s passing…
…is that it happened before he was repudiated by the American left. Cockburn spewed hateful Islamophobic racism to justify the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the ’80s—of precisely the kind we all decry in neocons today.
Afghanistan
UN rights expert condemns recent killing of women in Pakistan, Afghanistan
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to investigate the recent killings of women—including public officials, and a young wife publicly executed on suspicion of adultery.
Afghanistan
US to retain control of detainees at Afghanistan prison
The US will retain control of non-Afghan detainees at Parwan Detention Center at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, despite plans to transfer control of the facility to the Afghan government in two months.
Afghanistan
Pakistan NATO resupply deal: house of mirrors
To grease the deal allowing NATO to resupply the Afghan operation through Pakistan, the US pledged Islamabad $1.2 billion in “counterterrorism” aid—even as Pakistan’s intelligence services are accused of aiding the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: deadly blast at Sufi shrine
Three people, including two children, were killed when a bomb planted in a donkey cart exploded at the Panj Peer shrine in Peshawar, as worshippers gathered for a weekly ritual honoring Sufi saints buried there.