An ISIS School That Teaches Jihad To Children At Age 3
8:40 AM ET Hannah Bloch Twitter YouTube The Islamic State's activities in Iraq and Syria are well known, but the group is gaining a toehold elsewhere in the world as well. In a chilling new...
View ArticleAfghanistan Travel Warning (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to Afghanistan. The security situation in Afghanistan is extremely unstable, and the threat to...
View ArticleAfghanistan 'After' the American War
Once More Down the Rabbit Hole Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Ten months ago, on December 28, 2014, a ceremony in Kabul officially marked the conclusion of America’s very long war in Afghanistan....
View ArticleConfidence Is Rising in Europe, As Are Terrorism Concerns (ACNielsen Company...
(Source: ACNielsen Company of Canada) Consumer confidence throughout the European region continued its steady, uphill climb in the third quarter, as 21 of 32 markets (66%) showed index score...
View ArticleAfghan official: Deadly clashes between rival Taliban groups
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Deadly clashes between rival Taliban factions are escalating in southeastern Afghanistan, with at least 47 fighters killed on both sides in the past three days of fighting, an...
View ArticleAfghanistan to accept its citizens deported from Germany
KABUL: Afghanistan will take back all its citizens to be deported from Germany as the European country struggles to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants who have arrived...
View ArticleAfghan official: Suicide car bomber kills 1 soldier
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing targeting a government compound in the south...
View ArticleThe Asia Foundation’s 2015 Survey of the Afghan People (The Asia Foundation)
(Source: The Asia Foundation) Event: Thursday, November 19, 2015, Washington, DC 9:30 - 11:30 am Registration begins at 9:00 am United States Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Ave., NW Washington,...
View Article40-country survey: Majority support for cutting emissions
PARIS (AP) A survey in 40 countries around the world found most people see global warming as a serious problem, and most want...
View ArticleAfghanistan calls on India to step up military assistance
Afghanistan has asked India to step up supplies of lethal equipment for its military, battered by a resurgent Taliban that has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 soldiers, and led to loss of...
View ArticlePakistan donates planeload of wheat to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: On special instructions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and as a gesture of goodwill and solidarity with brotherly people and the Government of Afghanistan, the Government of Pakistan donated...
View ArticleGermany announces to increase its troop numbers to 980 in Afghanistan
Germany currently has up to 850 troops assisting NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan but the country has announced increasing this number to 980. Mainly after the seizure of a provincial...
View ArticleGerman Campaign Asks Afghans To Think Twice Before They Go
"Leaving Afghanistan? Are you sure?" That's the question the German Embassy in Kabul is asking Afghans considering fleeing their home country for a new life in the West. The answer, provided by way of...
View ArticleMission Impossible: Afghanistan
US Troops in Kandahar Province. Photo: AP. On October 15, United States President Barack Obama stepped away from his campaign pledge to remove all U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. He said that the...
View ArticleViolence increases pressure on Afghan president
KABUL, Afghanistan — The massive protests that spread from Kabul to cities across the country Thursday are further undermining the unity government, formed a year ago after U.S. intervention, as anger...
View ArticleNATO ponders future of Afghan mission as fatigue, frustration mount
By Krista Mahr and Sabine Siebold KABUL/ZARAGOZA, Spain (Reuters) - NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the...
View ArticleLack of trained staff means long hours for Afghan air force engineer
By Krista Mahr and Aimal Yaqubi KABUL (Reuters) - The lone Afghan flight engineer trained to operate C-130 transport planes regularly works 14 hour days when fighting flares, ferrying reinforcements...
View ArticleAnxiety Grows As Conditions Worsen In Afghanistan
4:52 AM ET Philip Reeves Facebook Twitter Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET. i As worries grow over unemployment and lack of security, many...
View ArticleAs river of refugees flows to Europe, young Afghans debate whether to stay
When Afghanistan elected a new president just over a year ago, Romal Shafaq's hopes were high. Despite a string of Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital, he and his business partner bet on boom times...
View ArticleIS kidnaps, kills seven in southern Afghanistan
Islamic State (IS) militants kidnapped and killed seven people, including three women, in the southern province of Zabul, a police official said on Sunday, amid heavy fighting in the region between the...
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