Posts Tagged ‘Taliban’

NATO Report Indicates Taliban Plotting Power Grab

Written on February 1st, 2012 by kalelno shouts
In a secret NATO report recently leaked to the British media, Taliban insurgents told their interrogators that they are increasingly confident that the Taliban will retake power once NATO forces ...

Pakistan to Re-Open Border for NATO

Written on January 20th, 2012 by kalelno shouts
Pakistan announced Thursday that it plans to reopen supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan, but will impose tariffs. Islamabad closed its borders to NATO after a cross-border air raid ...

Perry: Obama ‘Over The Top’ About Marine Video

Written on January 16th, 2012 by kalelno shouts
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration seeking to score political points with “over-the-top rhetoric” after four Marines were caught on video purportedly urinating on the ...

Obama Surrenders to Taliban in Afghanistan

Written on January 8th, 2012 by alpineskino shouts
The war in Afghanistan may end this year in thinly disguised surrender. “The Taliban per se is not our enemy,” Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview with Newsweek ...

Taliban Leaders At Guantánamo To Be Released By Obama – Official: “It Wouldn’t Make Any Real Difference” If All Rejoin Fight Against USA

Written on January 4th, 2012 by kalelno shouts
The US has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in return for the Afghan insurgents’ agreement to open a political office for peace negotiations in ...

U.S.–Russia: A Stress Test over Afghanistan

Written on December 2nd, 2011 by kalelno shouts
Russia is trying to exploit U.S. vulnerability in Afghanistan by squeezing concessions on European missile defense. This is a disturbing development, potentially threatening security of the U.S. logistical operations. The ...

Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping Jewish American

Written on December 2nd, 2011 by kalelno shouts
The Al Qaeda terror group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Jewish American man in Pakistan, according to an Internet statement released on Thursday. “Just as the Americans ...

Hold Pakistan Accountable in Afghanistan

Written on November 12th, 2011 by kalelno shouts
With the 2014 Afghan troop withdrawal quickly approaching, a recent House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia hearing stressed the need to press Pakistan to fight terrorists who ...

Lessons of Libya

Written on October 21st, 2011 by kalelno shouts
That indigenous forces backed by Western military power could overthrow an odious unpopular regime backed by a second-rate military ought to come as no surprise. That was, after all, exactly ...

Obama Administration Approves a Taliban Embassy in Qatar…

Written on September 12th, 2011 by alpineskino shouts
The Obama administration kept tight-lipped Monday following reports that the Obama Administration has given its blessing for the Taliban to be brought in from the cold with what they think ...
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