Obama Surrenders to Taliban in Afghanistan

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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 ...

Obama Looks For Honorable Exit From Afghanistan: Qatar Mediating US-Taliban Talks

Qatar is mediating talks between the Taliban and the United States, the Pakistani weekly Nida-i-Millat has reported. The talks come as US President Barack Obama faces a self-imposed deadline to ...

Egyptian Saif el Adal Named New Al Qaeda Chief

Circles associated with al Qaeda reported Wednesday, May 18 that the Egyptian Saif el Adal (Sword of Justice) had been named interim operations chief of the organization. debkafile’s counter-terror sources ...

Muslim Women in Face Veils Detained as France Enforces Ban

At least two women have been detained in France while wearing Islamic veils across their faces, after a law banning the garment in public came into force. Police said they ...