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American held by the Taliban needs urgent medical care, says UN expert
Reuters· 1 day ago"The Taliban must provide Ryan Corbett with medical treatment in a civilian hospital without delay," said Alice Jill Edwards, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture and other ...
Afghanistan: Vulnerable To The Point Of Extinction
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJune 6, 2019: While American negotiators continue talking to their Taliban counterparts, the Afghan government and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan have made it ...
Why Is the Head of the Terrorist Haqqani Network Traveling with Impunity?
The Bulwark· 5 days agoIn 2008, I sparred with his fighters in Kapisa in northeastern Afghanistan. In 2014, the Afghan general I advised lost hundreds of sources who had tried to infiltrate the ...
On This Day, June 8: USS Liberty attacked off Egypt
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, an intelligence ship sailing in international waters off Egypt, was attacked by Israeli jet planes and torpedo boats.
World leaders need to step up on displacement, aid leaders say
Politico· 11 hours agoThe sanctions will hit Tsav 9, a group with ties to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, which has blocked, harassed and damaged aid shipments, U...
India-Pakistan: The Institution For The Criminally Estranged
Strategy Page· 6 days agoJune 29, 2018: In the Pakistani capital a couple returned from vacation last week to find their home had been broken into and the only things taken were their two PCs and some travel documents ...
The Menace of Political Show Trials
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 4 days agoIn recent days, we have had brought home to us what “show trials” are like. Political opponents of Donald Trump charged him with felonies for acts that...