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Minister: Special forces had veto on Afghan troops
BBC via AOL· 6 hours agoThe veto was controversial because it gave UK Special Forces decision-making power at a time when the Afghan commandos were potential witnesses to a war...
Battlefield Commander’s Case Goes to Guantánamo Jury
New York Times· 1 day agoThe panel is deciding a sentence for a prisoner who pleaded guilty to commanding Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan that carried out war crimes. A...
German minister says deal close for deporting Afghans, Syrians
dpa international via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoGerman Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has expressed confidence that the country will soon find ways...
German police arrest ‘Islamic State agent on standby to launch attacks’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoEarlier this week, Thomas Haldenwang, the head of BfV, Germany’s internal security agency, warned of...
Afghanistan: Spring Stumbles Into View
Strategy Page· 19 hours agoMay 18, 2018: Increased American support (airstrikes, Special Forces, less restrictive rules of engagement and more intel) has boosted the morale and effectiveness of the Afghan< ...
Germany Mulls Migration Pact With Uzbekistan to Deport Afghans
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 5 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Germany is in talks with Uzbekistan over a migration pact that could include the...
World Refugee Day: The faces behind the numbers
Al Jazeera· 19 hours agoThe rest are refugees in need of protection (43.4 million) and people who are seeking asylum (6.9 million), according to the annual displacement report...
Suffolk Refugee charity celebrates 25th anniversary
BBC News· 19 hours agoSuffolk Refugee Support was founded in 1999 to offer advice, advocacy and help to people arriving in the county. An event held at Dance East on the...
Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe
Politico via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe 1951 Refugee Convention was designed to protect Europeans displaced after World War II. A 1967...
Gaza, the Quran and the Torah: Is the Middle East conflict now a religious war?
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat reaction throughout the non-Arab Muslim world was far more effective — with thousands of...