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UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar –...
KION 46 Salinas· 3 hours agoThe United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan is defending the failure to include Afghan women in...
MoD accused of burying admission that UK special forces had power over Afghan sanctuary claims
The Independent via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe Ministry of Defence has been accused of trying to bury an admission that the special forces had...
Minister: Special forces had veto on Afghan troops
BBC via AOL· 1 day 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...
Is Israel using ‘US-style’ torture on Palestinian prisoners?
Al Jazeera· 2 hours agoSome 54 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli jails since Israel launched its deadly war on Gaza...
Battlefield Commander’s Case Goes to Guantánamo Jury
New York Times· 2 days 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...
Germany Mulls Migration Pact With Uzbekistan to Deport Afghans
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 6 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Germany is in talks with Uzbekistan over a migration pact that could include the...
Gaza, the Quran and the Torah: Is the Middle East conflict now a religious war?
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThat reaction throughout the non-Arab Muslim world was far more effective — with thousands of...
World Refugee Day: The faces behind the numbers
Al Jazeera· 2 days 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...
Afghanistan: Spring Stumbles Into View
Strategy Page· 2 days 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< ...
Afghanistan: Negotiating A Big Reveal
Strategy Page· 4 days agoDecember 19, 2018: The United States is exploring the possibility of working out a peace deal with the Taliban. The major problem with that is getting Pakistan to cooperate because the
