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Pakistani Taliban announce a 3-day cease-fire with security forces on Eid al-Adha holiday
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEid al-Adha will be celebrated in Pakistan on Monday amid a surge in violence. Tehreek-e-Taliban...
Olympic refugee team: Farzad Mansouri on his Kabul-Britain journey
BBC News· 2 hours agoA coalition of foreign forces, led by the USA and including the UK, had been withdrawing from...
Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 2 hours agoFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on,...
American Held by the Taliban Needs Urgent Medical Care, Says UN Expert
US News & World Report· 6 days agoGENEVA (Reuters) -The Taliban must provide Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan for nearly two years, with immediate medical care to prevent irreparable harm to his ...
Somalia army vs al-Shabaab: as African Union troops leave, which is the stronger military force?
The Conversation· 20 hours agoThe African Union (AU) has gradually reduced its troop numbers in Somalia since late 2017, from a peak of over 22,000 to about 14,000 today. Another 4,000 AU peacekeepers ...
Battlefield Commander’s Case Goes to Guantánamo Jury
New York Times· 3 hours 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...
Afghanistan: Negotiating A Big Reveal
Strategy Page· 2 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 ...
Afghanistan: And Now For Something Truly Vile
Strategy Page· 2 days agoAchieving peace requires all the help it can get and most Afghans understand that and help has arrived in the form of the Taliban being declared an “enemy of Islam” by a growing ...
Author Joe Gould | Army Times
Army Times· 2 hours agoJoe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry....
The Most Surprising Thing About SCOTUS’ Abortion Pill Ruling
The Daily Beast· 6 days agoThe ruling itself was surprising—but there’s one telling detail worth noting.
