Posts Tagged: afghanistan
Trump’s Travel Ban on 12 Countries Goes Into Effect Early Monday
US President Donald Trump's order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States goes into effect at 12:01 am ET (0401 GMT) on...
American Citizen Glezmann Freed by Taliban, Returning to US
The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and Taliban officials in Kabul, a source briefed on the...
US Lawmaker Says Washington Funding Taliban, Pens Letter Urging Trump to Halt Aid
US Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) recently penned a letter to President-elect Donald Trump claiming that Washington is "funneling" money to the Taliban government in Afghanistan...
Justice Department Charges Afghan Citizen With Plotting To Commit Terror Attack on Election Day
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued charges against an Afghan citizen allegedly plotting to execute a terrorist attack during Election Day at the...
Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and Farce
JNS.org - Keen-eyed readers of this column will know that I am fond of occasionally quoting Karl Marx’s observation that history repeats itself, “the first...
‘Let’s Declare War to Terror’: German Chancellor Vows Deportations for Terrorists, Supporters After Stabbing
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to enact tougher measures to deport criminals, terrorists, and terror supporters after a 25-year-old Afghan man committed a fatal...
The US Must Return to a Muscular Foreign Policy
JNS.org - Much ink has been spilled over the recent Houthi attacks on shipping lanes in the Red Sea and U.S. infrastructure in the Middle...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Mossad, Other Intelligence Agencies
i24 News - Iran on Saturday executed a man accused of spying for foreign intelligence agencies, including the Israeli Mossad. The death sentence was carried...
Russia and Iran: ‘Room to Grow’
JNS.org - “The Russian-Iranian partnership still has room to grow.” That, in essence, is the conclusion of a sober, dispassionate report probing relations between Russia...
Unknown Terrorists Attack Police Station in Iran, Killing Two Officers
i24 News - An Iranian police station near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan was attacked on Saturday, two Iranian officers and four assailants were...
At Least Three Killed in Clash on Iran-Afghan Border
Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed after shooting broke out near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman...
Taliban’s Treatment of Women ‘Could Amount to Crime Against Humanity’
i24 News - Taliban restrictions on the freedoms of women and girls could amount to a crime against humanity, the UN special rapporteur on human...
Al-Qaeda Killing Shows Afghanistan Is Still in Chaos
President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in a US...
Iran Imposes Sanctions on 15 US Officials as Nuclear Talks Stall
Iran said on Saturday that it had imposed sanctions on 15 more US officials, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President...
