Taliban releases video showing 17 beheaded Pakistani army men

ShareThis Taliban releases video showing 17 beheaded Pakistani army men 28 Jun 2012 Taliban militants have released a video showing 17 human heads which they claim are of Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan early this week. The gory video was obtained by the AP news wire service in which the Pakistani [...]

General restricts war-zone photography

ShareThis General restricts war-zone photography 24 May 2012 Marine commanders in Afghanistan have cracked down on war-zone photography in the wake of two international scandals [war crimes] this year in which U.S. troops were depicted posing with dead Taliban fighters. Rank-and-file personnel assigned to Regional Command Southwest, headquartered here in Helmand province, have been ordered [...]

US secretly releasing Taliban prisoners from Bagram prison

ShareThis US secretly releasing Taliban prisoners from Bagram prison 07 May 2012 America has secretly been releasing high-level Taliban prisoners from a top security military prison as part of negotiations with insurgents. Up to 20 prisoners have been released from Bagram prison in the past two years after giving assurances they would give up their [...]

Taliban trophy photographs ‘disgusting’ says Hamid Karzai

ShareThis Taliban trophy photographs ‘disgusting’ says Hamid Karzai 19 Apr 2012 Trophy photographs of American paratroopers posing with the body parts of insurgent suicide bombers were condemned as “disgusting” by Hamid Karzai. The president immediately used the pictures to press for greater Afghan sovereignty, saying the only way to stop a repeat of such “painful [...]

NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, Taliban say

ShareThis NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, Taliban say 13 Mar 2012 The Taliban say a helicopter manned by US-led foreign forces has crashed in northern Afghanistan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. A Taliban spokesman said the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter went down in the city of Qaisar in Faryab [...]

U.S. alert as Taliban vows to avenge Afghan deaths

ShareThis U.S. alert as Taliban vows to avenge Afghan deaths –Official: Soldier was assigned to assist special operations unit of either Green Berets or Navy SEALs 12 Mar 2012 U.S. forces are on alert, after the Taliban vowed to exact revenge for the U.S. soldier who went on a shooting spree Sunday, allegedly killing at [...]

Taliban will rule Afghanistan again, says leaked US military report

ShareThis Taliban will rule Afghanistan again, says leaked US military report –Classified document is said to warn that Pakistan is plotting to help reinstall Taliban once Nato-led forces depart 31 Jan 2012 The Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after Nato-led forces withdraw from the country, according to reports citing [...]

Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal

ShareThis Taliban leaders held at Guantánamo Bay to be released in peace talks deal 03 Jan 2012 The US has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in return for the Afghan insurgents’ agreement to open a political office for peace negotiations in Qatar, the Guardian has learned. According to sources [...]

Congress [well, Joe Lieberman] calls on Twitter to block Taliban

ShareThis Congress [well, Joe Lieberman] calls on Twitter to block Taliban 25 Dec 2011 US congressmen are calling on Twitter to block Taliban propagandists from the micro-blogging site. Senators want to stop feeds which boast of insurgent attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan and the casualties they inflict. Aides for Joe Lieberman, chair of the [...]

3 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan

ShareThis 3 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan 13 Oct 2011 Pro-Taliban militants in eastern Punjab Province of Pakistan have destroyed at least three NATO oil tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in neighboring Afghanistan, Press TV reports. Official sources told Press TV that the militants set three NATO oil tankers on fire on the [...]