Car Bomb Hits Afghan Base Housing US SOF
A suicide car bomb attack late Sunday evening near the Afghan city of Khost killed 33 people: 27 civilians and...
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Taliban Attacks Amidst Peace Talks; Rival Group Declares Support for Islamic State
On July 7, the Taliban carried out two attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul. In the first incident, a...
Two Suicide Bomb Attacks Occur in Afghanistan
On June 30, the Taliban detonated a suicide car bomb near a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. One civilian died...
Increased Taliban Activity Demonstrates Danger of US Withdrawal
On June 22, Taliban fighters attacked the Afghan parliament in Kabul. A car bomb exploded outside of the Parliamentary compound...
Taliban Warns Islamic State to Stay Out of Afghanistan
On June 16, the Taliban sent a letter to the "caliph" of the Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The...
Qatar extends travel ban for ‘Taliban 5’
The United States Department of State has reached an agreement with the Qatari government regarding extending the travel ban on...
Afghanistan-Taliban peace talks not as successful as some make it seem
An exciting concert in a Kabul, Afghanistan hotel turned deadly Wednesday evening when a Taliban gunman opened fire inside the...
Pakistan Taliban Claims Responsibility for Helicopter Crash as Jihadist Factions Reunite
A Pakistani army helicopter crashed killing Norwegian and Philippine ambassadors, the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors, and two...
Afghan-Taliban Hold Talks as U.S. Loses Influence
Taliban and Afghan representatives met on Saturday and Sunday, May 2nd and May 3rd for talks in Qatar, hosted by...
Taliban and Islamic State Declare Jihad on Each Other
According to reports from Afghanistan’s Khaama Press and Pakistan’s Mashaal Radio, the Taliban and Islamic State (ISIS) have declared jihad...
Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Jalalabad Bank Bombing
Terrorists launched a suicide bomb attack on the Jalalabad branch of Kabul Bank Saturday April 18th, killing 35 and wounding...
Mullar Omar Bio Draws Subtle Distinctions with “Caliph” AbuBakr
The Taliban has published a new biography of Mullah Omar (link is to Taliban-controlled shahamat-english.com) which paints a hagiographic picture of the...
Afghan Vice President Stresses Peace as Taliban Launches Further Attacks
Spring, a season often associated with fresh starts, has a very different meaning in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the start of...
How Long Until ISIS is Elevated to Coveted Position of “Insurgency”
In the kinds of moments we have seen repeatedly from press officials forced to defend the largely indefensible security policies...
Islamic State Now Opening…In Afghanistan
Afghani officials claim that the Islamic State is operating in Afghanistan less than a month after the cessation of US...
A Shariah Atrocity in Pakistan
Yesterday’s hideous murder of 132 school children by the Taliban in Pakistan is a chilling reminder that radical Islamists are...