Siraj Haqqani: Warlord of Haqqani Network Has Captured US Soldier

On Thursday, July 2, 2009, a U.S. soldier was captured in Afghanistan for the first time since the war started in 2001. At the same time Operation Khanjar is being rolled out, the "low-level" Afghani soldiers who caught the U.S. private sold him to a militant insurgent group...

Militant group claims downing of Nato chopper in Afghanistan

An Afghan militant group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbadin Hekmatyar has claimed to have shot down a Nato helicopter gunship in Afghanistan."Hizb-i-islami, a banned militant outfit, has claimed to have brought down a gunship helicopter of Nato in...

Bold move by Afghan assembly: Immunity to all Afghans

It's either that, or a fool's errand.  I have seen nothing from the taliban that would make me think that an offer of peace and reconciliation is even desirable to them.  If anything, it reminds me of the early days of the war, and the fall of Konduz.  The...
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Siraj Haqqani: Warlord of Haqqani Network Has Captured US Soldier

On Thursday, July 2, 2009, a U.S. soldier was captured in Afghanistan for the first time since the war started in 2001. At the same time Operation Khanjar is being rolled out, the "low-level" Afghani soldiers who caught the U.S. private sold him to a militant insurgent group...

Militant group claims downing of Nato chopper in Afghanistan

An Afghan militant group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbadin Hekmatyar has claimed to have shot down a Nato helicopter gunship in Afghanistan."Hizb-i-islami, a banned militant outfit, has claimed to have brought down a gunship helicopter of Nato in...

Bold move by Afghan assembly: Immunity to all Afghans

It's either that, or a fool's errand.  I have seen nothing from the taliban that would make me think that an offer of peace and reconciliation is even desirable to them.  If anything, it reminds me of the early days of the war, and the fall of Konduz.  The...

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