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...
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A new video of a Canadian journalist being held by the Taliban in Pakistan was provided to the Globe and Mail newspaper, which shows Beverly Giesbrecht asking for her ransom to be paid. The Canadian journalist,...
It has been a few years since the beheading of CNN's Daniel Pearl but I am alwaysreminded of his tragedy since he spent some time based in my home town of Pune, Indiawith his pregnant wife Marianne. Some of you may have seen 'The Journalist and the Jehadi'the documentary...
Pakistani authorities and tribal elders are negotiating with the Taliban in a bid to secure the release of up to 150 soldiers who were allegedly captured near the town of Wana in South Waziristan.Military...
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