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...

Taliban Threaten to Behead Canadian Hostage in New Video

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,...

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