Many Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked jihadists are living in luxury, enjoying the comforts of an indoor swimming pool, sun-splashed patios, large-screen televisions, king size beds, conjugal visits, and lavish gym facilities, courtesy of Saudi Arabia’s deradicalization center.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. John Nicholson, said Tuesday that “well over” 1,000 U.S. advisers would accompany Afghan battalions and commando units onto the battlefield.
The number of American troops fighting jihadists and training their Afghan counterparts to secure their own country has reached “approximately 14,000,” boosting the overall U.S.-NATO military footprint to more than 20,000, affirmed Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the Director of the Joint Staff (DJS).
The estimated production of opium and area under poppy cultivation has already reached unprecedented levels this year in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations.
The much-needed “tidal wave of air power” that a U.S.-supplied fleet of 159 new Black Hawk helicopters is expected to bring to the Afghan military’s war against the Taliban and other jihadists will not be fully operational until 2022, reports the Washington Post (WaPo).
The number of U.S.-NATO-led coalition troops primarily fighting the Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan is expected to reach an estimated 25,000 troops next year, including 16,000 American service members.
Bowe Bergdahl deserves to go to prison for his crimes. The fact that he won’t spend a day in confinement, however, while decorated officers who stand on ethical principles will, weakens our military and casts doubt on the fairness of our military justice system.
Taliban jihadists in Afghanistan reportedly hacked off an 85-year-old woman’s limbs before murdering her on charges of cooperating and supporting the country’s government.
The U.S. Army is mulling over whether to give Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl $300,000 worth of back pay and other benefits that he accrued while in captivity with the Taliban.
The United Nations documented a “sharp increase” in jihadi attacks primarily targeting Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan, including worshippers inside mosques, shrines, and other religious sites as well as imams and religious scholars.
The Taliban can withstand U.S. President Donald Trump’s offensive to coerce the terrorists to lay down their arms and accept peace with the Kabul government, a commander loyal to the jihadist group argued to The Guardian.
Uzbekistan is one of the top two countries that has produced most of the jihadists currently fighting and killing U.S. troops and their allies in Afghanistan on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in the region, according to Pentagon and Afghan officials.
President Donald Trump lashed out after Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was allowed a dishonorable discharge as punishment for abandoning his Afghanistan post before being captured by the enemy.
The number of terrorist attacks and the number of provincial districts under the control or influence of jihadist groups in Afghanistan, primarily the Taliban and to a lesser extent the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), have reached unprecedented levels under the Trump administration.
Pope Francis expressed his “deep sorrow” for Tuesday’s Islamist terror attack in New York, as well as for other recent jihadist attacks in Somalia and Afghanistan, in a heartfelt plea Wednesday.
An American professor currently being held hostage by Taliban jihadists in Afghanistan is seriously ill and needs immediate treatment, senior Taliban officials confirmed on Monday.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in New Delhi, Wednesday. The two stood united in calling for India’s arch-rival Pakistan to take a tougher line on terror.
More evidence gathered Tuesday that the Trump administration will pressure allies in the Middle East to close the Taliban’s “political office” in Doha, Qatar.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived outside Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday for an unannounced visit.
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to desertion charges this month, complained that the Taliban treated him better than the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Afghan war strategy has yet to produce “any real gains” despite a record number of bombs dropped on the Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) wing in the country, reports an expert group that covers the conflict from Kabul.
Army Sgt. Bowe Berghdal pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior on Monday, despite an effort by President Barack Obama and his White House to brand him as a homecoming hero.
Joshua Boyle, who was held for years by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, says Islamists killed his infant daughter and raped his wife in captivity.
America’s Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband, and her children were released by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network this week, according to a Fox News report.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has intensified the American air war against the resilient Taliban and growing Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan, dropping 3,328 bombs on the jihadists so far in 2017, more than during any other full year since 2012, military figures reveal.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, in an exclusive interview Sunday with Breitbart News, discussed the administration’s foreign policy, from the war in Afghanistan to Iran.
A series of attacks in northern Afghanistan, where both the Taliban and Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have intensified their terror campaign, has prompted the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to “drastically reduce” its operations in the country.
U.S. troops and their NATO allies will be able to leave Afghanistan “within four years,” at which time the struggling Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) will be able to protect their country on their own, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tells BBC.
WASHINGTON, DC — American President Donald Trump is ready “to take whatever steps are necessary” to pressure Pakistan into taking action against terrorist groups killing and maiming American troops in neighboring Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis tells lawmakers.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s South Asia strategy will focus on fighting the lucrative opium trade that is currently providing more than half of the Taliban’s estimated $400 million in annual funding, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told lawmakers, echoing other American officials.
The United States and Beijing share a common goal of combating terrorist groups that operate in China’s neighbor Afghanistan, the highest-ranking military officer in the American armed forces indicated Tuesday.
Russia and U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism Iran continue to provide weapons and other military aid to Taliban jihadists in Afghanistan, reiterates United States Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, repeating accusations made by the United States armed forces.
A rocket attack on an international airport in Kabul barely missed Defense Secretary James Mattis, who landed there on a surprise visit Wednesday.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, echoing the position of the United States, says the only “two options” available for the Taliban at this juncture in the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan are to continue pursuing their terror campaign and be annihilated or renounce violence and embrace peace.
Taliban jihadists control or contest 45 percent of Afghanistan as U.S. President Donald Trump begins to escalate the American military footprint in the country, reports the Long War Journal (LWJ), echoing assessments from the United States government and the terrorist group itself.
U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly urging his Afghan counterpart to shut down the Taliban’s self-described “political office” in Doha, arguing that it has failed to accomplish its intended purpose of serving as a conduit for peace negotiations.
A new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) found the $70 billion American campaign to secure Afghanistan deeply flawed in several crucial respects, particularly its failure to adequately train local police and military forces to secure the country against a resurgent Taliban and invading Islamic State.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is strengthening its presence in Afghanistan, spreading its tentacles into seven provinces where it carried out 237 attacks in just the first half of this year, nearly doubling the assaults attributable to the terrorist group during the same period in 2016, reports the United Nations.
The pro-al-Qaeda media group al-Hijrah is propagating a “dead or alive” wanted notice online targeting U.S. President Donald Trump for “crimes against Islam.”
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly, praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to end the 16-year-old war in his country, saying it conveys a message to the Taliban terrorists that they will lose militarily.
