Al-Qaeda affiliate maintains close ties to Taliban in Afghanistan
Despite recent progress in peace process, al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) maintains close ties to the Taliban in Afghanistan, likely for protection and...
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Afghan contractor handed out Russian cash to kill American army troops
A small-time businessman became a key middleman for bounties on coalition troops in Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence reports say. Friends saw him grow rich, but didn’t...
Russia working with Taliban terrorists to speed the US army withdrawal from Afghanistan
A US Defence Department report released on Wednesday assessed that the Russian government was working with the Taliban to “expedite US military withdrawal” from Afghanistan....
Taliban requests US authorities to release a former drug lord from jail
The Taliban have asked America to release a former drug kingpin from jail in a formal request for the freedom of a man once ranked...
Pakistani national convicted of murdering Israeli journalist may be let free this week
A Pakistani man convicted of kidnapping and murdering Jewish American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002 could be a free man this week after the country’s...
Iranian Regime would be ‘arms dealer of choice’ for terrorists if the UN embargo expires
Iran would become the “arms dealer of choice” for terrorists if a U.N. weapons embargo is allowed to expire, a senior U.S. official says. Brian...
Russia offered Afghan militants bounties to kill US army troops
US intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the *New...