Defense Secretary Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis has a plan for the Taliban — and it involves taking away one of their last hiding places. Mattis met with top Pakistani leaders Monday to seek common ground on the counterterrorism fight, amid Trump administration calls for Islamabad to more aggressively go after the insurgents moving back and […]
Taliban attacks kills dozens in Afghanistan
The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in the southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday. The attack on the army camp took place late on Wednesday and involved two suicide car bombs, said spokesman […]
Taliban storms checkpoint, kills six policemen
The Taliban stormed an Afghan security post in the western Farah province, killing at least six policemen and wounding three, officials said on Friday while a pickup truck hit a roadside bomb in a remote eastern district, killing seven villagers. The roadside explosion took place in the eastern Nangarhar province’s Achin district on Friday. The […]
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