Aljazeera A quarter of a million Rohingya children have fled Myanmar since the latest outbreak of violence began a month ago. Many more continue to cross the border into Bangladesh every day. Many are alone and have nothing, and some have a hard time speaking about what they’ve seen. Instead, they draw pictures to help cope with the horrific scenes… Read more »
There are six freedoms guaranteed in the Indian constitution. They include the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble peaceably and without arms, the right to form associations or unions, the right to move freely throughout the territory of India, the right to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India, and the right to practice any profession or to carry on any… Read more »
Donald Trump has sent 3,000+ troops into Afghanistan to continue fighting the Taliban even though American combat against the Taliban “officially stopped” in 2014. The United States still has around 8,000+ special forces in Afghanistan and with the news of more soldiers coming, the Taliban have responded. They claimed that if America sent more troops in, that Afghanistan would become… Read more »
Pakistan is struggling to answer the United States, after our president gave a speech. President Trump would like Pakistan to help us stop the fighting in Afghanistan. He is pressuring Taliban to start to give peace talks. He also wants the doctor who is jailed for helping our CIA find Osama Bin Laden’s hideaway in the Pakistani capital. I do… Read more »
The Afghan Taliban has warned Donald Trump is “wasting” American soldiers’ lives after the US president approved sending thousands more troops to the war-ravaged country. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Afghanistan would become a “graveyard” for the US on Tuesday after dismissing Trump’s strategy as vague and offering “nothing new”. “If America doesn’t withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, soon Afghanistan will become another graveyard for this superpower in the 21st… Read more »
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Taliban and ISIS forces launched a joint attack on a village in northern Afghanistan, killing 50 people including women and children, local officials claimed. The village, in the Mirzawalang area of Sar-e-Pul province, came under attack by militants from the two groups, Mohammad Noor Rahmani, the head of Sar-e-Pul provincial council said. Zabiullah Amani, a provincial spokesman, said… Read more »
(CNN)Like two US Presidents before him, Donald Trump has a plan to win the United States’ longest-running war. In a long-awaited speech this month, Trump made it clear the US will remain a major actor in Afghanistan for years to come — doubling down on the conflict with a likely troop increase — but he also called on other countries in… Read more »
Pakistan, facing growing pressure internally and from the United States about the relationship between the two countries, is weighing how to respond to U.S. demands that it do more to help stop the fighting in Afghanistan. U.S. envoys have renewed calls on Pakistan to crack down on the Haqqani militant network that has attacked U.S. forces in Afghanistan, pressure Taliban insurgents to… Read more »
In announcing last week that more U.S. forces were headed to Afghanistan, President Donald Trump remarked that “the American people are weary of war without victory.” He’s right about the weariness. But that very weariness is encouraged by the widespread belief that Afghanistan is the kind of war in which there is going to be a moment of victory, if only the… Read more »
That Pakistan helped North Korea develop nuclear weapons is a theory that’s been doing the rounds for years. In 2004, Pakistan’s most famous nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, admitted to have transferred nuclear technology to North Korea and other nations, a confession that led to his detainment for five years. These unnerving revelations were reinforced yet again earlier this month by another… Read more »