This February, Hafiz Saeed was sentenced by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan for financing terrorist operations and for being the main person behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attack which killed 161 people. Saeed is the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba which is one of the largest militant groups in Pakistan. The UN and US have marked Saeed as a global terrorist with… Read more »
Oil, trade and good governance all figured into talks Sunday and Monday between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the foreign ministers of five Central Asian republics. But perhaps the most important country in the discussions was the one that wasn’t there — China. Pompeo, the most senior U.S. official to visit the region since then-Secretary of State John… Read more »
President Trump promised to end the reckless foreign intervention of the United States over the past two decades, and he is keeping that promise. Reports indicate that he is closer than ever to fulfilling this by bringing a satisfactory end to the longest war in American history. After years of negotiations, the Taliban appears on the verge of signing an accord… Read more »
19 Feb 2020Military.com | By Richard Sisk A dispute over who won the presidential election in Afghanistan is posing a threat to the just-concluded U.S. deal with the Taliban for a seven-day “reduction in violence,” a top U.S. negotiator with the insurgent group said Tuesday. “This could add to the many challenges Afghanistan faces” in implementing the deal, Molly Phee, the deputy special… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States barred Sri Lanka’s army chief, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, from entering the country over accusations of human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in 2009 during the country’s civil war, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. “The allegations of gross human rights violations against Shavendra Silva, documented by the United Nations and… Read more »
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month. Construction workers build a wall along a slum area as part of a beautification drive along a route that U.S. President Donald Trump and India’s Prime… Read more »
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced hardline Islamist cleric Hafiz Mohammad Saeed to 11 years in jail for financing terrorist operations. The man accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 161 people is to serve two five-and-a-half prison terms concurrently. Saeed has been wanted by India for years, and is designated as a global terrorist by… Read more »
Two American troops were killed and six others wounded by an Afghan soldier armed with a machine gun, the US military confirmed on Sunday. The deaths come at a sensitive time in the 18-year-old war, with President Donald Trump eager to bring troops home and end the longest conflict in US history. The incident occurred late Saturday at a base in Sherzad district,… Read more »
Abuse and rape of women in India have been a struggle of India for a long time. India saw an 82% increase in rape in 2016 compared to 2015. 95% of rapists are in fact not strangers but family members and friends. India’s main human rights violation is due to large-scale sexual abuse of women. Some surveys by India’s government… Read more »
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants attacked a police base in northern Afghanistan, killing 11, possibly with help from at least one of the policemen inside, local government officials said Tuesday. The insurgents first overran a checkpoint near the base late Monday, and were apparently able to breach the compound with ease because a sympathetic policeman opened a door for… Read more »