Taliban Gun Lockers: The Rifles of Rural Ghazni Province.
C.J. Chivers/The New York Times Manufacturers markings on a Lee-Enfield rifle, supposedly assembled by the Birmingham Small Arms Company, captured by American soldiers in eastern Ghazni Province on Dec. 24.. Task Force Iron is what the military colloquially calls a ���surge battalion��� ��� one of the units dispatched to Afghanistan as part of the Obama administrations campaign to subdue the Taliban insurgency and train Afghanistans national security forces to��.
Afghanistans Parliamentary Elections - Candidates. - At War
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times A man walks down a street festooned with parliamentary election posters in the Hazara area of Dashte Barchi, in Kabul, on Sept. 9. Af-Pak. KABUL, Afghanistan ��� A singer from��.
Afghan Marksmanship: Pointing, Not Aiming - NYTimes.com
This blog has recently been examining poor Afghan marksmanship, focusing on remarkably bad Taliban performance with rifles in combat and some of the probable reasons behind it. Well shift now. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times. The first is of. The range in this case was at least 400 meters, arguably beyond the outer limit at which a soldier could be expected to hit a man-size target with a Kalashnikov and iron sights. This is. And the second is accountability.���.
North Korea Says It Tests Ballistic Missile From Submarine
For the second straight day, North Korea said it would fire without warning at South Korean naval vessels that it claims have been violating its territorial waters off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula. South Koreas presidential Blue House held.
Pakistans New Generation of Terrorists - Council on.
Leadership elements of al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban have made Pakistans semiautonomous tribal areas their home, where they often work with a wide variety of Islamist insurgent groups like the Haqqani Network. Some groups have. Its difficult to assess the size of the Pakistani Taliban. There are not reliable. TTP expressed transnational ambitions when it claimed responsibility for a failed bombing in New Yorks Times Square in May 2010. The Punjabi��.
Asia Pacific|Maps of the Damage From the Nepal Earthquakes
People across the country had feared another powerful earthquake, in part because the first one left many buildings cracked and unstable. The new quake caused strong shaking across an area about one-twelfth the size that experienced strong shaking in.
Nepal Asks Foreign Rescuers to Leave as Hopes Fade
. chance that anyone alive is still trapped amid the rubble from the quake, which struck just before noon on April 25. On Sunday, though, three survivors were found in the Sindhupalchok district, an especially hard hit and largely rural area north of.
In Reversal, Myanmar Agrees to Attend Meeting on Migrant Crisis
Thailand, which will host the May 29 meeting, agreed to help address the migrant crisis, which is well into its second week, after talks with Malaysia and Indonesia on Wednesday, but it did not pledge to take in any more migrants. Mr. Htay, of the.
Kidnapping, Fraud, Warlords and Donkeys -- Another.
The New York Times Afghanistan is more dangerous than it has ever been during this war, international groups say. Our colleagues Rod Nordland and Sharifullah Sahak report on more election-related kidnappings ahead of��.
Obama Apologizes After Drone Kills American and Italian Held by Al Qaeda
Intending to wipe out a compound linked to the terrorist group, the Central Intelligence Agency authorized the attack with no idea that the hostages were being held there despite hundreds of hours of surveillance, the officials said. Even afterward.
South Asias Taliban Problem - The New York Times
What India learned from the 2001 attacks on its parliament in New Delhi and the November attacks in Mumbai is that even if Kashmir remains the terrorists goal, all of India can be the target.. in the Swat Valley, Sufi Mohammed in several areas of the North-West Frontier Province, Baitullah Mehsud in Waziristan, Mangal Bagh in Khyber Agency, Tahir Yuldashev and his cadre of Uzbek militants in Waziristan, and Mullah Muhammad Omars Taliban in Baluchistan.
Updates on Afghanistans Election - At War - The New York.
To supplement the main New York Times news article on Thursdays elections in Afghanistan, the At War blog will be rounding up coverage of the election on other Web sites throughout the day and bringing readers news from various polling stations submitted to. In northern Baghlan province, a district police chief was killed when Taliban militants attacked a police post... Type Size. A Type size small; A Type size medium; A Type size large. Close this modal window.
US to Delay Pullout of Troops From Afghanistan to Aid Strikes
The announcement came after a daylong White House meeting with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan. The two men said the decision was a necessary response to the expected springtime resurgence of Taliban aggression and the need to give more .
Another Take on Net Neutrality
NEW DELHI ��� The world loves alliterations, but ���net neutrality��� is ugly. And it does not convey its own meaning, which. Second, the violation of net neutrality by two telecom giants, which, like all giants, are unloved. One of them, Bharti Airtel.
Taliban Attack Afghan Parliament and Seize a 2nd District in North
KABUL, Afghanistan ��� The Taliban attacked the Afghan Parliament on Monday just as lawmakers were convening for their third attempt to confirm a defense minister, while in northern Afghanistan a second district fell to Taliban insurgents. There were no .
John F. Burns Answers Readers Questions on Experiencing History
After 40 years at The New York Times, John F. Burns, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, will next week conclude a distinguished career that included reporting from war zones like Bosnia, Iraq and Libya, and witnessing some of the most significant events.
Weeks After Deadly Nepal Quake, Another Temblor Revives Fears
NEW DELHI ��� The vegetable markets, streetside dumpling stands and other signs of ordinary life slowly returning to Nepal were violently interrupted Tuesday when another powerful earthquake shook the eastern part of the country less than three weeks.
UK forces: operations in Afghanistan - Detailed guidance.
The UK contribution, which began in October 2001 following the terrorist attacks on the United States, has helped to bring about the fall of the Taliban regime. This subsequently paved the way for the first ever parliamentary��.
Reporting a Fearful Rift Between Afghans and Americans.
Mauricio Lima for The New York TimesAn Afghan soldier near a fuel truck that was set ablaze by the Taliban recently in Wardak Province, where Afghan and American soldiers shot at one another last month, leading to six deaths.. Photos. Insider Attacks Fuel Distrust. DESCRIPTION. Insider killings have broken trust between Afghan and American military forces and laid bare the anger and fear each harbors toward the other. The high desert and relentless sun fade��.
The next round of the tug-of-war over Kunduz - Afghanistan.
The ToloNews picture illustrated an 8 June story about Afghan security forces having cleared Kunduz Dasht-e Archi district of insurgents before the elections. Just two weeks ago, the district, along with others, fell nearly��.
Wang Jianlin, a Billionaire at the Intersection of Business and Power in China
A yearlong examination of his success by The New York Times casts a light on the murky intersection of business and power at the heights of the Chinese economy, where market competition is often warped by the whims of Communist Party leaders.
Nepal Terrorized by Aftershocks, Hampering Relief Efforts
���The whole time I was thinking if the building next to me was going to come down on top of me,��� Mr. Groves said in an email. ���People here are in a panic, and every aftershock contributes to that. They are not going indoors, they are staying in the.
RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today
Anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners, possibly from the same source, caused a scare on Monday involving four international flights at airports in New York and New Jersey. Authorities said the threats did not appear to be credible.
An Uncertain Future for Afghanistans Security Sector
In September 2014, the Taliban launched 788 attacks in Helmand province alone over a three-month period, killing 230 Afghan police and military personnel. The Taliban threatened to take control of the key districts of Musa��.
���The Tide of War is Receding,��� We Dont Do Stupid [Stuff.
Jihadists Rout Kurds in North and Seize Strategic Iraqi Dam���, New York Times, August 8, 2014. ���In one of the most significant coordinated assaults on the government in years, the Taliban have attacked police outposts and government facilities across several districts in northern Helmand Province, sending police and military officials. The American attitude was: Lets get out of here as quickly as possible, Sami al-Askari, the Iraqi member of parliament, said.���������What��.
Conservative praises scandal-free Obama
Garth Kant is WND Washington news editor. Previously, he spent five years writing, copy-editing and producing at CNN Headline News, three years writing, copy-editing and training writers at MSNBC, and also served several local TV newsrooms as .
The War Logs: Reaction to Disclosure of Military Documents.
The War Logs: Reaction to Disclosure of Military Documents on Afghan War. By The New York Times. July 25, 2010 5:24 pm July 25, 2010 5:24 pm. Comment. The At War blog is following reaction to the release of an archive of classified military.. The war logs obtained by WikiLeaks depict a situation in northern Afghanistan that is far worse than it is depicted in the reports German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives to parliament... Here is the second part of the news conference:��.
Iraq crisis: Isis gains strength near Baghdad as Kurdish.
After four days of fighting, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) have seized Iraqs second biggest city, Mosul, and Tikrit, as well as other towns and cities north of Baghdad.. be everywhere at all times to meet the challenge faced by extremist groups like Isis,��� said Carney, who struck an unapologetic tone, insisting the current crisis also does not change its decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan.. The New York-based International Rescue Committee:.
Rohingya Refugees From Myanmar Have Been Persecuted for Decades
The refugees fleeing Myanmar, from the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, have been persecuted for decades. They have been evicted from their homes and kicked off their land, and attacked by the military and by Buddhist extremists in Rakhine, the western .
Afghanistan: The Problems With Partnering - NYTimes.com
Comment. Zhari4 Wesley Morgan for The New York Times An American soldier and an Afghan police officer on patrol in Zhari District.. All but a tiny fraction of the fire was ���outgoing��� ��� insurgents had attacked an Afghan army convoy just north of the base, and now the bases small contingent of Afghan soldiers was responding with everything at its disposal. From a guard. ���In Zhari, its 90 percent either contested or flat-out Taliban controlled,��� Brig. Gen. Frederick��.
Australia to Revoke Citizenship of Australian-Born Jihadis
George Williams, a University of New South Wales constitutional law professor, said the Parliament could probably change the law on revoking citizenship without any constitutional obstacle. The Australian constitutional makes no mention of citizenship.
Afghanistan LiveBlog: The 2nd Parliamentary Elections
Afghanistan LiveBlog: The 2nd Parliamentary Elections.. The New York Times has a different picture from Helmand Province in central Afghanistan: The streets. All voting centres in Tagab district of northern Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan were closed after Taliban attacks in several places.. BaghdadBrian of SmallWorldNews over on Twitter is reporting the arrest of suspects and seizure of dozens of fake voting cards in Nimroz and Uruzgan.