Tag Archives: Taliban






Taliban occupy abandoned US outpost in Kunar

A commander said the Taliban will establish “a permanent base” there, swore allegiance to Mullah Omar, and said his forces will continue to attack US troops until they “reach the gates of America.”












Al Qaeda fighter properly detained at Gitmo, court finds

The DC Circuit Court affirmed a district court’s decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Esmail was trained at a notorious al Qaeda camp, studied at an al Qaeda-run school for martyrs, and fought at Tora Bora.









Afghanistan

Pakistan – Fighting flares in northwest between security forces and suspected militants