All Stories
Report says CIA-trained Afghan forces behind war atrocities
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavily armed men burst into the home in the middle of night, hustling four brothers into separate rooms, their hands bound. Afghan special forces then shot them in the head and heart. The operation, the CIA-trained Afghan unit said, targeted Islamic State militants in a remote region of eastern Nangarhar Province.…READ MORE
Sources: US envoy in Kabul negotiating hostage release
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Washington’s peace envoy was in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday trying to negotiate a prisoner exchange that would free two Western professors employed by the American University of Afghanistan held by the Taliban since 2016, officials said.…READ MORE
AP FACT CHECK: Afghanistan isn’t safer than Chicago
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump ripped Chicago as a hellscape of violence that makes Afghanistan, one of the world’s deadliest countries for terrorism, seem like a tranquil and secure place.…READ MORE