A British man who told his friends via snapchat that he was a “Taliban” terrorist and about to blow up the plane he was about to board has said in his trial in Spain that it was “just a joke.”… Read the rest
Joe Biden
President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to retaliate for a terrorist attack that killed a dozen US service members outside Kabul’s international airport.
“We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,” Biden … Read the rest
Twelve U.S. service members including 11 Marines and a Navy medic were killed in an explosion at the Kabul airport, Afghanistan earlier, according to The Associated Press, citing two U.S. officials who warned that those numbers could grow.
The Pentagon … Read the rest
Taliban
One of the first things I picked up very early in this business of public affairs analysis is something senior colleagues referred to as Afghanistanism. If you were told a column, story or essay, you had submitted for publication reeked … Read the rest