Taliban Says Attacker Acted Alone Details are emerging about the killing of US Sgt. Michael Cable last week, with officials confirming that he was stabbed to death by an Afghan civilian, believed to be a teenager. The attacker stabbed Cable in the neck during a meeting in Nangarhar Province. Cable
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‘Pathetic Coward’: Prince Harry Blasted for Taliban Comments
Taliban fighters are full of derision for Prince Harry following the broadcast of an interview in which he brags of killing rebel fighters. NATO officers in Kabul are likewise unimpressed. Prince Harry, 28, had barely returned from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan before he found himself back in
Afghan Policeman Kills Two US Troops in Insider Attack
Officials Offer Few Details on Uruzgan Province Killings A man in an Afghan police uniform attacked and killed two US soldiers today in the Uruzgan Province in the latest apparent “green-on-blue” attack in Afghanistan. Officials have yet to confirm the attacker’s identity, and don’t know if he was an actual
Taliban Halts Polio Vaccines—and Pakistan’s Kids Will Pay
In Pakistan’s tribal areas, anger over drones and suspicions over vaccinators disrupts an effort to eradicate a deadly disease There is no military drone as stealthy as a virus—and there may be no virus as stealthy as polio. That is a very bad thing for the 161,000 children under five
