Trump replacing Secretary Of State Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo
By PHILIP EWING, SCOTT HORSLEY From npr President Trump announced Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired on Tuesday morning in a tweet that followed a year of frequent tension between the two leaders. Trump said he is nominating CIA…
Kabul attack: Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital
From BBC A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint in a secure zone, home…
US and Afghan forces attack opium factories to hinder Taliban funds
From WN According to Afghan and American officials on Monday, U.S. and Afghan forces conducted joint operations on Taliban opium factories, in an attempt to halt the group’s economic lifeline, Reuters reported. During a news conference, U.S. Army Gen. John…
Trump’s call to Gold Star Widow recorded, shows real side
By Wanda Carruthers From Newsmax President Donald Trump called Natasha De Alencar in April, four days after her husband, Army Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar, had been killed in Afghanistan, praising her husband as “an unbelievable hero,” The Washington…
Mass grave in northern province exposes IS brutality in Afghanistan
Source: Xinhua Editor: Zhou Xin From Xinhuanet SARI PUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Local Afghans and security forces discovered around 40 bodies in a mass grave in the northern Sari Pul province on Tuesday amid government forces’ cleanup operations…
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The military’s burning of hazardous waste was more dangerous than initially thought
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica From Business Insider The federal government appears to have significantly underestimated the amount of lead, arsenic and other dangerous pollutants that are sent into the air from uncontrolled burning of hazardous waste at the Radford Army…
Mattis criticizes Pentagon for wasting $28 million on camo uniforms for Afghan army
From WN U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis has criticized Pentagon officials for wasting as much as $28 million by making a questionable choice of forest camouflage-patterned uniforms for Afghan National Army soldiers, Reuters reports. The uniform pattern was selected without…
Seven US soldiers wounded in Afghan ‘insider attack’
AFP From DAWN MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Seven American troops were wounded on Saturday in an insider attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base, as the US appears set to boost its troop presence in the country. The shootout at Camp…
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Cricket: West Indies clinches series/Then lose 1 day Intl
By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life The West Indies brushed aside minnows Afghanistan by seven wickets in the final of the Twenty20 Internationals to clinch the three-match series (3-0) in St. Kitts on Monday night, June 5. In the first…
To many Americans, Memorial Day has lost its meaning
From Newsmax ANNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Allison Jaslow heard it more than once as the long holiday weekend approached — a cheerful “Happy Memorial Day!” from oblivious well-wishers. The former Army captain and Iraq War veteran had a ready reply,…
