Tag: Terrorism

In this March 25, 2021, file photo, a Muslim student wearing a mask with the colors of the pro-independence East Turkistan flag, and the Chinese national flag in the shape of a hand holds a poster during a rally outside the Chinese Embassy calling for an end to alleged oppression of the Chinese Uyghurs in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Can we ever stop genocide and terrorism?

Henry Kopel · August 29, 2021 4:00 am

U.S soldiers stand guard inside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac at the airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto the American military jet as it took off and plunged to death.

US Embassy urges evacuation of Kabul airport due to ‘specific, credible threat’

Joel Gehrke · August 29, 2021 2:25 am

Second attack in Kabul ‘highly likely’ within 24 to 36 hours, Biden says

Jeremy Beaman · August 28, 2021 9:08 pm

Pentagon identifies 13 service members killed in Kabul suicide bombing

Jeremy Beaman · August 28, 2021 7:32 pm

Pentagon says Taliban and Haqqani ‘commingling’ as State Department defends calling them ‘separate entities’

Jerry Dunleavy · August 28, 2021 7:15 pm

Taliban say two ISIS bombing suspects captured

Jeremy Beaman · August 28, 2021 5:53 pm

US airstrike takes out two ‘high-profile’ ISIS targets, wounds one: Pentagon

Mike Brest, Jeremy Beaman · August 28, 2021 4:33 pm

National Security

US officials warn of possible second Afghanistan attack amid evacuations

Mike Brest · August 27, 2021 6:30 pm

Tributes pour in for service members killed in Kabul terror attack

Jeremy Beaman · August 27, 2021 6:29 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Beltway Confidential

Biden’s ‘over the horizon’ mirage

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2021 5:19 pm

A drone view of the US-Mexico border fence outside Nogales, Arizona, in 2017.

Al Qaeda and ISIS members from Afghanistan could resurface on southern border, experts say

Anna Giaritelli · August 27, 2021 4:34 pm

More than 100 dead from bombings in Kabul amid final days of US evacuation efforts

Kaelan Deese · August 27, 2021 1:34 pm