Bowe Bergdahl
The Bizarre Positive Biden Spin on Afghanistan
No, the Taliban are not America’s partners
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Taliban lionizes Haqqani commander who celebrated ties to Al Qaeda, held American hostage
The Taliban feted one of its famed commanders, Mullah Sangeen Zadran, on a new billboard that also showed Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier who was held hostage by Sangeen and the Taliban for nearly five...
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Taliban’s government includes designated terrorists, ex-Guantanamo detainees
The Taliban has announced the formation of an “interim government” to rule over Afghanistan. The Taliban’s regime will be known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. This is entirely unsurprising....
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John Walker Lindh fought for al Qaeda’s pro-Taliban force
John Walker Lindh, an American who fought on the side of the jihadists in Afghanistan both before and after 9/11, was released from prison earlier today. In late 2001, Lindh and his fellow fighters surrendered...
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Trump Once Called the Taliban Five ‘Killers.’ Now He’s Negotiating With Them
Negotiating with terrorists won’t bring peace to Afghanistan.
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US and partner nations seek to disrupt Iran-Taliban nexus
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Sending More Troops To Afghanistan Is a Good Start
In a primetime speech Monday evening, President Trump is expected to announce the deployment of several thousand more American troops to Afghanistan. We doubt this will be enough to win the war,...
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By Hosting Hamas, Qatar is Whitewashing Terror
After getting booted from their first two hotels in Qatar over concerns of violating U.S. terror finance sanct...
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Time for the US to stop Qatar’s support for terror
Secretary of Defense James Mattis is on a Mideast tour to “continue efforts to strengthen regional security architectures.” While his meetings in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel are li...
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The Final Obama Scandal
Co-written by Stephen F. Hayes. Less than 24 hours before the official end of the Obama presidency, while White House staffers were pulling pictures off the walls and cle...
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Russia’s New Favorite Jihadis: The Taliban
More than 15 years into America’s war in Afghanistan, the Russian government is openly advocating on behalf of the Taliban. Last week, Moscow hosted Chinese and Pakistani e...
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Analysis: Iran has supported the Taliban’s insurgency since late 2001
On May 21, an American drone strike ended Mullah Akh...
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Obama is Right: The Gulf Arabs Ride Free on Terrorism
President Obama missed the last real opportunity of his administration to urge the Arab Gulf monarchies to finally adopt a no-tolerance rule toward all terrorist groups and to end the inexcusable...
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Hostages, Hostages, and Other Deals
Ransoming hostages is nothing new, indeed it’s routine for most countries and happens with increasing frequency for the U.S. government and American corporations. The current minifuror over...
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Slow Release
A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.
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CNN: 1 of the Taliban 5 Back in the Game
CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that the U.S. military and inte...
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Analysis: Former al Qaeda Operative Freed, Sent Home to Qatar
Editor's Note: For more on Qatar's track record in fighting terrorism, see Dr. Weinberg's report for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies&#...
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Ex-Gitmo Detainee Leads Contingent of Islamic State Fighters in Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo detainee, Mullah Raouf Khadim, is reportedly leading a contingent of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. Khad...
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Why Al Qaeda Released An American Hostage
Earlier today, the news broke that Peter Theo Curtis, an American who had been held hostage in Syria since 2012, has been released by his captors. Coming just days after another American hostage,...