Headlines- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Tag: Afghanistan News
My Early Years My Homeland 20...
Award Winning Documentary Film Makers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi’s new documentary, 20 Years in Afghanistan, is their most recent work
Afghan Refugee Assistance in U.S.
Afghan Refugee Assistance: Over 80,000 persons, including US citizens and Afghan refugees, have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the last two weeks. Fatima Popal started collecting donations in her Washington, D.C. restaurant to help newcomers from Afghanistan settle in
Hunger Strike by Afghan Women ...
British Afghan women have gone on hunger strike in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s treatment of women
Afghanistan 20 Years After the September...
Afghanistan today appears very different than it did 20 years ago when the Taliban governed the country. While the Taliban promise that the current regime will be different from the oppressive rules of the 1990s, the international community is dismayed by the lack of women’s representation in the cabinet
Returning Home is ‘Difficult’ for the...
On Monday, some of the final troops returned from Afghanistan. One of the most deployed divisions in the US Army was the 10th Mountain Division. This group of 140 soldiers arrived at Ft. Drum by plane after serving in Afghanistan for the previous nine months
Female Afghan Prosecutors Concerned About Taliban...
In Afghanistan, female prosecutors are afraid of the Taliban and the tens of thousands of detainees released by the insurgent group. These Afghan women are appealing to the international community for help
Unpacking Eurasia’s Role in the Afghanistan...
Whatever help governments in Central Asia are extending to Afghan refugees, they are not eager to make it known publicly
Afghan Military Women Who Remain in...
Afghan Military Women: Afghan military women claim they are concerned about their safety and future under the Taliban regime
Turkey Beefs up Border Security to...
Turkey is strengthening its border security with Iran, purportedly to keep a big influx of refugees out of Afghanistan. Many migrants, though, see the wall, trenches, and barbed wire as just more hurdles they must conquer
Afghan Evacuees in Albania Say They...
Albania is temporarily housing 600 Afghan refugees fleeing the country’s turmoil and chaos. The final of four aircraft, carrying 150 individuals, landed in Albania on August 30