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Troops rescue kidnapped U.S. doctor in Afghanistan
US soldiers killed seven Taliban insurgents in a successful pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO force in the war-torn country said. The mission was launched when intelligence showed that Dr Dilip Joseph was in “imminent danger of injury or death”, NATO’s…
Petraeus sex scandal prompts laughter among Taliban
The sex scandal that has brought down CIA chief David Petraeus may be causing heartache in the Washington security establishment but the affair has prompted laughter among the Taliban. Petraeus resigned last week to pre-empt revelations of an affair with his married biographer Paula Broadwell, bringing to an end a…
Malala Yousafzai can make smooth recovery, doctors say
Taliban bullet grazed Pakistani girl’s brain but doctors say she is writing, has memory and has expressed gratitude for support By Caroline Davies, The Guardian Malala Yousafzai, the teenage girl flown to Britain for treatment after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan, has the potential to…
Doctors hopeful for Pakistani girl shot by Taliban
A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban could make a “good recovery”, doctors treating her in a British hospital said Tuesday. Malala Yousafzai was spending her first full day in Britain after she was flown into Birmingham Airport on Monday on board an air…
Harris-Perry: Taliban shooting created ‘a thousand Malalas’
Melissa Harris-Perry closed her show Sunday with a statement supporting Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old girl who has become a folk hero in Pakistan following her shooting at the hands of the Taliban, directing some of her statements toward the men who tried to kill her. “You may have harmed Malala…
Pakistan child activist facing ‘critical’ 24-36 hours
AFP - The next 36 to 48 hours will be critical for a Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, the military said Friday, calling on the nation to pray for her recovery. The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai who campaigned for the right to an education has been…
Shot Pakistan teen activist improving after surgery
AFP - A Pakistani child activist shot in the head by the Taliban is slowly improving but will remain sedated in intensive care for at least another 24 hours, a relative said Thursday. The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai on a school bus in the scenic Swat valley has been denounced…
Bullet removed from the brain of 14-year-old activist shot by Taliban in Pakistan
Relatives say 14-year-old Pakistani peace activist appears to be doing well after three-hour operation Pakistani surgeons have removed a bullet from the head of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old schoolgirl and peace activist who was shot by a Taliban gunman on Tuesday. Relatives of the girl, who rose to fame for…
Taliban mock U.S. as Afghan war enters 12th year
America’s longest war entered its 12th year Sunday, with the anniversary marked by a Taliban statement claiming that NATO forces are “fleeing Afghanistan” in “humiliation and disgrace”. The US led the invasion on October 7, 2001 to topple the Taliban government for harbouring Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after…
Two Marines face courts martial over Taliban urination
WASHINGTON — Two US Marines will face trial by courts martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and posing for photographs with them, the Pentagon said on Monday. The charges against Staff Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola come a month after three other Marines…
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