25 years after 9/11, Taliban rules Afghanistan again, but with U.S. firepower
CBS News finds Taliban forces patrolling Kabul in American armored vehicles, wearing American tactical gear and carrying American weapons.
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CBS News finds Taliban forces patrolling Kabul in American armored vehicles, wearing American tactical gear and carrying American weapons.
Zalmay Khalilzad, a former U.S. envoy to Kabul who is working on Taliban hostage releases, posted a picture of Faye Hall smiling with Qatar representatives ahead of her departure from Afghanistan on Saturday.
An annual ceremony to remember those who died on September 11, 2001, was held in lower Manhattan on Monday.
Six families from El Cajon were flown out, but the whereabouts of two others were unknown as of Monday.
A resolution encouraging the federal government to accept more refugees in response to the mass exodus from Afghanistan after its takeover by Taliban militants was approved Tuesday by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
The U.S. signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan.
Nearly 7,000 students in Los Angeles County attended a West-Coast premiere of a documentary about Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls.
A judge Monday denied bail for a Riverside man who is one of four men accused of plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets in the Middle East.
The FBI has reported that four Southern California men have been charged with allegedly plotting to kill Americans in the United States and overseas by joining Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Singer Chris Brown dressed up as a member of the Taliban Wednesday night as he celebrated Halloween at a Holllywood night club.
With the situation getting worse on the ground Obama has ended the surge just in time for the election in November. Taliban and related attacks against NATO powers were approximately 2,700 in August of 2009 when Obama made his contrary-to-campaign promised-move to step up the nation's military assistance in Afghanistan. Three years later, in August of 2012, there were more attacks – nearly 3,000.
The video — which has gone viral online — depicts four Marines standing in a semicircle and urinating on three men in traditional Afghan garb.
A Florida man indicted on charges of supporting Pakistani terrorists has made his initial court appearance in Los Angeles.
