The United Nation’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a statement expressing concern over the rising numbers of child deaths in conflict zones during 2017, urging involved parties to take action. The statement includes figures showing that between January 1 and April 30, 2017, compared to the same period in […]
A broad review was undertaken by the Pentagon, the US State Department, and several intelligence organizations has recommended sending several thousand additional American troops to Afghanistan to try to break a military deadlock there. According to the US media reports, 3000-5000 additional troops, including hundreds of Special Operations forces, could […]
On Monday, the US army released the last photograph taken by combat photographer, Specialist Hilda Clayton, which captured an accidental explosion in Afghanistan which killed her, an Afghan photojournalist who she was training, and three Afghan national army soldiers. On July 2, 2013, Clayton, 22, was conducting a live-fire training […]
An attack on a NATO convoy in Central Kabul has left at least eight Afghan civilians. US Navy Captain Bill Salvin has confirmed that three US service members were injured in the blast. A number of civilian vehicles were also impacted, resulting in at least twenty-five injuries, according to Najib […]
Taliban fighters dressed in military uniforms attacked an army base in Afghanistan on Friday. 140 people were killed and an additional 160 were wounded, according to Mohammad Ibrahim Khair Andesg, the head of the provincial council. The death toll is still rising being that it was such a large-scale attack. […]
Introduction “It has almost become routine,” reports the New York Times in reference to the attack in Champs-Élysées in France last Thursday, 20th April 2017. “A terrorist attack shatters the rhythms of daily life, bringing bloodshed and anguish,” it continues. The same story plagues the media, Europe and the rest of […]
The Pakistani Military has announced that Sajjid Mohammed (more commonly known as Ehsanullah Ehsan), a leading figure in the Pakistani Taliban, has surrendered himself into their custody. Ehsan rose to prominence as the public face of the organization, through sophisticated media campaigns. In the aftermath of terrorist attacks, he would […]
On April 13th 2017, 7:32 local time, the US dropped a 21,600 pound bomb on the eastern Afghan Nangarhar province. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), or nicknamed “mother of all bombs”, is the most potent non-nuclear bomb to ever be used in combat by the US military. […]
In March 2017, Jon Stephenson and political journalist/author Nicky Hager published Hit & Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the meaning of honour. The book explores an account of events detailing war crimes committed by the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZ SAS) in Afghanistan in 2010. It accuses […]
Female infanticide is the selective abortion of a female fetus or the killing of female babies after birth. This occurs because of cultural norms equating socio-economic superiority to the male sex, as married women traditionally live with their husband’s family, thus leaving their parents without future support. It can also […]
