War Glance
Four American service members were killed in a mortar attack at Bagram Air Base outside of Kabul Tuesday, shortly after the announcement of the first-ever talks between the U.S. and Taliban representatives.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The four Americans were members of the International Security Assistance Force serving in eastern Afghanistan, the ISAF said.
Bagram Air Base attack leaves four Americans dead
US to begin talks with Taliban over Afghan future
The US is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days, it was revealed on Tuesday, after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan.
In a major milestone in the 12-year-old war, political representatives of the Taliban will shortly meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to discuss an agenda for what US officials called "peace and reconciliation" before further talks take place with Afghan government representatives soon after.
Iraqis, Afghans who helped U.S. in wars look to Congress for resettlement
Congress will consider legislation Friday that could ease the way for thousands of Iraqis and Afghans to resettle in the United States to escape the dangers that come with their work for the U.S. military, news outlets and nonprofit groups.
The current version of the government’s “special immigrant visa” program expires next fall, and refugee advocates are pushing hard not only for an extension but also for sweeping changes to a process that’s been widely criticized as too slow, too narrow in eligibility and unreasonably complicated.
U.S. disrupts al-Qaeda’s online magazine
U.S. intelligence operatives covertly sabotaged a prominent al-Qaeda online magazine last month in an apparent attempt to sow confusion among the group’s followers, according to officials.
The operation succeeded, at least temporarily, in thwarting publication of the latest issue of Inspire, the English-language magazine distributed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. When it appeared online, the text on the second page was garbled and the following 20 pages were blank. The sabotaged version was quickly removed from the online forum that hosted it, according to independent analysts who track jihadi Web sites.
Afghan 'insider attack' kills Americans in Paktika
Two US soldiers and an American civilian have been killed in a possible insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, the Nato-led force says. A man wearing Afghan army uniform was said to have opened fire on them in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan,
Isaf forces have taken a series of measures to try to halt such attacks. An Italian soldier died in a separate attack in Farah province in the west of the country, Italian officials said.
Vets gather in Normandy for 69th anniversary of D-Day
A series of events were planned at cemeteries and villages liberated after 150,000 soldiers waded ashore June 6, 1944, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.
About 2,500 soldiers died during the landing.
Suicide attack targeting coalition troops kills Afghan 10 children
Ten Afghan school-children, two coalition service members and an Afghan policeman were killed Monday in a suicide bombing, officials said, while a landmine explosion claimed the lives of seven Afghan civilians who were driving home after collecting firewood.
In Paktia province, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives near a busy market just as a NATO coalition convoy passed by. Police officials said a nearby school had just dismissed students for lunch. In addition to the 10 children who were killed by the blast, many others were wounded.
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