Category: Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban Raid in Kabul Kills 3 ISIS Terrorists

ISLAMABAD—An overnight raid by Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s capital killed three members of the ISIS terrorist group, a Taliban spokesman said on Wednesday. The regional affiliate of ISIS—known as ISIS  in Khorasan Province—has been the key rival of the Taliban since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. The terrorist group has increased its attacks,…


Former Australian Special Forces Soldier Charged With Afghan War Crime

An ex-Australian SAS soldier who served in Afghanistan has been arrested and charged with a war crime. Oliver Schulz was arrested on Monday morning by Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers in regional New South Wales and had his case mentioned in Queanbeyan Local Court on Monday afternoon. The AFP and the Office of the Special…


Florida Libel Bill May Challenge Long-Standing Supreme Court Decision

Zak Young says his business and livelihood were destroyed—and innocent lives endangered—when CNN allegedly trashed him in TV and print stories. As an elite security operator who had the skills and contacts to extract people from Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban, Young saw himself savaged as a black marketer seeking to fleece helpless…


PREMIERE – Journalists Hunted: True Stories of Reporting In the Field

Every year journalists are killed in the line of duty. At home or venturing into war zones and areas of conflict. Sometimes they end up in jail, detained for years on end, or exiled from their countries, forced into hiding. Some go missing, disappear. In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable we explore what it…


Journalists Hunted: True Stories of Reporting in the Field

Every year, journalists are killed in the line of duty, at home or venturing into war zones and areas of conflict. Sometimes they end up in jail, detained for years on end, or exiled from their countries, forced into hiding. Some go missing, disappear. In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we explore what it…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (March 16): ISIS Can Hit US Interests in 6 Months: Centcom; Bidens Got $1 Million From China-Linked Partner: House GOP

A U.S. commander testified on March 16 that the ISIS group operating in Afghanistan is capable of conducting an external operation against U.S. and Western interests within six months. But he added that it’s “much harder for them to be able to do that against the homeland.” The Biden family received over $1 million from…


NTD Evening News (March 16): ISIS Can Hit US Interests in 6 Months: Centcom; Bidens Got $1 Million From China-Linked Partner: House GOP

A U.S. commander testified on March 16 that the ISIS group operating in Afghanistan is capable of conducting an external operation against U.S. and Western interests within six months. But he added that it’s “much harder for them to be able to do that against the homeland.” The Biden family received over $1 million from…


Blast at Afghanistan Journalist Event Kills at Least 1, Injures 8

KABUL—A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province’s governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State. “Today, at 11:30 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Tabyan Cultural…


Feds Table Legislation to Amend Criminal Code Terrorism Provisions

The federal government has tabled legislation aimed at amending terrorism provisions in Canada’s criminal code they say have previously blocked Canadian individuals and organizations from providing humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. Bill C-41 will “create a legal pathway” for Ottawa to work with humanitarian partners, which includes non-government organizations (NGOs) such as the Canadian Red Cross Society,…


Liberals to Amend Criminal Code Terrorism Provisions That Block Aid to Afghanistan

The Trudeau government is expected to introduce legislation today to alter terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code that have blocked Canadian humanitarians from working in Afghanistan. A parliamentary document suggests Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will table a bill amending the Criminal Code and he will hold a news conference at the Ottawa headquarters of…