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U.S. threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan
The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. White House National Security Adviser John Bolton called the Hague-based rights body "unaccountable" ...
Taliban kill scores in attacks on security forces across north Afghanistan: officials
Taliban fighters killed nearly 60 members of Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces in a spate of attacks across the country's north, officials said Monday, as diplomatic efforts to end the 17-year war intensify. Heavy fighting overnight in four provinces followed a wave of violence across the ...
At least seven killed in suicide attack on Kabul commemorations
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a convoy of gunmen commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest deadly ...
At least 20 killed, including two journalists, in twin blasts at Kabul wrestling club
At least 20 people have been killed including two Afghan journalists after twin blasts at a Kabul wrestling club on Wednesday that left another 70 wounded, officials said, in the latest assault on the capital. An hour after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside ...
Al-Qaida trying to regain primacy as Islamic State loses ground: NATO official
Al-Qaida is trying to regain its primacy over international militancy as Islamic State loses ground, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday, seeing a potentially increased risk to the West from the groups' rivalry. But Arndt von Loringhoven, the alliance's assistant secretary-general for intelligence and ...
Leader of Afghanistan's feared Haqqani network terrorist group dies
The founder of Afghanistan's much-feared Haqqani network, a former U.S. ally turned fierce enemy, has died after years of ill health, a Taliban spokesman said Tuesday. Jalaluddin Haqqani was 72. Haqqani died Monday inside Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahed said in a telephone interview. The elderly founder ...
U.S. service member killed, another wounded in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
A U.S. service member has been killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, according to a statement Monday from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission. Resolute Support and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Commanding Gen.Scott Miller says "the sacrifice of our service member, who ...
Dutch police grill suspect in stabbings of two Americans in alleged terrorist attack at station
The U.S. State Department offered help Sunday to investigators in the Netherlands who are treating the stabbings of two American tourists at Amsterdam's main railway station as a possible extremist attack. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U.S. was "ready to assist Dutch authorities ...
Afghan with 'terrorist motive' stabs two Americans in Amsterdam station
A 19-year-old Afghan citizen had a "terrorist motive" for allegedly stabbing two Americans at the main train station in Amsterdam, city authorities in the Dutch capital said Saturday. Amsterdam police shot and wounded the suspect after the stabbings Friday at Central Station. The local government ...
Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan reported killed with 10 cohorts in U.S.-led attack
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and air ...
Afghan president declines resignations of top security officials
Afghanistan's top security officials have tendered their resignation, but President Ashraf Ghani asked them to remain at their posts. The presidential palace said Sunday that Ghani declined the offers to resign submitted by Defense Minister Tareq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and Masoum ...
IS fighters surrender en masse after clashes with Taliban in Afghanistan's north, officials say
More than 150 Islamic State fighters surrendered in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, a move which they and the Taliban hailed as the end of the extremist group in the north of the country. The apparent IS capitulation comes after weeks of intense fighting ...
