A suicide car bomber followed by Taliban gunmen attacked the office of an Afghan intelligence agency in Jalalabad on Saturday, killing six and wounding dozens. Heavy fighting soon broke out after the attack on the Jalalabad headquarters. Hours after the bombing of the National Directorate of Security headquarters, Afghan and Taliban forces were still fighting, Ahmad Zeya Abdulzai, spokesman for … [Read more...]
Ex POW Bergdahl Returns to U.S. Army Active Duty
Sunday reports from Reuters and several other media outlets informed that ex POW Bergdahl was ready to return to serving as an active member of the U.S. Army on Monday. Bowe Bergdahl, a sergeant of the U.S. Army, was held by the Taliban as a prisoner of war for five years and eventually released in May 2014. Following his detainment, Bergdahl undertook therapy and counseling, for the purposes of … [Read more...]