YORK, England – A British soldier killed by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan left $161,500 in his will -- so his friends could go on vacation to Las Vegas, The Sun reported Monday
Read Full Story: Link Removed
More than 40 people were killed in Pakistan last week in a US drone attack near the Afghan border. The use of unmanned drones have always been controversial, but ex-CIA director Michael Hayden says they are winning the war.
Ten years on from 9/11, al-Qaeda appears to be on the back foot. One...
al-qaeda
campaign
cia
civilian impact
counterterrorism
drones
human rights
intelligence
michael hayden
military
national security
obama administration
pakistan
predator
propaganda
surveillance
taliban
terrorism
violence
war
Who are the Taliban?
Recent years have seen the re-emergence of the hardline Islamic Taliban movement as a fighting force in Afghanistan and a major threat to its government.
They are also threatening to destabilise Pakistan, where they control areas in the north-west and are blamed for a wave...