Terrorism

Amy Ng waits by her son’s bedside in a Manila hospital while her husband and two daughters returned, all in caskets, to Hong Kong on Wednesday. As the Canadian mother grieves their tragic deaths, fury […] […]

BARACK Obama’s deadline to start withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan has given Taliban insurgents hope they can prevail in the war, the US says. US Marine commandant General James Conway said yesterday the insurgents would […] […]

ALLEGED Islamist extremists from a group dubbed “al-Qaeda in Aceh” went on trial today accused of plotting to kill Westerners including US aid workers and tourists. More than 20 suspects were scheduled to answer charges […] […]

HUNDREDS of angry men tried to storm a NATO base in Afghanistan after a shootout left three Spaniards and an Afghan police trainee dead. The Afghan policeman killed two Spanish paramilitary police officers and a […] […]

Ken Leung sat at the back of a Philippine tour bus, held hostage the previous 12 hours, when gunshots flew. With his three children nearby and his wife separated at the front of the bus, […] […]

As Lieutenant Colonel Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taleban, he doesn’t sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swathe of southern Afghanistan. “Security sucks. […] […]

NATO forces are struggling to build an Afghan army big enough to take over security responsibilities in the country. This is because of high desertion rates, a top US commander has revealed. Training a credible […] […]

TWENTY-FIVE Islamic militants serving long jail terms have escaped from a prison in the Central Asian state of Tajikistan that borders Afghanistan, killing five guards, authorities said. The inmates broke free late Sunday from a […] […]