Often described as a “king of dogs,” the Afghan Hound is a noble, aristocratic and ancient breed originating from Sinai and mentioned in Egyptian papyruses as well as drawn on the caves of Afghanistan over 4,000 years ago. The breed is a sighthound which means it hunts by sight, used in the past...
Nato and US military leaders are worried after Taliban insurgents have mounted highly successful surprise attacks against US and Afghanistan troops. A recent poll shows Americans growing weary over the seemingly pointless front against the Taliban and would love to see their troops brought home....
Defense Secretary Robert Gates was unsuccessful in swaying the Associated Press from distributing a graphic photograph showing the final moments of Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard’s life after the marine had been mortally wounded in Afghanistan. The photo shows the 21-year-old being helped by...
A North Carolina man named Daniel Patrick Boyd has been charged along with six of his alleged recruits with conspiring to support terrorism and traveling overseas to participate in "violent jihad." The indictment said Boyd, a U.S. citizen, trained in Afghanistan and fought there between 1989 and...
The U.S. Army has identified the man shown captured in a video filmed by the Taliban in Afghanistan as an American soldier. The military mentioned that his name was Pte Bowe Bergdahl. He is 23 years old and belongs to Ketchum, Idaho. He was captured by the Taliban from a U.S. military base near...
Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...
