Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in the heart of Kabul. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
U.S. Quiet Over Reported Taliban Office in Qatar
The Obama administration kept tight-lipped Monday following reports that the United States had endorsed a plan for the Taliban to open a political office in Qatar by the end of the year. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL
U.K. Judge Hands Ex-Taliban Fighter Life Sentence
A former Taliban fighter who ran a ”recruitment centre” in Manchester for extremist Muslims to go to Afghanistan to kill British troops was given a life sentence by a British judge. Continue reading after the jump. @capriSUNshine
