ISLAMABAD—Taliban insurgents have stormed a prison in central Afghanistan, allowing hundreds of inmates to escape. Afghan officials say the well-organized pre-dawn assault began with a suicide car bombing at the entrance that allowed other insurgents to get into the prison in the province of Ghazni. An Interior Ministry spokesman, Najib Danish, told VOA the facility […]
ISLAMABAD—A group of heavily armed Taliban suicide bombers stormed Afghanistan’s parliament Monday as the House was in session to decide whether to endorse Defense Minister-designate Masoom Stanekzai. Witnesses reported a series of explosions and gunfire from inside the building following the raid. The attack began with a massive blast at the main gate. Afghan […]
After over 14 hours of deliberations over a period of three days, the 12-person federal jury, comprised of seven women and five men, has determined that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death for his part in the 2013 bombing in that city. Tsarnaev showed no emotion, sitting with his head slightly lowered […]