... present from 1979 to 1997, was centered around both a jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan and the possibility for Sunni groups to contain Iranian influence at the... ... the initiative of two ideologues and tacticians who share the same given name, Abu Musab al-Suri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Abu Musab al-Suri was a Syrian Muslim brother... ... through phishing actions. This allowed them to build a mechanism that would lead to the Islamic State and to the Caliphate which was proclaimed in June 2014. However the post-millenarian...
The United States offers other forces to take responsibility for the situation in Afghanistan
U.S. senators Republican Rand Paul and Democrat Tom Udall proposed to Congress the draft
American Forces Going ... ... soldiers, veterans of the war in Afghanistan
will receive
an allowance from the federal government in the amount of 2.5 thousand dollars. ($7.5 billion in total).
The adoption of the law by Congress is questionable, but it could be supported by both ...
... whereby the renewed Russian military doctrine is not that bad. NATO is the number one threat. Anyone surprised?
2. Shall the Islamic State survive?
Undoubtedly, the Islamic State is not just a 'so-called' state. It is not just another ... ... back at best. At worst, one can fail as the U.S. did in Vietnam. You just cannot combat these guys from the sky!
3. Whither Afghanistan?
Well, it's pretty simple. A president of Kabul is not a president of Afghanistan. Almost entire south-east ...