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Since Donald Trump was elected in 2016 on a pledge to end endless wars, he has compensated for the drawdown of U.S. ground forces — there are around 10,000 in Afghanistan, down from a peak of more than 100,000 in 2010-11 — by loosening restrictions on airstrikes. The ramped-up air war was intended to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table with the U.S., which finally happened in February, when the two sides set conditions for the U.S. withdrawal. But experts say the airstrikes and resultant spike in civilian deaths only help the Taliban’s cause and undermine a central government the U.S. has spent billions of dollars propping up over almost two decades. In areas where “people are not politically connected, they will support whoever can keep them safest,” says Andrea Prasow, the Washington, D.C., director of Human Rights Watch. “And when the U.S. is killing civilians, it’s not the U.S. and it’s not the Afghan government that can keep … [Read more...] about America’s Longest War Takes a Deadly New Turn

Surbhi Chandna is one celeb who never fails to share some stunning pictures and videos of herself with her die-hard fans. The actor is currently enticing her fans in the supernatural drama, Naagin 5. Recently, Surbhi took to her social media to share her reel wherein she can be seen giving complete retro vibes. … [Read more...] about Surbhi Chandna Is A Sight For Sore Eyes As She Brings Back The Retro Glam

She identifies the investment fund which purchased her masters as Shamrock Holdings, and says she would have worked with them going forward, until she learned Scooter would continue to profit off her masters. She says anything involving Scooter "is a non-starter for me." … [Read more...] about Taylor Swift Rips Scooter Braun For Selling Her Masters For $300M

Nearly 20 years ago, construction of the highway started with optimism and promise. In late 2002, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) hired the Louis Berger Group (LBG), a New Jersey-based engineering company, to handle the project; with an end-of-2003 deadline set by the White House, the expected cost was $300 million. But the highway’s path through hard, ambush-ready badlands pushed engineers and hundreds of road workers to the limit, and made them easy targets. In a three-month period in late 2003, a Turkish LBG subcontractor was kidnapped, another was shot, and two Indian road workers were abducted; two American road superintendents survived an attack near Kandahar in which one was shot in the head. A total of 40 people died during Highway 1 construction in 2003, according to Andrew Natsios, a former USAID administrator. “We paid for the highway not just in dollars and cents, but in blood,” he writes in a history of the project. “The … [Read more...] about Highway to Hell: A Trip Down Afghanistan’s Deadliest Road

When actress Alia Bhatt made her grand Bollywood debut with Karan Johar's Student Of The Year in 2012, she was constantly in the headlines for her alleged affair with her co-star Sidharth Malhotra, who also made with his Bollywood debut with the same film. After four years, in 2016, when Alia reunited with Sidharth for Shakun Batra's Kapoor & Sons, gossipmongers couldn't stop talking about their onscreen and offscreen romance. On that note, we bring to you an old interview of Alia, wherein Alia had confessed about 'loving' Sidharth. Want to know what she had said? Keep reading... … [Read more...] about When Alia Bhatt Confessed About Loving Sidharth Malhotra: I Love Him, There’s No Stress; I’m Not Nachaoing Him