Updates in Terror Plot
The police commissioner described the arrested men as "petty criminals" who appeared to have no connection with a terrorist organization.
View ArticleReporter Who Escaped Taliban Returns to Thunderous Applause
David Rohde escaped from his captors two weeks ago, along with Tahir Ludin, an Afghan reporter who had served as his translator and escort.
View ArticlePakistani Suspect Interrupts Competency Hearing
“I didn’t fire any bullets,” the neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui said during a series of rambling, often disjointed outbursts in court.
View ArticleA Shoe Box Full of New York Arrives in Afghanistan
An only-in-New-York care package assembled for a friend serving in the British Army in Afghanistan arrived at its destination after about three weeks. The recipient was surprised.
View ArticlePakistani Scientist Is Removed From Court as Trial Begins
Aafia Siddiqui, who is accused of opening fire on American soldiers and F.B.I. agents while being detained in Afghanistan in 2008, finally faced jurors in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.
View ArticleAfghan Group Distances Itself From One Under Cloud
A group in Queens that helps women in Afghanistan expressed concern about the reverberations of a television report questioning the work of another Afghan charity.
View Article8 Charged in Death of Fellow American Soldier
Pvt. Danny Chen's family and members of New York's Asian-American community had pressed the military for a full accounting of what led to his death.
View ArticleArmy Recommends Court-Martialing 4 Soldiers in Death of Private
A military investigator recommended that four more soldiers be court-martialed in connection with the death of Pvt. Danny Chen, but said the most serious charge against them, involuntary manslaughter,...
View ArticleCoffee, and News From Afghanistan
Metropolitan Diary: A Lexington Avenue coffee vendor turned his cart over to his cousin while he returned to Afghanistan.
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