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Death penalty upheld for soldier who killed 13 in base shooting
Ten years have passed since Hasan pleaded guilty at his court martial in 2013 to the killings.
By Zamone Perez
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US could carry out its first military execution in over 60 years
An ex-Army soldier on military death row for the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas could face execution after the top military court hears the case.
Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war
Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government Saturday for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday
The long-awaited peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government’s negotiating team are to begin on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, the Taliban and Qatar’s foreign ministry said Thursday.
US envoy working to resuscitate flagging Afghan peace deal as US warplanes pound ISIS-K
The first visit to Kabul by Washington’s peace envoy since Afghanistan's squabbling political leadership reached a power-sharing agreement comes amid increased violence blamed mostly on an Islamic State affiliate that has been targeted in stepped-up U.S. bombing.
Afghan president and rival announce power-sharing agreement
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and political rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing agreement, two months after both declared themselves the winner of last September’s presidential election, Ghani’s spokesman said Sunday.
Turkey captures al-Baghdadi’s wife, Erdogan says
Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
The mass shooting at Fort Hood was 10 years ago, on Nov. 5, 2009
The shooting sparked more awareness of terror-sponsored attacks versus those simply “inspired” by terrorist organizations.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption
Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls.
What death row executions may mean for these four soldiers at Leavenworth
"If I were on death row, I would consider this a very bad sign, but not a sign that anything is happening immediately," a military justice expert said.
By Kyle Rempfer