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Taliban kill, abduct dozens of ex-officers: rights group
Human Rights Watch said the promised amnesty has not stopped local commanders from retaliating against former members of the army, police and intelligence services.
By Lee Keath
Judge orders medical panel for ’20th hijacker’ at Guantanamo
A federal judge has ordered that an independent medical panel conduct a review of the mental health of a Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who has been accused of trying to enter the U.S. to be the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Pentagon did not do enough to vet foreign military students, DoD intel official tells Congress
The Defense Department is working with both government and schoolhouses themselves to prevent another foreign military student terror attack.
Trump says US operation killed al-Qaida leader in Yemen
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. at his direction has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year's deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
Al-Qaida in Yemen claims deadly shooting at Florida’s Naval Air Station Pensacola
Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday for last year’s deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia.
Pentagon gives conditional OK to resume Saudi military training in US
The Pentagon has given the Navy and other military services conditional approval to resume training of Saudi Arabian nationals in the U.S.
New regs to restrict firearms, base access, travel for international military students
Each of the services will implement new restrictions.
FBI: Some Saudi military students being removed from US post-Pensacola shooting
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced the Saudi students’ removal Monday.
Federal probe sparks push to boot multiple Saudi military students
The federal case began after 21-year-old Saudi Royal Air Force officer, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors and injuring eight other people.
No new foreign military students allowed in the US until better checks, says DoD spokesman
No new international military students will come to the United States for training until new screening procedures are in place, the Pentagon said Thursday in the wake of the deadly shooting last week by a Saudi Arabian aviation trainee at a Florida Navy base.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press