Tag: Afghanistan

Taliban attack treacherous, avalanche-prone pass

By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) SALANG PASSAGE, Afghanistan — The Taliban commander’s sneakers had been soaked by melting snow, but that was the least of his problems. It was avalanche season in the Salang Pass, a rugged cut of switchback roads that cut through the Hindu Kush mountains in northern Afghanistan like a man-made insult to nature, […]

Your Monday Briefing: Russian Atrocities Reports

By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) Hello. We cover reports of Russian atrocities, a boiling political crisis in Pakistan and a Taliban ban on poppy cultivation for opium. Resistance: This is how Kyiv has withstood Russian attacks and how already legendary fighters the Russians repelled from the small garrison town of Vasylkiv. Context: Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, […]